This is it, folks! We've arrived at the final weekend of the outdoor flea season and luckily it looks like the weather is going to cooperate both days. And for those of you who like to plan ahead, remember that

All the construction netting on the Fifth Avenue Committee's supportive housing project on 5th Avenue and 16th street has come down, and it's now possible to see progress on the corner of the structure. The rendering above shows how it's

South, the new bar in the on 5th Avenue between 17th and 18th streets, has opened. According to , South is run by the same people who own the Brooklyn Ice House in Red Hook and has half a dozen

Park SlopeCorcoranSunday 2-3$1,950,000 Ditmas ParkDouglas EllimanSunday 2:30-4:30$800,000 ( $995,000) Greenwood HeightsBrown Harris StevensSunday 1-3$749,000 Bedford StuyvesantFenwick KeatsSunday 12-1:30$525,000

Six months ago it was Memorial Day weekend and there were not enough open houses to make doing an Open House Picks post worth. Therefore, there's no Six Months Later post to run today! [Brownstoner]

Things have been going pretty well over at 660 Bergen Street, the 16-unit Karl Fischer-designed condo development in Prospect Heights. When we took its temperature back in March, six apartments were in contract. And now? 12 are either closed or

The public notice regarding the liquor license application is a couple of weeks old at this point, but the tipster who alerted us to the fact that a new restaurant is slated for the storefront space at 68 Bergen Street

After a tough run as a condo development (it at the beginning of the year), the Viridian has had a nice reversal of fortune recently in its new life (under new ownership) as a rental building. We passed by yesterday

Brooklyn Heights Blog has the scoop (and the photos) on the latest addition to the neighborhood's culinary scene: A cute spot called the Iris cafe opened yesterday at 20 Columbia Place in Willowtown. Anyone tried it yet? [BHB]

The schematic plan above details the next round of renovations the city is for J.J. Byrne Park in the Slope. (Click on the image to enlarge it.) The revamps are the result of a couple years' worth of community listening

As Curbed yesterday, the eight-unit condo development at 868 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg sold out in just seven weeks. (This news came via an email announcement from the team at Douglas Elliman responsible for marketing the project.) So the question

We wouldn't believe it if we hadn't seen it with our own two eyes...Benetton has opened a store at 741 Bedford Avenue between Flushing and Park Avenues. Seems like an odd location for the upscale brand's only store (as far

The Brooklyn Museum presents the third annual Children's Book Fair, with more than 30 Brooklyn authors and illustrators. The fair features storybooks, picture books, and graphic novels and will include author readings, a game for children, and café service. Sponsored

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Now is the time to put everything you have learned as a Metro Detroit first time home buyertogether. It's about time to put in a bid. You have your mortgage pre-approval letter and you know what you can afford in

I recently had a transaction close where the title company "forgot" to record the transaction on a Friday afternoon. I won't name names, but it was not one of the companies I frequently use. It was a bit of a

The increasing number of cases is clogging the courtrooms in several areas in the country. The pileup of foreclosure cases is partly due to the shortage of lawyers who are experienced enough to take the cudgels for the thousands of

based Sovereign Bank contains lots of multifamily properties in South Florida, based on foreclosure filings in the county courts of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade.

curtailed home price increases in the July-September quarter, based on data from the National Association of Realtors.