Does this guy have luck or what? A spectacular NFL career with a multimillion-dollar contract. Three Super Bowl rings. A supermodel wife. And now the BBJ is reporting that he’s one of the few who have defied market gravity by actually making a hefty profit on a NYC condo he bought in 2006 — and [...]

Now the New York Times is writing about Mo Vaughn’s successful real estate business in the Big Apple. It’s pretty impressive how many apartments he owns and how much people appreciate what he’s doing.
File under: Home-run

Breaking real estate story: Rush Limbaugh didn’t quite get what he was asking for, but he still got $11.5 million for his 10-room, four-terraces condo in Manhattan.
Do you think the hand-painted ceiling murals and walls upholstered in silk damask helped the sales pitch? For some reason, we don’t think so.
File under: You can take [...]

Mo Vaughn is a big hit in the Big Apple for buying up run-down residential properties and cleaning them up. It’s a highly laudable venture.
But what’s up with Mo dissing Boston? From the ex-Sox slugger:
I always felt – it’s like coming to New York to play, you’ve got to play well in New York – [...]

Here’s a list of the 15 most expensive bankers homes in Manhattan. They make Boston luxury pads look Little League by comparison – and they are.
The top one goes for $49 million. Hint: It doesn’t belong to Lloyd Blankfein, though he’s definitely on the list, and it’s certainly not a condo.
File under: Our pension and [...]

You gotta love a real estate story with the headline: “Where a Greedy Wall Street Villain Would Feel Right at Home.”
The 6,250-square-foot Manhattan duplex is featured in the upcoming “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” Oliver Stone’s sequel to his hit movie “Wall Street.”
It’s definitely a high-end bachelor’s pad: heavy oak, leather, “Taxi Driver” DVD and [...]

Rush Limbaugh, that old populist conservative from the heartland, is selling his 20th floor penthouse at 1049 Fifth Avenue in New York for $13.95 million.
No update yet on the house-porn plans of John Edwards, that old populist liberal from the heartland.
File under: Still waiting for our populist blogger millions, damn it.

Do you think “The Appraiser” would make a good organized crime movie? Don’t laugh. In fact, a closer look at the industry and its scandals reveals a “Godfather”-like underbelly, complete with death threats on public officials and sting operations.
There is a tongue in cheek style article by Sheree Curry in the recently ramped up HousingWatch [...]

The Times columnist, Princeton professor, recent Nobel winner, and all-around ceaselessly smart economist Paul Krugman has a nice new NYC co-op. According to a deed filed in city records. Mr. Krugman and his wife, economist and yoga teacher Robin Wells, spent $1.7 million on a three-bedroom Riverside Drive apartment earlier this month.
“We really wanted [...]

A plucky real-estate agent delivered a little street justice after she helped chase down a 14-year-old boy who swiped her BlackBerry on the Upper East Side.
“He was a little runt. I went up to him and punched him…….. ”
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