By Kim Velsey 3/04 2:21pm

real estate technology

CityRealty

CityRealty Revamps Real Estate Site; Hopes To Dominate Increasingly Crowded Field

CityRealty was found back in 1995, before Google and Facebook. Geocities and Yahoo—basically an online directory at the time—were both newly-launched companies. It even predated Ask Jeeves, which didn’t make its debut until 1996. CityRealty’s earliest incarnation—a sort of glorified real estate classifieds—was cutting edge in the way that anything online back then was cutting edge just by virtue of being online.

“The people who founded the company thought it would be a listings site to compete with the newspapers,” general manager Jim Schoenburg told The Observer. “As far as we know, we’re the oldest continuously operating real estate website.” Read More

By Kim Velsey 1/30 3:11pm

Skyscraper Living

The most expensive places to buy in Manhattan, via Propertyshark.

Boerum Hill Is More Expensive than Dumbo, But Soho Is the Most Expensive Place Of All

The rich still love vast lofts and cobblestone streets, but this year Tribeca has failed to reclaim the title of New York’s most expensive neighborhood.

The honor goes to Soho, where tourists come to shop, sidewalk vendors clog the streets and the median residential sales price in 2012 was $2.2 million, according to a new report released by PropertyShark. Read More