Deborah A. Forest
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Deborah A. Forest

  • Resources
      My Home Didn't Sell! Now What? Property Marketing Plan
  • Listings
  • Contact
Deborah Forest

Deborah Forest

We use technology & experience to make your next move easy & enjoyable. We help home buyers search and find the perfect New York homes for sale and rent, which we negotiate to our clients' advantage, and make moving as easy as possible. We help New York home sellers prepare their home for the market, set a pricing strategy, and find buyers for their homes through innovative, effective marketing. Deborah A. Forest is a driven and dynamic professional with a demonstrated history of working in the NYC Residential Real Estate industry. Experienced in Residential Apartment, Resale, Rental, and New Product Development. Data-driven analytical professional with demonstrated success in delivering solution-oriented marketing by meeting market and behavioral trends with competitive insights, tactical and performance marketing.

Sotheby's International Real Estate

650 Madison Ave
New York , NY 10022
United States
(646) 263-7777

Recent Articles

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01 Jul 2026

What You Can Negotiate in a Home Purchase (That Most Buyers Don’t Realize)

by Deborah Forest

When most people picture negotiating on a home, they picture one number: the list price. You offer somewhere under the asking price, the seller counters, you settle in the middle, and whoever gives up...

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01 Jun 2026

House Hacking in 2026: What the Hype Got Wrong — and What Actually Works

by Deborah Forest

If you’ve spent any time on real estate TikTok in the last few years, you’ve probably seen the house hacking pitch. Buy a property, rent part of it out, let your tenants cover the...

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01 May 2026

2026 Home Design Trends: What’s In, What’s Out, and What Buyers Are Responding To

by Deborah Forest

After a decade of cool grays, crisp whites, and spaces that looked more like showrooms than homes, buyers have changed what they’re looking for. Call it quiet luxury — the idea that richness comes...

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01 Apr 2026

Is Buying a Home Together Right for Your Family? Here’s How to Think It Through

by Deborah Forest

For a long time, multigenerational living had a reputation problem. It was the option families turned to when something had gone wrong — a job loss, a divorce, a health crisis. Moving back in...

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01 Mar 2026

What Actually Makes a Listing Stand Out in 2026

by Deborah Forest

The playbook for selling a home has changed fast. Buyers have more options, more leverage, and they are using it. Active housing inventory rose more than 16% year-over-year in 2025 — one of the...

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02 Feb 2026

The True Cost of Homeownership: What You Pay Beyond the Mortgage

by Deborah Forest

When most homebuyers calculate whether they can afford a new home, they focus almost exclusively on one number: the monthly mortgage payment. It’s the figure lenders qualify them for, the number discussed during showings,...

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01 Jan 2026

2026 Housing Market Forecast: Will the Market Find Its Footing?

by Deborah Forest

Will 2026 be the year buyers stop waiting? Forecasters are split, predicting anywhere from 1.7%1 to 14%2 growth in home sales. That 12-point gap reveals the central question facing the housing market: how much...

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01 Dec 2025

Planning Your 2026 Real Estate Moves: A Guide to the Best Buying and Selling Seasons

by Deborah Forest

Timing isn’t everything in real estate, but it can mean the difference between saving $20,000 or paying a premium, selling in 30 days or waiting three months, and negotiating from a position of strength...

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01 Nov 2025

Can You Really Trust Online Home Valuations?

by Deborah Forest

For millions of homeowners, checking their Zillow Zestimate has become as routine as checking a stock portfolio—a quick hit of seeing your home’s estimated value, right at your fingertips. With 178 million monthly users...

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01 Nov 2025

Can You Really Trust Online Home Estimates?

by Deborah Forest

For millions of homeowners, checking their Zillow Zestimate has become as routine as checking a stock portfolio—a quick hit of seeing your home’s estimated value, right at your fingertips. With 178 million monthly users...

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Recent Listings

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1600 Broadway #18C New York, NY 10019

Active | 2 BR | 2 BA | 1,329 sqft

Welcome to 1600 Broadway — center stage in Times Square, with Hell’s Kitchen edge and Midtown energy. This high-floor 2-bedroom plus home office (easily a 3rd bedroom) is a sunlit sanctuary offering 1,329 sq....

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Sotheby's International Real Estate

650 Madison Ave

New York, NY 10022

United States

www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/associate/180-a-df23111512021011821/deborah-forest

212-606-7765

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