Read Article When Elena Smirnova jumped from Citi Habitats to upstart brokerage LG Fairmont in 2014, the firm started sending her leads it was buying from listings sites such as Trulia and Zillow. Every month, Smirnova — then a newbie agent with just a year under her belt in the New York...

FOR three years, Shai Benhamou lived with a roommate in a walk-up rental on the Upper East Side. They spent just over $1,600 a month for the two-bedroom apartment, but the bedrooms were only nine feet square. The York Avenue location was far from downtown, where Mr. Benhamou spent most...

The Real Deal Summer sales slower than usual July was hot, and buyers were not bothered at least when it came to buying Manhattan real estate.  Open house attendance was down, beyond the usual summer ebb, and price adjustments were more frequent — both indicators of a weakened housing market.  Richard...