OLSHAN IN THE PRESS

 

The Real Deal February 1, 2012
The 0.03 percent
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The Real Deal January 16, 2012
Forbes Village townhouse finds buyer after almost one year on market
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The Real Deal January 04, 2012
A 'Weill'-d winter market
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The Real Deal November 1, 2011
Buying up domain names in order to turn a profit
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The Real Deal October 17, 2011
Elaine's restaurant finds a buyer
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The Real Deal October 10, 2011
Home (very sweet) home: Five Wall Street CEOs and their Manhattan abodes
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The Real Deal May 20, 2011
Top residential agents of the week
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The Real Deal May 01, 2011
The disclosure dilemma
by Lisa Desai
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The Real Deal April 15, 2011
In first six weeks, the Laureate dominates Upper West Side luxury sales
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The Real Deal April 01, 2011
A brokerage brain drain?
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The Real Deal April 01, 2011
REBNY flips on co-op bill
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The Real Deal February 01, 2011
The leftovers market
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The Real Deal January 2011
Olshan's tracker captures current market
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The Real Deal June 2010
The Cost of a View
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The Real Deal October 2005
What's hard to find in New York
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The Real Deal July 2004
Apartment Market stays steady
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The Real Deal Feb. 2004
2004 MANAR Inaugural Dinner
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Developer Courts the Global Elite
BY CRAIG KARMIN
The Wall Street Journal 12.07.11
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No Slowdown In Sight Here
BY JOSH BARBANEL
The Wall Street Journal 9.28.11
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Along 57th, New Signs of Edifice Complex
BY CRAIG KARMIN
The Wall Street Journal 8.01.11
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Wall Street Wielding the Ax
BY AARON LUCCHETTI AND LIZ RAPPAPORT
The Wall Street Journal 6.29.11
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Famed Director Sells His Co-op
by JOSH BARBANEL
The Wall Street Journal 5.24.11
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Laureate Wins in Sales
by CRAIG KARMIN
The Wall Street Journal 4.15.11
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Mega Merger: Six Apartments May Make One
by JULIET CHUNG
The Wall Street Journal 4.27.10
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As Wall St readies cuts, fears grow in luxury market
by Phil Wahba and Jilian Mincer
Reuters 10.19.11
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Gimme a Good Table: Elaine's Finds a Buyer, May Be Torn Down
by Matt Chaban
New York Observer 10.17.11
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Boomism Immortal
by Tom Acitelli
New York Observer 2.23.11
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'Either That Wallpaper Goes, or I Do'
by Chloe Malle
New York Observer 12.07.09
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Alda Buys 'Family Friend' Harbor Spread for $680K C.P.W. Record At San Remo, $23.5 M.; Brooklyn's First $12 M. Townhouse on Market
by Gabriel Sherman and Michael Calderone
New York Observer 02.07.05
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Manhattan Mania
As real estate broker Donna Olshan recently told Robert Lipsyte of The Times, "How can you commute to the suburbs and still see your kids and have a life? You can't..."
New York Observer 06.02.97
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Feel Free to Use the Name, at Least
Some potential residents searching in the neighborhood will not consider a place without park access, said Jessica Huff, a managing director of Olshan Realty. What happens next may surprise them...
The New York Times Jake Mooney Real Estate | August 11, 2011
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Big Deal | Luxury Market Shows Signs of Improvement
Donna Olshan, the president of Olshan Realty, which produces a weekly report on luxury market sales and contracts, said that although February could still be an anomaly ...
The New York Times Sarah Kershaw Real Estate | March 4, 2011
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Big Deal | The Price of Bragging Rights
"The definition of a trophy property may be debatable," Ms. Olshan added. "But one thing is certain: You have to have trophy money to buy a trophy property." ...
The New York Times Sarah Kershaw Real Estate | January 28, 2011
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A New Broker Disclosure Law in New York
Donna Olshan, the president of Olshan Realty, said her agents had been trained by officials from the Real Estate Board of New York, but added, "Nobody knows how this is going to work." ...
The New York Times Vivian S. Toy Real Estate | December 30, 2010
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Big Deal: David Bouley Sells Apartment
The New York Times Elizabeth Harris Real Estate | August 01, 2010
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TRANSACTIONS; Recent Sale
Colonial House Inn, Chelsea
The New York Times Rosalie R. Radomsky Business - 12.10.08
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New York Condos Lure Deal-Seeking Europeans
"We're seeing a flurry of foreign activity from Britain, France and Italy, looking to spend their pounds and euros," Ms. Olshan said..."
The New York Times Christine Haughney Real Estate - 12.21.07
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Nest Egg or One-Armed Bandit?
"Why do people go back to Vegas?" asked Donna Olshan, a broker in Manhattan. "They love to gamble. And people love real estate..."
The New York Times Motoko Rich's Turf column in House & Home Section 09.15.05
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Buy a Penthouse, Get a Chalet Vacation
"Years ago, around '90 or '91, when things were really bad, we offered trips to Europe, Tiffany this and that," said Donna Olshan of Olshan Realty. "I once saw a guy offer a Rolls-Royce."
The New York Times Teri Karush Roger 07.17.05
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Dangerous Liaisons: the Perils of the Pied-Affair
"Another reason to rent, said Donna Olshan, president of Olshan Realty, is that "in the co-op buildings and good condo buildings the doorman, the elevator man and the super really know the gossip."
The New York Times Teri Karush Roger 02.06.05
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Living on the Ground Floor: Bargain or Fool's Paradise?
"I've never seen such a period in which people have been open to so many different things," said Donna Olshan, president of Olshan Realty...
The New York Times Teri Karush Roger 12.05.04
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The Price of Luxury Is Stirring Again
"These units were going for $2 million or $2.1 million earlier this year," Ms. Olshan said, a broker...
The New York Times Motoko Rich's Turf column in House & Home Section 12.25.03
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Design Eye for the Sales Guy
"You have to do anything you can do to get the publicity," said Donna Olshan, a broker...
The New York Times Motoko Rich's Turf column in House & Home Section 10.23.03
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Town & Country September 2011
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Topping Out?
Developers try to push Fifth Avenue luxury past 96th Street.
New York Magazine Topping Out?, 8.01.11
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Triple Assessment
"It reminds me of an urban version of Philip Johnson's Glass House," Olshan says, referring to the light diffusing through the garden windows...
New York Magazine Triple Assessment, 12.06.04
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Looking Out For The Little Guy
I would have liked to see you feature some of the smaller, “boutique” firms like...Olshan Realty, Inc. It would be nice to read about companies that care about their customers beyond how much money they have to spend. Not all New Yorkers have Jay-Z or Mariah’s bank balance.
-Shachar Feldman, Manhattan
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Central Park West
I think of it as beachfront property, and theill never be any more," says broker Donna Olshan...
New York Magazine by Andrea Lange, 11.12.99
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[April 2008 Forecast] Correct Except The Short & Shallow Part 5.5.11
by Jonathan J. Miller
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Santa came to town: Manhattan sees luxury residential market mini-boom over the holidays
"Wall Street is the engine that fuels the $4 million and above market. There is more confidence in the luxury end of the real estate market." --Donna Olshan, president of Olshan Realty...
NY Daily News 12.29.10
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Luxury apartment sales close 2010 on high note
"The economy and Wall Street are doing better," said Donna Olshan, president of Olshan Realty...
Crain's New York Business 12.29.10
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Fannie cuts Battery Park City a break
"I think Fannie Mae made the right decision," said Cynthia Crowley, director of relocation at boutique residential brokerage Olshan Realty. ...
Crain's New York Business 5.11.10
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Manhattan Housing Market, Recovery from the Bottom Up
The Stamford Review 2010
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How much house do you get for $1 million?
"New York City remains the strongest real-estate market in the country, thanks in part to a still-strong local economy, worldwide demand for a Manhattan apartment, and limited housing stock," says listing agent Cynthia Crowley of Olshan Realty Inc.
MSN Real Estate August 2008
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Cynthia Crowley on
CBS Evening News

"Debunking the Housing Bubble Myth"
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The Latest National Real Estate Headlines 9-21-05
Real estate journalist Camilla Ann McLauglin will discuss the latest national real estate headlines. Home improvement expert Geralin Thomas of Metropolotan Organizing¨›joins host Mark Nash to share organization tips for home owners and sellers. Barbara Riccardi of Olshan Real Estate in Manhattan will provide listeners with 2004 versus 2005 market conditions. Ward Rhinehart of Inspectrum, licensed home inspectors in Chicago shares what buyers can realistically expect from a property report.
"Real Estate Coast to Coast" Mark Nash 09.21.05
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Cynthia Crowley on
Good Morning America

"How to Make Money in Real Estate"
 
 
 
 

LOWERCOST
"Although closing costs on co-op purchases are lower, the flip side of that is most co-op boards will demand post-closing liquidity," says Crowley ...
New York Post Real Estate 8.7.04
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MAKE IT QUICKER
"The refinance market is very soft. People aren't refinancing in droves the way they were in the last few years, which means there's more time to dedicate to new loans," says Cynthia Crowley, president of the Manhattan Association of Realtors. ...New York Post Real Estate for 7.3.04
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JUST SOLD!
New York Post Real Estate for Nov. 8, 2003
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New York Is Still a Hotspot for International Real Estate Investment

RIS Media March 2004

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Catering To The Single Buyer
Single people are at a disadvantage, "because they only have one salary to qualify them for a mortgage," says Cynthia Crowley, president of the Manhattan Association of Realtors...

Newsday Business for Feb. 2, 2004
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Home Away From Home For Laptop Nomads
"New York is a business mecca,'' says Donna Olshan, who runs a Manhattan real estate firms that bears her name. "We're seeing more companies sending people on short-term assignments, which can extend from six months to two years."
Forbes.com News & Analysis for Nov. 8 - Nov. 14, 2000
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War Hasn't Dimmed Home-Buying Activity
"Real estate is comfort food," says Donna Olshan, owner of closely held Olshan Realty Inc. in Manhattan. "When there is a war on, people want to nest."
WSJ.com on the consumer economy in the wake of the Iraq war Monday, March 24, 2000
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Scandal Places Perks Under the Microscope
"Corporations have been buying condominiums as long as I've been in the business," says Donna Olshan, a Manhattan broker for 23 years...
WSJ.com Career Management & Legal Concerns 07.02.02
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"Real estate is comfort food," says Donna Olshan, owner of Olshan Realty Inc. in New York City. "When there is a war on, people want to nest."
St. Petersburg Times JUDY STARK, Times Homes Editor 04.05.03
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Real Estate Weekly Cover picture of Cynthia Crowley as officer of Manhattan Association of Realtors 10.16.02
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The Real Rent Control: Nobody's Moving
"We need some people to get out of here," Ms. Olshan said, "and we need the suburbs to update their educational systems."
The New York Times Robert Lipsyte's coping column on page 1 of Section 13 05.25.97
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