Cate Corcoran

1 week ago | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

The newsletter describes in detail the townhouses, apartment, and gardens that will be on this Sunday’s tour. The latest edition of the long-running Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood association newsletter “The Echo” is up online just in time for this weekend’s house tour. The Lefferts Manor Association newsletter describes in detail the seven townhouses and one apartment that will be on this year’s tour.

2 weeks ago | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

Brownstoner’s Summer 2025 Real Estate special is hot off the presses. Find the broadsheet inside the May 23-29 issues of Park Slope Courier and Brooklyn Paper, as well as at brokerages, homes, and other spots in Park Slope and nearby neighborhoods. Get your hands on a copy and check out:A Park Slope house where every object tells a story. What’s selling in Park Slope. Students restore stonework at Green-Wood Cemetery. A colorful Prospect Heights duplex for sale. The design history of fretwork.

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cate Corcoran

Average and median home prices hit new highs in Brooklyn in the first quarter even as inventory jumped, showing continued strong demand. After a period of constrained inventory followed by slight easing, the number of homes on the market rose 9.2 percent to 2,635 in the quarter compared to a year earlier, according to a report prepared by appraisal firm Miller Samuel for Douglas Elliman.

1 month ago | brooklynpaper.com | Cate Corcoran

While rents fell during the COVID pandemic, they climbed even higher two years later. While some contend that what is needed to ease New York City’s affordable housing crisis is more units at any price point, others say the focus should be on creating housing affordable to those most in need, while still others say let’s build it all.

1 month ago | politicsny.com | Cate Corcoran

Posted on New York City’s affordable housing crisis is the most challenging problem facing the Big Apple in decades, and the numbers tell the story. Leila Bezorg, New York City’s executive director for housing, cited the 1.4% vacancy rate, 120,000 people sleeping in shelters the prior night, and more than 50,773 homeless children last year as proof that New York City is experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis.