Thousands of foreclosed properties across Florida are in limbo right now. Distressed homeowners abandoned them while banks delay their official takeover of the properties.According to data, lenders and banks have canceled almost 50 percent of REO properties for sale in

The CEOs of the nation's largest banks were urged last week by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan to step up their loan modification efforts under the federal government's foreclosure help program.In a letter

Rolawn supported the RHS at this years Hampton Court Palace Flower Show with their spectacular 'Garden Energy' interactive feature garden designed by RHS Gold Medal-winner, Sarah Eberle.

Based in John Street, London, Walleffects who specialise in high quality wall finishes can provide a full service from working on the design through to installation.

Richard Lee, sales director at Vencel Resil, a manufacturer of expanded polystyrene (EPS) for civil and ground engineering applications, discusses an alternative to traditional fill.

If you are looking for things to do in New Hampshire this weekend, head over to the Lakeside Living Expo at Gunstock Mountain Resort in Gilford! The Expo, in its second year, is located near beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee, less than

The Local blog has the report on an undercover operation gone tragically wrong in Clinton Hill...Evidently an undercover cop sitting on the stoop at 370 Lafayette Avenue was attacked by a resident of the building who was angry at his

Robert Scarano may not have a whole lot of new business these days but one of his disciples, Nataliya Donskoy, is keeping busy over at 509 Myrtle Avenue, just down the block from the recently collapsed building at 493 Myrtle.

This doesn't qualify as anything more than a rumor at this point, but we're hearing through the Cobble Hill grapevine that the former Shakespeare's Sister space at 270 Court Street is being turned into a full-on restaurant (PMFA has some

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Last week we how 19th and early 20th century architects used the likenesses of lions, both natural and imaginary, as ornament in our Brooklyn buildings. This week, more images from the animal kingdom, and some of the symbolism that may

In the year and change that The Developers Group had the exclusive for The Absolute Condos, the marketing firm managed to sell 10 out of the 35 listings, though, from what we hear through the grapevine, they would have sold

1. PARK SLOPE $2,190,000599 5th Street (left) writeup on this one in February went as follows: "This new listing at 599 5th Street will be an interesting barometer of the market. It's a beautiful limestone house on a park block

Half a year after Curbed it, the first rental listings at the Viridian have hit the market. StreetEasy shows ranging in price from $2,155 for a 662-square-foot one-bedroom to $4,822 for a 1,267-square-foot three-bedroom. The development's still show a few

Yesterday, the Pratt Area Community Council, along with pols like Borough President Marty Markowitz (who kicked in $250,000 to the project) and Council Member Al Vann, cut the ribbon on the non-profit's latest affordable housing project at 566 Gates Avenue.

Back in January, we wrote a post putting together the mounting evidence for the case that Avalon Bay was preparing to buy the cluster of lots at the corner of Willoughby and Bridge Streets in Downtown Brooklyn to put up

Two years after buying the hulking Telecom building at 470 Vanderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene, GFI has landed its first major tenant. Yesterday Crain's reported that the New York City Housing Authority had signed a 20-year lease for 62,400 square

This co-op at 59 Pineapple Street is modest in size and finish but is sensibly laid out and located in a nice prewar apartment building in Brooklyn Heights. It just hit the market last week with an asking price of