Hannah Kramer
Co-Host of Deconstruct
Hannah Kramer is the director of content strategy at The Real Deal, overseeing operations for the editorial team as well as podcast, video, newsletter, and event programming. Hannah works as a liaison between the editorial team and the business, marketing, and sales teams, helping TRD work smoothly across departments. Prior to TRD Hannah was an elementary school teacher, and was educated at Columbia University. She is a native Philadelphian but loves New York.
Hannah Kramer has hosted four Episodes.
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Who's still buying NYC's rent stabilized buildings?
March 12th, 2026 | Season 5 | 23 mins
business news, investing, news, real estate, rent, rezoning, the real deal
Deconstruct hosts and The Real Deal staffers Lilah Burke and Hannah Kramer give updates in the sex trafficking case against the Alexanders, political notes about tax increases and the potential rollback of an environmental law, and the battle over West Park Presbyterian church. Then, the hosts interview broker Lev Mavashev, who sells rent-stabilized multifamily buildings in New York and explains how the 2019 rent laws impacted the struggling niche.
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The sex trafficking case against the Alexander Brothers comes to a close
March 5th, 2026 | Season 5 | 19 mins 12 secs
alexander brothers, business news, news, real estate, true crime
In the latest episode of Deconstruct, hosts Lilah Burke and Hannah Kramer talk about the sale of Ivana Trump's Upper East Side mansion; commercial mortgage fraud rooted out by brokerage Walker & Dunlop; the cell phone companies that's stopped paying landlords; and talk in-depth with senior editor Ellen Cranley about the federal sex trafficking trial against the Alexander brothers, two of whom were once the highest flying brokers in the luxury real estate world.
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Inside the multifamily mortgage fraud that's rattled the real estate industry
February 26th, 2026 | Season 5 | 18 mins 41 secs
business news, fraud, investing, lending, mortgage, news, real estate, the real deal
Correspondents from The Real Deal's newsroom discuss the ongoing trial of the Alexander brothers, who face serious allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking; the fraud case against former HFZ executive Nir Meir; the implications of high-end rental prices in New York City; and dive into a complex mortgage fraud scheme with senior reporter Keith Larsen. The episode concludes with a look at ICE's controversial plans to convert industrial sites into detention centers.
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How real estate brokers scrambled to get inside the Epstein house
February 19th, 2026 | Season 5 | 17 mins 31 secs
Deconstruct is back. New hosts from The Real Deal's newsroom are bringing you the most important news for New York City's real estate world. Up first: the Epstein files reveal how top townhouse brokers tried to claw their way into Jeffrey Epstein's Upper East Side mansion. Plus, early impacts on real estate from the Mamdani administration, Mark Zuckerberg's maybe-buy in Miami, and more.