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Technological Advancements in the Time of COVID: Staff use an ultraviolet light wand to disinfect the buttons of an elevator at a new condo in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Elevator disinfection tech has been a focus for both developers and concerned residents, but more time is needed to study their efficacy. Stefano Ukmar for The New York Times COVID-19 has brought different technological advancements to the real estate industry. Although some of these advancements raise privacy concerns and may ...

The real estate markets in suburbs and fashionable exurbs are heating up since people have been escaping from the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to such booming, some first-time buyers might feel a sudden hurry to buy their property and fear that the price would keep going up if they wait. However, Robert J. Shiller warned in this article that such optimism and excitement is unwarranted because of the historical boom-and-bust cycles, potential interference of political components and potential surge of ...

This article illustrates how one New Yorker chose between a house in Upstate and an apartment in Brooklyn. The New York Times interviewed Ms. Ashleigh Kaneski, a 37-year-old New Yorker, to tell her story why she initially decided to buy a house in the Catskills, but eventually chose to buy an apartment in Brooklyn. Joyce Cohen, An Apartment in Brooklyn or a House Upstate? She Had the Budget for One, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/29/realestate/29hunt-kaneski.html (Oct. 29, 2020)...