Elliman Insider
Neighborhood Trends, Market Insights & Design Inspiration
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7 Tips That Will Make You Ace a Co-op Board Interview
You’ve finally found the home of your dreams. Now, the one thing that stands between you and your perfect apartment: the co-op board. Though a co-op board interview can be intimidating, use these simple tips and tricks to impress the board and get approval for your new home. 1. Dress to impress. You want to make sure you look presentable and put together to meet with the board. Though you don’t have to break out a full suit, business casual is a safe bet. Classic colors and silhouet... -
Ask An Agent: Insider Perspectives on Three Hot Markets
Douglas Elliman experts answer key questions about real estate trends and share an insider’s perspective on three hot markets. —by Michelle Sinclair Colman Q: What opportunities do you see in the Manhattan market? A: New condominiums built over the past five to seven years were priced significantly above those in the secondary market, which has made them out of reach for many local buyers and only attainable by the cash-heavy foreign buyers. The dis3appearance of the foreign buyers has forc... -
5 Simple Tips to Creating a Harmonious Home
“An organized space is an organized mind is an organized life.” Lisa Jacobs – Founder, Imagine It Done Your home should be your sanctuary. A place where, at the end of a stressful day, one can reliably relax in comfort. Unfortunately, for far too many, our homes have become as erratic and disorganized as the rest of our lives. Time to take back the reins. Elliman Insider sat with Lisa Jacobs, founder of home organization service Imagine It Done, to get her top 5 tips on how to crea... -
Around Aspen with Aspen Art Museum’s Director and CEO
Aspen Art Museum director and CEO Heidi Zuckerman has lived on both coasts and the pond, but since her recruitment to Aspen 13 years ago, the mother of two teenagers is happily staying put. Zuckerman helmed the transformation of the Aspen Art Museum from a local, noncurating institution to an international destination for contemporary art. In 2014 she presided over the opening of a new building designed by Shigeru Ban to house exhibits. And to hear her extoll the town’s virtues, it’s clea... -
Desert Oasis: A Neighborhood Guide to Palm Springs
—by Lisa Rosen Chuck Yates moved to Palm Springs about 11 years ago, and within a year the actor/writer/director founded the not-for-profit professional theater company Coyote Stageworks, now in its 10th year. “I act, I direct, I produce all of the shows. I do everything except park cars,” Yates joked recently during a break in rehearsals. The company keeps him busy from October to May, but when the season ends and summer rolls around, he takes time to catch up with friends—when he’s n... -
Los Angeles Goes Vertical
Elevated residences offer more than luxurious amenities—they create a new, uncompromised way to live in LA. —by Andrea Bennett More and more luxury buyers are choosing to trade in the killer views they have of Los Angeles from the Hollywood Hills for equally killer views from luxury vertical living buildings going in around Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. Having lived his whole life in Los Angeles, Douglas Elliman SVP of Sales Jim Jacobson is no stranger to the LA dream. “People think ... -
SHOW & TELL: Madeline Hult Elghanyan at 42 Crosby Street
SHOW & TELL | A native of Sweden, Madeline Hult Elghanayan caught the real estate bug early and never looked back, amassing more than $3.5 billion in sales over her 30-year career and ranking as Elliman’s #1 agent overall in 2018. In this episode of Show & Tell, Madeline lets us in on the secret behind her success and how she spends quality downtime, all while touring the stunning Penthouse at 42 Crosby Street in SoHo. The post SHOW & TELL: Madeline Hult Elghanyan at 42 Crosby Str... -
A Local’s Guide to the Best in Boston’s North End
Even as a child newly arrived in Boston, Frank DePasquale dreamed of bringing the culture of his native Italy to the U.S. He opened an Italian clothing and shoe store on Newbury Street in the early 1980s, but soon refocused his efforts, opening a modest sandwich shop—his first restaurant—in the heart of the city’s Italian neighborhood, the North End, in 1987. The shop—now Trattoria Il Panino (11 Parmeter St., 617.720.1336)—was an instant success and launched DePasquale’s career as a ... -
On the Market: Florida Homes for $1M
Florida is so much more than South Beach and Disney theme parks. Hundreds of miles of pristine beaches, Latin-American cultural influences, a prominent equestrian scene, and the third-largest coral barrier reef in the world are just some of the reasons to take permanent residence in Florida. With the Gulf of Mexico on the west coast and the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast, there’s a plethora of locations in between to find an ideal Florida home for $1 million. Here are just a few. ...