It Begins: Bank Foreclosing On Eight Rent-stabilized Buildings(NY); Dublin Home Prices Drop At Sharpest Rate In Nation

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Bank Foreclosing on Eight Rent-Stabilized Buildings

A subsidiary of New York Community Bank — the largest lender to New York rent-stabilized landlords — recently filed to foreclose on eight properties belonging to two of them.

The building owners, including one whose family has held the properties since the late 1990s, fell behind on debt payments to Flagstar Bank between February and May and failed to cure the defaults, leading the lender to bring cases in July, court and property records show.

Landlords said the swell is among the first they’ve heard of. Attorneys in the space said they have yet to see a rash of foreclosure filings. But market conditions signal more may be coming.

Industry insiders sounded the alarm on rent-stabilized buildings late last year as interest rates and operating expenses rose much faster than rents.

Brokers said they had begun to offload non-performing assets for underwater owners. Sugar Hill Capital, one of the largest multifamily owners in Northern Manhattan, faced a foreclosure filing on a $16 million mortgage in November.

Report: Dublin home prices drop at sharpest rate in nation

Bay Area cities have experienced some of the biggest drops in home prices across the country, including Dublin at the top of the list, according to a new study evaluating typical home values from May 2022 to May 2023.

According to the report by investment advising company SmartAsset, San Francisco was the largest city in the top 10 list for price reductions, with home values falling by 13% from 2022 to 2023. The company used Zillow Home Value Index data from May 2022 and May 2023 for single-family homes, condos and housing co-ops.

​​Dublin’s year-over-year home value dropped by $229,706 (15.37%), to rank No. 1 in the report. The average home value in Dublin still remained at nearly $1.26 million.

Pleasanton (seventh, at a 12.11% drop), Livermore (15th; 10.67% drop) and San Ramon (17th; 10.02% drop) also finished in the top-20 of largest declines, according to the report.

But the fall in prices isn’t necessarily a good sign. Housing inventory is still tight, and housing experts say the trend is instead due to a fall in demand, as people leave the Bay Area in search for a lower cost of living.

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