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Anthony Longo, Founder & CEO, CondoDomain.com

Tony Goldman, Developer, President of Goldman Properties

Derek Webley, Our very first client!

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Jessica Anthony, Team Memeber here@ CondoDomain for an outstanding job on the V.O.

Edgartown Ventures for special effects & post production

This house, located near the intersection of Ave T and Van Sicklen is believed to be Brooklyn ’s smallest house. Occupying what used to be a driveway, it’s a one bedroom, one bathroom home that sits on a parcel of land 7.25 feet (2.2 meters) wide and 113.67 feet (34.6 meters) long and has an interior area of just under 300 square feet.

… is actually not in Brooklyn. In fact, it’s located at 128 Day Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and even has its own Web site.

There appears to be some confusion swirling around the World Wide Web.

This “Little House” has generated significant buzz on the Internet and in the media because of its unusual size — it’s essentially built in a narrow driveway (laneway). Ellen DeGeneres even made a phone call during her talk show to inquire about its availability.

The 312-square foot home was recently on the market for a little more than $170,000. Proof that big good things often come in small packages.

To check out a video tour of the home click here.

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The second-home market is in a slump. But one type of vacation property is still showing signs of life: condos.

A study estimates that sales of vacation homes in 2007 fell 31%, to 740,000, from 2006. But sales of condos dipped only slightly — down 2.8% — while sales of detached homes dropped 38%. The upshot is that condos cornered a substantially larger share of the vacation-home market last year: 29%, up from 21% in 2006. Condos are selling better than single-family vacation houses for a number of reasons. They don’t require their owners to maintain lawns, trim shrubs, paint the exteriors or replace roofs — increasingly important concerns to an aging population. Condo communities also tend to offer amenities such as pools and clubhouses. And condos usually are cheaper to buy, and easier to resell, than houses.

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REBNY reports $1.6 million average price for Manhattan

he average price rose 28 percent for all New York City homes, according to a market report released today, while the sales volume dropped 22 percent.

Produced by the Real Estate Board of New York trade association, the ResidentialNYC.com report revealed that the average price of Manhattan residential property jumped 41 percent year-over-year in the first quarter to $1.6 million and Manhattan sales dropped 6 percent. REBNY has about 12,000 members that work in a wide range of real estate-related fields.

This report follows the release earlier this month of real estate broker-sponsored first-quarter Manhattan market reports that detailed price gains and sales drops in the first quarter.

Inman News has reported that despite the continued Manhattan market price gains, some real estate professionals say the sales slowdown and other market trends indicate that the tide may be turning on the area’s red-hot real estate run-up.  More on luxury real estate here.
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We love our clients! This a.m. Christian one of our Boston Condo Team Members got an email with a buyer he went out with on Friday. We love feedback like this…keep it coming!
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Redfin roles out Redfin Select catering to a more hands on buyer.

Redfin, a real estate brokerage company that offers deep rebates to buyers, is testing out a new service option in the Seattle area that allows buyers to participate in an unlimited amount of tours while reducing the company’s rebate rate.

Under the company’s standard plan, called Redfin Direct, prospective buyers receive two agent-led home tours free of charge and pay $250 for additional home tours. These consumers receive a refund of two-thirds of the commission that is paid to Redfin in a home-sale transaction.

The new Redfin Select plan offers a 50 percent commission refund but does not charge a per-tour fee. Participants in this service plan are limited to two tours per week.

Customers can choose to switch from the Direct to the Select plans after the first two free tours.

Traditional full-service real estate companies typically do not charge a fee to take buyers on tours of for-sale properties, though these companies also do not typically offer to refund a large amount of their commission to buyers.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, a staunch environmentalist, just bought a luxe eco-friendly New York City pad, according to New York magazine.

Called the Riverhouse, the 264-unit condominium high-rise comes complete with programmable thermostats, a 24-hour fresh-filtered air-systems a gray and black water treatment facility, rooftop green landscaping and free bike storage.

The building offers a children’s playroom, indoor 50? lap pool, media café, fitness center (with yoga studio), indoor children’s Light House, landscaped Riverhouse terrace and a dog spa.

DiCaprio is currently in Boston filming Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and with Michelle Williams.

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