Espionage

PropertyShark Honchos Repel Sexy Russian Spy

In by far the most interesting story ever involving city records, it’s been revealed that PropertyShark CEO Bill Staniford was involved with smoking hot Russian spy Anna Chapman.

Mr. Staniford is featured in a recent interview with Details magazine, with him and several others seduced by the Russian temptress. “She walks in with this Read More

Cracking The $5 M. Zip Code

The Manhattan zip code with the greatest number of home sales of at least $5 million this year has been 10023 on the Upper West Side. (Research site PropertyShark mined the data based on closed deals through Oct. 17.) No surprise, since the area includes 15 Central Park West and the Time Warner Center. Read More

What a Difference 15 CPW Makes!

Last week, we gave you (via PropertyShark‘s crackerjack research) the Manhattan zip codes with the most $5 million-and-up housing deals in 2008. That list, however, deliberately did not include The Plaza, 15 Central Park West and Time Warner Center.

The above does, and there’s a big difference between the two lists: Gone is Read More

Where Manhattan’s $5 M. Home Sales Happen

Research site PropertyShark crunched the numbers, and came up with where the home sales of at least $5 million were happening in Manhattan this year. The above numbers, ranked by amounts per zip code, cover closed condo, co-op and other single-residential deals from January through Oct. 17. Also: The numbers don’t include deals at super-expensive Read More