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the numbers are coming! the numbers are coming! 1Q market report season begins

Apr. 2, 2009
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
The headline of the Josh Barbanel piece in this morning's New York Times pretty much says it all about the major firms' First Quarter Manhattan residential real estate market reports: Apartments Sell for Less if They Are Sold at All. There will be much t

the problem with anecdotes / reports from 40 Bond Street and Time Warner

Jun. 18, 2008
Like so many newspaper articles about Manhattan real estate, Barbanel's June 8 NY Times piece was a mix of big picture data and specific "facts", in this case about some high-end price reductions. Skeptic that I am, I tend to wonder if the facts fit the s

Barbanel gives up Manhattan sales data in NY Times, grudgingly

Jun. 13, 2008
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
In a world hungry for real-time data, Barbanel's occasional articles referencing "last month's" Manhattan coop and condo sales data as recorded with the City's Department of Finance provide just a smidgen of a hint of a taste.

data point in a sideways market / closing at 32 West 18 Street

Jun. 11, 2008
Manhattan loft 32 West 18 Street #2B (Altair 18), had been for sale ... It had a signed contract in May and shows up as Sold & Closed in the inter-firm data today. While that is undoubtedly a huge relief for the sellers after 7 months and 5 prices, that s

Mothra v. Godzilla, or the epic battle over Manhattan sales volume reports

Apr. 14, 2008
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
More on the difference between reported sales volume in different first quarter Manhattan residential real estate market reports, now at the level of a true dispute, complete with trash-talking.

more actual data / November sales in Manhattan more or less steady

Dec. 18, 2007
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
My take [on the Manhattan real estate market report] is that this indicates that sellers are holding firm (as firm as before, at least) and that (at least some) buyers are willing to meet sellers there. So the (fewer) deals that got done in November got d

some Oct market data shows stable Manhattan market

Nov. 11, 2007
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
Data on the October real estate market in Manhattan reported in the New York Times shows that a stable market continues.