Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: DeKalb Market Hall Opening Soon, Foreclosures Increase

Wealthy Renters “Take Over Brooklyn” as Property Values Soar and Foreclosures Increase: Report

It sounds like an oxymoron: Property values and rents are rising everywhere in Brooklyn, but at the same time, the gap between some of the poorest parts of the borough and everywhere else is widening, according to a new study from PropertyShark.

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Transformation of Downtown Brooklyn Continues With Opening of DeKalb Market Hall

Downtown Brooklyn’s highly anticipated DeKalb Market Hall is opening in the next few weeks, and when it does, it is widely expected to turn the neighborhood into a foodie destination. It’s the latest of many developments that have been transforming Downtown Brooklyn since a 2004 rezoning.

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Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: All Four Sold — and All for Above Ask

The weekend is almost here, and it’s time for us to take a look back six months and check in on how four of our featured listings fared on the market.

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Sleekly Updated Ditmas Park Standalone With Original Details, Garage Asks $2.675 Million

This sprawling circa 1901 home is newly and fully renovated, with new kitchen and baths alongside a bit of original detail. A three-story with a front porch and a garage, it’s on a fine, quiet block in the Ditmas Park Historic District, at 497 East 17th Street.

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Four Houses in Move-in Condition to See This Weekend, Starting at $1.325 Million

You can leave your contractor and your architect at home if you’re hitting our open house picks this weekend: there are no fixer-uppers in the bunch. At least three of them are newly renovated; the fourth we’re not sure about, but either way it doesn’t appear to need anything. They’re found in Clinton Hill, Bed Stuy, Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

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