I’m a little late reporting on this, but with our first closing of 2018, a gorgeous brownstone restoration project in prime Bed Stuy, we eclipsed the $2MM mark in total real estate commission rebates given out since we began this whole Digs thing. This is such an awesome milestone, especially considering that we only eclipsed […]
Happy New Year, everybody! As we wrap up another year helping home buyers and sellers navigate the complexities of the NYC real estate market, and saving them real money with our real estate broker commission rebates and discounts, I would like to extend a personal thank you to all of you for continuing to refer […]
The new tax bill approved by the House and Senate and signed into law this year presents a world of unknowns for the real estate market going into 2018. There is (a) one major piece of the legislation that will directly make the ownership of most NYC real estate more expensive (the lowering of the […]
Mortgage Assignments and the CEMA (Consolidation, Extension and Modification Agreement) Homebuyers in NYC have grown accustomed to absurdly high sale prices and an unusually long and oftentimes puzzlingly complicated process to get from contract to closing. They also have to deal with some of the highest closing costs in the country, including the so-called “Mansion […]
Digs Update As you know, we, at Digs, do our best to make homeownership more affordable in one of the world’s most expensive real estate markets, by sharing our commissions with our buy-side clients and offering reduced commissions to our sell-side clients. This quarter, in the 11 transactions we closed, we saved our clients over $215,000 in rebates and reduced […]
Important Changes to Streeteasy and Buyer Searches As you may or may not know, Streeteasy has implemented several initiatives this year which have upset the brokerage community, including selling leads and charging for rental listings – this will lead to less complete Streeteasy buyer searches. In the wake of these developments, REBNY, the trade group […]
Hey everybody! I hope you’re all enjoying your summer. Digs News. What a quarter! Eight closed deals, ten signed contracts and four new listings! We are well on our way to closing over $50M in transactions this year, which would be such an incredible milestone for our company to hit in just our third full year […]
Hey everybody! I hope you’re all doing well. The Market Awakens. A very strange thing happened when 2017 came along – the market woke up. Instead of nursing a new year’s hangover and eating a greasy breakfast, the market started behaving like it not only had a good night’s sleep, but also like it just finished […]
2016 was a pretty crazy year! Digs Year in Review $600,000 in Rebates. In 2016, we hit a huge milestone and eclipsed $1,000,000 in gross broker commission rebates and discounts given since we launched Digs full time in 2014 – real money that has helped make home ownership a bit more affordable for our clients and has […]
Buyers who require financing can improve their chances to compete with cash buyers by waiving the mortgage contingency. Most of my deals over the past few years have been cash or non-contingent. An increasing number of my deals today are contingent, but it is still a minority. This blog post discusses a bit about the […]