News on Daniel Baumhttp://www.uspoliticsinfo.com/topic/Daniel Baum2010-03-02T19:37:30ZBounce This! No Usual New Year's Jump for Manhattan Rents2010-03-01T23:41:22ZThe New York Observertag:www.uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-03-01:/article/Bounce%20This%21%20No%20Usual%20New%20Year%27s%20Jump%20for%20Manhattan%20Rents&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well, so much for the seasonal peaks and valleys in the real estate market. According to the Real Estate Group New York’s January <a title="Manhattan" href="/topic/Manhattan" >Manhattan</a> rental market report (PDF), released today, month-to-month average rents fell for studios, one-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom apartments, in both doorman and non-doorman buildings. It was a clean sweep, and one that bucked the usual seasonal upward trend of rents from D...Memo to Apartment Landlords: Get Used To It2010-03-02T19:37:30ZThe New York Observertag:www.uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-03-02:/article/Memo%20to%20Apartment%20Landlords%3A%20Get%20Used%20To%20It&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tenant incentives and lower rents should be the order of the day, every day, for 2009, according to the Real Estate Group New York's 2008 <a title="Manhattan" href="/topic/Manhattan" >Manhattan</a> rental market report. The report (PDF) predictably shows rent drops across the borough last year. Doorman-building studios, for instance, dropped 7.38 percent and non-doorman two-bedrooms dropped 5.58 percent from January to December.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&...Luxe Flux!2010-03-01T08:04:39ZThe New York Observertag:www.uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-03-01:/article/Luxe%20Flux%21&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;"We are dealing with a much different market than the same time as last year,” said <a title="John Parsegian" href="/topic/John+Parsegian" >John Parsegian</a>, a senior vice president at <a title="Halstead Property LLC" href="/topic/Halstead+Property+LLC" >Halstead Property</a> who specializes in the luxury rental market.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Indeed. As rental market reports heap seemingly endless piles of bad news on an already jittery industry,...The Local: FiDi Five Weeks On2010-02-27T20:00:33ZThe New York Observertag:www.uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-02-27:/article/The%20Local%3A%20FiDi%20Five%20Weeks%20On&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Symptoms of the credit crunch in the Financial District became obvious over the summer, when commercial and residential vacancy rates rose and a slew of new luxury condos spilled onto the market as rentals. Now, signs offering occupants incentives like no brokers’ fees and one month’s free rent are as plentiful on the sidewalks as camera-toting tourists.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Financial District has certainly become an apartment hunters’ market...Felix, Meet Oscar!2010-02-28T05:04:15ZThe New York Observertag:www.uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-02-28:/article/Felix%2C%20Meet%20Oscar%21&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;“This is <a title="Manhattan" href="/topic/Manhattan" >Manhattan</a>—people have always done whatever it takes to live here,” said <a title="Daniel Baum" href="/topic/Daniel+Baum" >Daniel Baum</a>, co-founder and chief operating officer of the Real Estate Group New York.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sacrificing comfort and personal space is an old exercise for most people living in Manhattan, especially for creative-class types or aspiring artists. For t...