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Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics at New York University and Chairman of Roubini Global Economics speaks at the opening session “Rebalancing the Global Economy” at the Global buy canada goose jacket Financial Forum in New York, April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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Roubini, the New York University economist best known for predicting the world banking collapse and who warned in 2006 the States was likely to Canada Goose Outlet face a once in a lifetime housing bust, also bought a $5.5 million condominium in Manhattan.
Paulson purchased a condo on ritzy Fifth Avenue for $2.85 million.
Roubini and Paulson declined to comment, but the deals were confirmed by public records, which showed they bought in the final two months of last year.
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Kleier has been showing buyers around an 8,360 Canada Goose sale square feet $27.5 million apartment across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Manhattan Upper canada goose clearance sale East Side. Two of her clients, both from Wall Street, have expressed interest in the 13 room, 9 bathroom apartment with views of Central Park.
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Canada Goose Jackets Street is the main driver of the city economy, and also tends to drive the local real estate market, said Jason Bram, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. end may be picking up, in terms of volume, but that doesn necessarily mean that prices are going up, it just means there is more transacting.
buy canada goose jacket cheap Up until the Lehman bankruptcy, New York City seemed immune to the real estate woes plaguing the rest of the country. But the demise of Lehman and the disappearance of Bear Stearns Cos. and Merrill Lynch Co. through distressed sales transformed Wall Street.
The atmosphere on Wall Street has changed since. government has helped the banking system to heal. housing canadian goose jacket market remains gloomy. is headed for a new recession this year. He says his Manhattan apartment purchase in June is not based on optimism as much as on needing a place to live and spreading his risk.
needed a place to live as I have been renting for a few years. Also diversifying my assets does make some sense I could be wrong! he said in a follow up interview on Monday.
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According to the Corcoran Group, New York City biggest residential real estate brokerages, more Manhattan homebuyers bought larger, pricier apartments in the fourth quarter, driving the median price higher.
Canada Goose Outlet The Corcoran Group put the median price at $825,000, up 3 percent from the year before, while Brown Harris Stevens put it at $840,000, up 5 percent.