Author: Ashley Brennan
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Home-Court Advantage: 4 Luxury Homes Built for Basketball Fans
The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999—and deja vu, they’re facing the same opponent: the San Antonio Spurs! The highly anticipated matchup has reignited basketball fever across the country as the Knicks chase their first championship in more than five decades. For those who prefer to…
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Connecticut Passes Bill Restricting Private Listing Networks; Similar NY Law Heads to Governor
Connecticut has become the latest state to crack down on “private” or “off-market” real estate listing networks. Governor Ned Lamont recently signed Senate Bill 340 into law, requiring residential listings to be made publicly available whenever they are publicly marketed. Under the new law, if an agent promotes a property through social media, email campaigns,…
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A Brooklyn Brownstone with the Ultimate Bonus: Dedicated Parking in Park Slope
There are a few certainties in New York City real estate. Someone will always say they’re “waiting for the market to cool.” Someone else will spend $19 on a matcha. And in Park Slope, parking is basically folklore, whispered about in hushed tones between brownstone stoops and Prospect Park dog runs, which is why 505…
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Rachel Glazer Returns To Brown Harris Stevens Along with Her Team
Brown Harris Stevens is excited to announce that top-producing luxury broker Rachel Glazer has rejoined the firm from Compass. Glazer launched her career at Brown Harris Stevens in 2008, and she was consistently recognized as the firm’s top downtown broker and one of New York City’s leading luxury agents. Glazer’s team closed more than $119…
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A SoHo Penthouse With A Private Club-Worthy Terrace
There are rooftop terraces in New York, and then there are rooftop terraces that make you question why anyone still pays initiation fees to private clubs. At 111 Wooster Street, the crown jewel isn’t just the penthouse itself — though the duplex loft is every bit the downtown fantasy. It’s the rooftop. A sprawling, landscaped…
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Bess Freedman on Why Agents Are Walking Away From Big Box Brokerages
What’s it like to run the only privately held real estate firm in NYC’s top five brokerages? Brown Harris Stevens CEO Bess Freedman shared her perspective in a recent Inman interview on the power of an independent brand in a sea of “sameness.” As mergers, acquisitions, and public-company pressures continue reshaping residential brokerage, Freedman argued…
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Bess to Bloomberg: The Pied A Terre Tax is a Tax on All of New York City
On Monday, May 11th, Brown Harris Stevens CEO Bess Freedman stopped by “The Close” on Bloomberg Television to discuss the hotly debated Pied A Terre Tax. If passed, second homes of $5 million and up face an annual tax on top of the taxes they already pay and continue to pay. As Bess points out,…
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A Harlem Duplex With Designer Pedigree
Inside one of South Harlem’s most architecturally distinctive pre-war condominiums, this remarkable duplex at The Fitzgerald offers true personality, scale, and design pedigree. Once owned and meticulously renovated by celebrated interior designer and lifestyle tastemaker Kathy Kuo, Residence 1C at 257 West 117th Street blends downtown sophistication with uptown grandeur in a way that feels…
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Robert A.M. Stern’s Personal Apartment Hits the Market
In a city built on bold ideas and bigger personalities, it’s rare to get a window into how one of its most influential architects actually lived – but that’s what makes the former home of Robert A. M. Stern is so compelling. His Upper East Side apartment at The Chatham has come to market, a…
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Brown Harris Stevens and FirstTeam® Launch Strategic Marketing Partnership to Expand Reach and Drive Growth
Two leading independent brokerages join forces to expand marketing reach, elevate listings, and create new opportunities across key U.S. markets NEW YORK, NY (May 4, 2026) — Brown Harris Stevens and FirstTeam® are proud to announce a strategic multi-year marketing partnership uniting two of the nation’s most distinguished independent brokerages on the East and West…