Quite simply, it is very difficult to find the ideal apartment without a real estate agent / broker. The Manhattan market is large and complex and moves very quickly; trying to navigate it on your own is a formidable challenge. Brokers live and breath the market - most buyers purchase an apartment every few years (at most), while brokers are buying and selling every day. Thus, the experience and knowledge they bring is invaluable and impossible to get elsewhere. As useful as we like to think the content in our website is, it is meant to be used in conjunction with the expertise of an experienced real estate broker.

Always remember that when buying an apartment in New York, you are competing against hundreds, if not thousands, of other buyers who are looking for almost exactly what you are. By working with a single broker whom you trust and with whom you are comfortable, you will give yourself a competitive advantage over those who are not using a broker or those who are using several brokers. Of course, this also means that if you are not using a broker or, even worse, if you are using multiple brokers, you will be at a competitive disadvantage versus those buyers that have a great relationship with a single broker. Thus, once you have a good idea of what you want, your first goal in finding the perfect apartment needs to be finding the right broker. Understanding this, one of the key services CityRealty provides is to connect you to a broker that will be best able to help you. Please click here to have us find the perfect broker for you.