Good Morning New York, Real Estate with Vince Rocco

At this hour: Harvard Magazine says DISTANT are the days of Annie Hall, when Woody Allen resigned himself to a plate of alfalfa sprouts and mashed yeast. Over the years, vegan eating has gone from tasteless to trendy to making inroads into the mainstream.

At this hour: You were excited when you put your apartment on the market and thought it would sell quickly—within a few days, or a week. But weeks passed, and then months. Now it's been sitting on the market for more than 100 days.

At this hour: Real estate sales in Manhattan plunged 25 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, as the new federal tax laws, stock market swings and a glut of luxury condominiums spooked buyers.

At this hour: The bubbly may be flowing in the Hamptons this summer, but the property market is flat.

In the second quarter this year, sales in the Hamptons slumped 12.8 percent, according to Douglas Elliman’s latest market report.

At this hour: It used to be known for its tenement-style buildings, but these days new construction is transforming the Lower East Side, with loads of new residential and retail buildings, ushering in rising prices.

At this hour: Heat wave on the waterfront!

The fountains at Domino Park are an instant antidote to it. The just-opened recreation area has rows of inviting water jets for kids to run through when temps soar.

The park opened this past June.

At this hour: As luxury buyers take refuge in the rental market, sales brokers are being forced to adapt.

In the midst of a sluggish sales market, would-be buyers are turning to the high-end rental market to wait out the uncertainty.

At this hour: Demand for homes has been increasing for the past several years, with Millennials giving it a big push in the suburbs at least.

At this hour: Real estate sales in the first quarter posted their largest drop in nearly a decade and reached their lowest level in more than six years.

The high end of the market is being hit the hardest, partly because of asking prices.