Who's Moving to Downtown Brooklyn?
That’s what Ideal Properties Group has been researching during the third quarter of 2008. Yesterday, they sent out a report [warning: pdf] with new tenants’ ages, genders, average incomes, marital/roommate statuses, occupations, previous residences, and whether they used guarantors to get leases. FYI, their definition of Downtown includes Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Clinton…
That’s what Ideal Properties Group has been researching during the third quarter of 2008. Yesterday, they sent out a report [warning: pdf] with new tenants’ ages, genders, average incomes, marital/roommate statuses, occupations, previous residences, and whether they used guarantors to get leases. FYI, their definition of Downtown includes Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Clinton Hill, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and Windsor Terrace.
Behold, the typical tenant in downtown Brooklyn:
· 29.5 years old on average
· 83 percent live with roommates or families
· 52 percent are women.
· most lived and rented in Brooklyn before heading downtown
· many work freelance in entertainment industry
· make (on average) $72,342
· 79 percent don’t need a guarantor
· pays an average rent of $2,592/month
Most of those who poked around in these “downtown” neighborhoods settled on one; 72 percent of those newbies selected a new life in Park Slope.
Who Recently Moved to Downtown Brooklyn? [Ideal Properties]
Meet Your ‘Downtown Brooklyn’ Rental Tenant Neighbors [Curbed]
You get an A+ for effort 🙂
Oh, I see. That Japs ref. was in reference to the General MacArthur comment, (you know, the Phillipines etc.). It was tongue in cheek, unless Japan has invaded Park Slope 😉
ditto, I’m not following you, Japs is in most use a derogatory term. If the broker says this area is Japanese fine, if the broker says this area here is japs, well it has a different ring to it.
Eighth Ave., not getting what you mean. What of the findings listed in the story above are not discussable by brokers with their clients? How do they violate the fair housing laws? If the broker says – this are is all Haitian, then ok, there is an issue – but not here.
“whats the problem as long as you don’t discuss race?”
Problem discussing race, No
Problem with racism, Yes
whats the problem as long as you don’t discuss race?
And these real estate brokers have never heard of Fair Housing laws? Most borkers I know won’t discuss demographics at all because of that.
True that, 11217. Prices tend to go up as you climb the hill.
Yeah, I know you can get cheaper, Snark. I think it’s because it’s up between 7th and 8th on a named street. I’ve noticed that prices even a couple blocks in that direction seem to be substantially more expensive than those by 5th.
Sounds like you have a great deal…and I love it down by 5th. I usually get off at Bergen (instead of Grand Army, which is right by me), just to take the long walk home down 5th and up my street…