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bowing to the inevitable price drop, but 25% impresses

Aug. 4, 2009

Categorized in: Marketing Manhattan apartments

Tagged with: 1000ft, 1300ft, birthday, custom, magazine, price drop, renovation

Speaking of lovely Manhattan lofts (as we were last week, July 31, why isn't a Tribeca premium renovation worth at least 250/ft?) with pricing difficulties (as we were yesterday, ditto), there's a new firm and a price on a loft to root for: this baby just

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break away to win the neighborly competition / so many lofts, so many dollars ... but no sales (yet)

Apr. 17, 2009

Categorized in: pricing analysis

Tagged with: 1000ft, 1300ft, buyer eyes, competition, comps, neighbors, price drop, views

If this neighborly competition occurred in a cookie-cutter "apartment" building in Manhattan (even a high-end "apartment" building), the outcome would be clear: no one would bid on "B" or "D"; every serious bidder would bid on "F" and probably "E"; while

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chasing a dream or waking up from a bad dream, as they chase The Market down

Mar. 15, 2009

Categorized in: Market Trends

Tagged with: 1100ft, 1300ft, 2007, flip, price drop

There's a new-ish listing in an architecturally significant Manhattan loft conversion from this century that hit numerous Manhattan Loft Guy buttons: it is (another) one of those eight million stories; it was definitely too pushy; it is now priced signifi

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bowing to the inevitable price drop, but 25% impresses

break away to win the neighborly competition / so many lofts, so many dollars ... but no sales (yet)

chasing a dream or waking up from a bad dream, as they chase The Market down