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bidding war erupts VERY late, as 49 Warren St gut job closes

Aug. 10, 2009

Categorized in: renovation opportunities + rewards

Tagged with: 1100ft, 2005, bidding war, gut, renovation, warren

This one is weird.... I began this post in my mind with a headline like "pricing it VERY right at 49 Warren Street" because the StreetEasy listing associated with the closed sale of this loft on July 29 begins on June 6 at $1.3mm, with an apparent contrac

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155 Franklin Street crashes past 2006 to close up 28% (since 2000)

Aug. 5, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: 2000, 2006, beams, bidding war, cast iron, columns, franklin, joists, price drop, sugar loaf

The Manhattan loft #3S at 155 Franklin Street (the Sugar Loaf) was one of only five lofts in Tribeca that closed in June, per recent articles in The Real Deal Trouble in Tribeca. For a seller who started so far from The Market in October, these folks caug

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contracts at 95 Greene show value + velocity + sloppy paperwork

Feb. 1, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: bidding war, comps, contract, greene

I noticed that Manhattan loft #3F at 95 Greene Street was in contract as of yesterday in very quick time. It was new to market on January 11, so that is just under 3 weeks. ... This one was offered at $1.795mm and $1,066/mo (condo) for “1,300 sq ft” s

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bidding war at 2 Prince / back story on NY Times loft Res Sales

Jul. 26, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: bidding war, ny times, prince

a hot one has sold + closed Today’s Residential Sales feature in the Home & Garden section of the NY Times features a NoLiTa loft that I talked about when it was new in March (two new at... [Read More]

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buyer�s tango for one: buy it, but without overpaying

Mar. 31, 2007

Categorized in: The Process - buying an apartment

Tagged with: bidding war, market price, negotiation, psychology, walk nuimber

what’s The Market Price if you set the market? The dialogue with Larry this week in Jagger’s Law of Imperfect Lofts / life is compromise (sigh) and a buyer’s experience this week... [Read More]

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