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title: "All Buyer Guides & Insights - Real Estate Rebate Team"
description: "Browse buyer guides, market notes, and practical advisory content for purchasing in New York and New Jersey. Expert guidance from Real Estate Rebate Team."
url: "https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/all"
source: "Real Estate Rebate Team"
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Real Estate Rebate Team


Licensed Broker NY & NJ · License: 10491211335


NYC MARKET REPORT
[## NYC Real Estate Market Report Q2 2026: Manhattan, Brooklyn & Queens](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/nyc-real-estate-market-report-q2-2026)
See how prices and sales activity changed across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens in Q2 2026, with practical takeaways for buyers and a look at future supply.
[Read Guide→](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/nyc-real-estate-market-report-q2-2026)


NYC MORTGAGE RECORDING TAX
[### The NYC Mortgage Recording Tax](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/nyc-mortgage-recording-tax)
NYC mortgage recording tax is 1.80% or 1.925% of your loan for a condo or house, and nothing for a co-op. The statutory total is higher because your lender pays part of it. Rates from Form MT-15, who pays each component, and how to pay less.
[Read Guide→](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/nyc-mortgage-recording-tax)
NYC MARKET REPORT
[### New York Filed 8,060 Apartments Last Quarter. Almost None of Them Are for Sale](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/nyc-q2-2026-construction-pipeline-what-buyers-get)
Manhattan filed seven new buildings in three months and one of them is 85 percent of the borough. Seven of the eight largest buildings in the city are subsidised rental. And the tax law paying for all of it has almost nothing in it for a condominium buyer.
[Read Guide→](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/nyc-q2-2026-construction-pipeline-what-buyers-get)
CONDO FINANCING
[### New Fannie Mae Condo Rules: What NYC Buyers and Owners Need to Know for 2027](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/fannie-mae-condo-rules-2027-nyc-buyers)
Fannie Mae raised the minimum replacement-reserve allocation from 10 percent to 15 percent and retired the Limited Review. Here is what that costs a New York building, which apartments it actually reaches, and the parts of the rulebook nobody is quoting.
[Read Guide→](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/fannie-mae-condo-rules-2027-nyc-buyers)


NEW DEVELOPMENTS
[## What Buyers Should Know Before Touring New Developments](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/touring-new-developments)
Navigate sponsor-guided sales galleries, complex offering plans, and customized incentives in NYC’s new construction market with confidence and strategic preparation.
[Read Guide→](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/touring-new-developments)


NEIGHBORHOODS
[### Chelsea vs the Financial District: Paying 53 Percent More Per Foot](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/chelsea-vs-financial-district)
Chelsea closed two-bedrooms at $1,968 a foot, the Financial District at $1,288. Nearly 95 percent of downtown closings finished below ask.
[Read Guide→](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/chelsea-vs-financial-district)
NEIGHBORHOODS
[### Lenox Hill vs Yorkville: The Upper East Side Is Not One Market](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/lenox-hill-vs-yorkville)
Searching "Upper East Side" hides a 22 percent per-foot spread. Yorkville is cheaper at every size and closes in less than half the time.
[Read Guide→](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/lenox-hill-vs-yorkville)
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
[### Do You Need Your Own Broker for New Development in NYC?](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/new-development-buyer-broker-nyc)
How the new development registration rule works, why touring a sales gallery alone is the most expensive mistake a New York buyer makes, and what a buyer's broker does on a sponsor purchase that a rebate platform structurally cannot.
[Read Guide→](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/guides/new-development-buyer-broker-nyc)


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