Department of Real Estate

In The Media

Spring 2026
Assistant Professor Joshua Coven was featured on The Rent Roll with Jay Parsons podcast, where he discussed the Impact of Institutional Investors on homeownership. Professor Coven was also quoted in a Yahoo Finance article examining Wall Street investments in single-family homes.

Fall 2025
Professor Yildiray Yildirim was quoted in Commercial Observer in July 2025 in an article on the New York City construction labor market. He was also interviewed by Amsterdam News in September regarding NYC condo conversions.

Spring 2025
Assistant Professor Maggie Hu was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal and provided her insights on China’s recent crypto-currency trading restrictions.

Professor Yildiray Yildirim was cited in Romain Sinclair’s NY Multifamily Newsletter in an article covering New York’s new Affordable Housing Retention Act (AHRA).

Fall 2024
Assistant Professor Maggie Hu was cited in a news article by the South China Morning Post titled, “The ups and downs of New World’s Adrian Cheng: development, debt and downfall” in October 2024.

Professor Yildiray Yildirim was also interviewed by WalletHub and provided expert comments on the Long-Term Personal Loans.

Spring 2024
Assistant Professor Sophia Gilbukh has been interviewed by several media sources, including The NY Times, The Washington Post, Guardian, Vox,Business Insider, Nikkei, and Yahoo Finance, regarding the NAR (National Association of Realtors) settlement.|
Professor Yildiray Yildirim was quoted in a news article from the New York Times in January 2024 regarding a recent trend in real estate marketing.

Fall 2023

Assistant Professor Sophia Gilbukh was quoted in Washington Post regarding real estate commissions on home sales. Professor Gilbukh also joined the Michael Smerconish live program on SiriusXM as a guest.
Professor Yildiray Yildirim was also featured in an interview with The Messenger for an article titled “Manhattan Rent Hits Historic Peak at $5,588.”

February 2023
Professor Yildiray Yildirim was interviewed by China Daily USA and shared an insight into the NYC office buildings: NYC looks to convert offices into apartments.

February 2022
Assistant Professor Sophia Gilbukh was a panelist in a discussion held by The Wall Street Journal about commissions for real estate agents: How Should Real-Estate Agents Be Paid?

November 2021
Assistant Professor Sophia Gilbukh wrote an article in ProMarket, How to Make the Market for Real Estate Agents More Competitive.

September 2021
Assistant Professor Sophia Gilbukh was invited to a podcast,A real estate professor weighs in on the future of MLSs.

August 2021
Assistant Professor Sophia Gilbukh was interviewed for an article on HousingWire:The Problem with banning pocket listings.

July 2021
Assistant Professor Sophia Gilbukh was interviewed with The Real Deal: Number of new agents soars past pre-pandemic levels.

May 2021
Professor Yildiray Yildirim was quoted in an article on rental-to-condo/co-op conversions in The Real Deal: Rental-to-condo conversions drop 80% after 2019 rent law: report.

April 2021
Assistant Professor Sophia Gilbukh was interviewed for the Indicator podcast on NPR:Too Many Real Estate Agents.

April 2020
Professor Yildiray Yildirim shared insightful thoughts about the future of real estate education and the advantages of online programs in a post-COVID-19 world in an article published by REFI US: “Real Estate Education Could Fundamentally Change in Post-Covid 19 World.”