Usually a down period in the sales market means good business for rentals, but not this time: hard evidence shows rent drops across the board and anecdotal evidence points to 10-30% declines. And check out this alarming stat: "In January 2008, 90 of the rental properties represented by Halstead ...

When the more glassy and user-friendly Alice Tully Hall reopens at Lincoln Center in February, among the major changes to the 1,087-seat performance venue will be a completely revamped interior with custom-made seats and a mechanized stage extension, among other bells and whistles. Progress on...

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PropertyShark's quarterly foreclosures reports showed a 32 percent drop in f-bombs from the previous quarter, but the number of homes in some stage of foreclosure, 764, is still up 25 percent when compared to last year. Mixed message! PropShark's CEO is predicting an uptick in the first quarter ...