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Black-Owned Father-Son Real Estate Title Insurance Biz Achieves $2 Billion in Transactions

by Fern GillespieA Black family-owned real estate title insurance firm with a history in Brooklyn, headed by founder and president Osei Rubie and his son and partner Nadir Rubie, recently achieved a milestone of $2 billion in closed real estate transactions with residential, commercial,...
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Challenges Facing Brooklyn’s Black Realtors

By Fern GillespieRecently, the New York Times published “Selling Houses While Black,” an overview of problems facing Black real estate agents. According to the National Association of Realtors, which didn’t permit Black members until 1961, approximately 6 percent of real estate agents and brokers...

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5 Facts About Black Homeownership in Brooklyn

Article By Submitted IMPACCT Brooklyn Black homeownership in Brooklyn isn’t only important today — it’s...
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NO MORE RINGS AROUND IT: GAGE & TOLLNER, COMING BACK, NEVER REALLY LEFT

Real Estate    Born in Downtown Brooklyn 140 years ago, the missed Gage & Tollner Restaurant...
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MONTGOMERY / WEINSTEIN “DEED THEFT BILL” PASSES LEGISLATURE–AWAITS SIGNATURE OF THE GOVERNOR

Bill Provides Protections for Owners of Homes in Default or in Foreclosure Senator (Velmanette) Montgomery's...
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Another Case For Reparations

Third-Party Transfer & the Loss of Intergenerational Wealth The attack on Black and Brown people...
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Channeling Outrage into Action on Behalf of Homeowners

As Mayor Bill de Blasio doubles-down in his defense of HPD’s (Housing, Preservation and...
City Politics

Wofford Calls for State Investigation Over City’s Taking of Properties

By Stephen Witt September 28, 2018 Editor’s Note: The following is the fifth of a KCP investigative...
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City Seizes Multiple Properties as Real Estate Scandal Grows

By Stephen Witt & Kelly Mena Mr. McConnell Dorce, a house-owner in East New York...
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City Caught Trying to Grab Senior

Ms. Marlene Saunders, a long time resident and homeowner of 1217 Dean Street. The...
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Talking About Rent

The pace at which new construction and housing rehabilitation is occurring in Brooklyn is...
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Shadow Studies in Crown Heights

By Ellis Jordan Lewis Crown Heights is a well-known neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, and is...
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Redlining Blues

Redlining is an illegal practice in real estate. It involves lenders that refuse to...
Real Estate

Dead Woman’s $2.5M Brownstone Sold for $50,000

A beautiful brownstone in Prospect Heights, valued at over $2 million, was scheduled for...
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Death and Deed Theft: Violence in the Community

We Are Challenged View From HereDavid Mark Greaves All the world now knows that the United...
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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and People’s Coalition to Stop Deed Theft Host Scammed Homeowners

By Mary Alice Miller Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez hosted a community meeting at Restoration...
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April is International Black Women’s Month

By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large This month celebrates the 10-year anniversary of International Black Women’s...
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Women Take the Wheel in NYC’s For-Hire Vehicles, Even as Male Drivers Predominate

Women lead several key driving trade groups in the city, and though female operators...