Hispanic homeownership in the U.S. climbed significantly in 2020 – there are now 8.8 million Hispanic homeowners in the country, according to a report released this week by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. That’s 725,000 more than in 2019.
- A woman said she was deceived into believing a penthouse she purchased had a full-time doorman.
- The unnamed woman is suing The Corcoran Group, one of its agents, and the seller of the property.
- She said the agency tried to hide the fact that there was a virtual doorman in the evenings.
A woman is suing a New York City real-estate agency that she said tricked her into purchasing a $19 million penthouse without a full-time doorman, the New York Post initially reported.
In a complaint filed Wednesday with the Manhattan Supreme Court and obtained by Insider, a legal representative for the unnamed woman said she purchased the penthouse at 37 Warren Street, Tribeca, in March.
The buyer — who is described in the legal document as a single mother of three — terminated the contract in August and demanded a refund of her $1.9 million deposit after learning that the seller and brokers had concealed that there was a part-time doorman and virtual doorman in the evenings, according to the complaint. Now, the complaint says, she’s seeking punitive damages in excess of $2.5 million as well as the reimbursement of her legal fees.
The complaint was filed by Kara Dille, an accountant who runs the unidentified woman’s estate, according to the New York Post. It names The Corcoran Group, Catherine L Juraciah (an agent at the real-estate firm), and Zoelle LLC (the seller of the property).
According to the complaint, The Corcoran Group and Zoelle LLC represented the doorman in an “intentionally false” way with the clear intention to “fraudulently induce” the woman into purchasing the home.
