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one less funny person at The Porter House

Aug. 28, 2009
Categorized in: Market Trends
I checked in at 66 Ninth Avenue (The Porter House) on August 16 (Porter House loft may be "beyond the beyond" but sells off a million, up 40% or down 25%) to tell a tale of Manhattan loft sellers who recently closed 40% above their November 2003 purchase

if you don't build it will they come? buy + build opportunity

Jul. 27, 2009
There's a Manhattan loft (fairly) newly for sale that caught my eye as a potential test of one of the limits that is more limiting in the current market than in prior markets: selling a space that will need substantial (if not gut) renovation. With mortga

100 Reade Street sale is straight out of 2005 while wishing for 2008

Jul. 19, 2009
The first Manhattan loft is #5A at 100 Reade Street, which came to market in August 2008 (immediately pre-Lehman, for those who need that reminder) at $1.95mm and changed firms and prices (trying $1.8mm, $1.75mm, $1,7mm, $1.65mm) before finding a contract

at 65 West 13 Street, 3 years = off $20,000, but last year ...?

Jun. 3, 2009
Categorized in: Market Trends
If you drew a line between the fair market value of the Manhattan loft #8D at 65 West 13 Street (The Greenwich Condominium) from the sale in May 2006 at $2.22mm and the sale in April 2009 at $2.2mm, the line would be essentially straight. But that straigh

can an address provide enough oomph?

Apr. 2, 2009
Categorized in: pricing analysis
One of the risks of pricing a Manhattan loft above The Market, of course, is that no one will visit, let alone bid, because there are alternatives that start at lower-prices. But what if the building has a strong history? Can a building be enough of a dra

off (only) 6% in Soho in a year? one seller thinks so

Mar. 13, 2009
Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo
Tagged with: 2003, 2008, comps
Am I easily thrilled? There's a Manhattan loft new to market in a pretty chic Soho conversion from earlier in this century that will be a pretty good indicator of how The Market has changed for that building in a year-plus. The new one is offered at 6% lo

flipping for fun, not profit, in Soho

Mar. 11, 2009
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: 2004, 2008, flip, renovation
Soho doesn't much more prime than the location of this new-to-market Manhattan loft that has caught my eye. Nor does a listing description get much more enthusiastic than this one, the relative brevity notwithstanding. The loft is very large, very well ap