New York Market Report Sept 2011

Manhattan, New York real estate is an exception to the challenges facing the American economy.  While the US's credit rating has been downgraded and unemployment is still high, New York Magazine's article "New York Exceptionalism"  points to data that show Manhattan real estate is continuing its improvement.   

Reasons Manhattan property continues to improve are:

Best New York Property Agent

The Best New York Property Agent is a bold claim.  As a buyer looking through a sea of property agents, how does one determine who to work with?  How can you decide when every agent seems to say the best things about themselves?  Here are differentiation factors for us which I feel an investor could use as a platform when interviewing potential agents.



I feel I am one of the best New York property agents because of (i) a corporate level financial background, (ii) investment property ownership experience, and (iii) strong market knowledge as evidenced by media presence in NBC, New York Times and the Wall Street Journal on New York property.

Top public elementary and middle schools in Manhattan

Top public elementary and middle schools in Manhattan compiled by the The School Boards based on DOE scores.

Top public elementary schools in Manhattan based on 2010 NY State ELA & Math Tests

Excerpts from TheSchoolBoards.com - "Since middle school applications use 4th grade test results as one of the admissions criteria, we sorted the data by the mean scale scores. Here's what we came up with for the top public elementary schools in Manhattan based on the ELA and the Math test scores."