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Dec. 31, 2008
Categorized in: Market Trends
I started with The Caledonia at 450 West 17 Street because I happened to note a recent Manhattan loft closing there and was curious about the building as a laboratory to check The Stoler Hypothesis about walk-away buyers. The Caledonia turns out to be a t
Aug. 22, 2008
A conundrum for Manhattan loft buyers: distinguishing useful information from distracting information.
Mar. 24, 2008
I have removed the content of this blog post, as it comments about the current listing of another agent. For information about why, check out end of an era for Manhattan Loft Guy / a new day dawns? fr... [Read More]
Mar. 10, 2008
Often, if you see a loft come back on the market in Manhattan 3 months after a contract was signed, you think Board Turn-down. But 49 East 21 Street is a condo, so that does not explain #10B coming back to market this weekend.
Jan. 7, 2008
I hit Manhattan loft #4E at 57 Bond Street when it was new, noting that it was a new development in 2003 and probably sold then for about half of the current asking price of $3.45mm and $1,712/mo (condo) for "2,125 sq ft". It is back on the makret today a
Nov. 19, 2007
The Manhattan loft #6B at 73 Fifth Avenue is back on the market today. They are asking $3.5mm and $2,337/mo for “3,000 sq ft” of an “authentic Old World New York loft”. I won’t quibble: there are the requisite high ceilings, maple floors, oak wi
Oct. 6, 2007
Categorized in: open houses
(remember to check the agent websites Sunday morning to see if
open house is still on)
710 Broadway #2
$2.295mm and $2,070/mo for "2,450 sq ft" and a long history (on the ma... [Read More]
Aug. 28, 2007
Categorized in: On The Market
long, strange trip at 90 Prince?
Unit 7A at 90 Prince Street is a peculiar loft (even in a Manhattan filled with ‘unique’ lofts) with a now-tortured history. I reported good news on hi... [Read More]
Aug. 24, 2007
guessing a board turndown
#2J at 808 Broadway came to market in March at $1.25mm (maintenance is $1,500/mo) and after two little price drops found a buyer and a contract in early June off of $1.12... [Read More]
Aug. 1, 2007
Categorized in: On The Market
2 failed contracts, 1 recently failed deal = f-r-u-s-t-r-a-t-i-o-n
#4D at 176 Broadway is another one that has been on and off the market due to ‘deals’ that have not happened (another... [Read More]
Aug. 1, 2007
Unit 5B at 241 West 23 Street has a long and by now tortuous history. It just came back to the market, despite a contract having been signed about June 6 (or the contract that was signed on March 30),... [Read More]
May. 9, 2007
Categorized in: On The Market
Unit 3D at 7 Hubert Street has been on the market since last July (now at $2.5mm, started at $2.65mm; abated monthlies of $1,385) through Core Group and Unit 5D has been on only since October (now... [Read More]
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