New York, New York
on matters of interest to Manhattan coop or condo loft apartment dwellers, buyers, sellers, and others, especially about New York City real estate
Site Feed
RSS Feed
|
Aug. 11, 2009
The Manhattan loft #2 at 5 Great Jones Street was marketed for its character ("authentic artist" loft, 14 foot tin ceilings) and its provenance ("[o]nce the home of Jazz great Charles Mingus and the creator of Big Bird Kermit Love"). At "2,300 sq ft" on a
Apr. 14, 2009
You might look at the successful 9 day marketing campaign (NINE DAYS!) a year ago of the Manhattan loft #7B at 10 Bleecker Street as a marvel of timing, in the sense of how marvelous (for these sellers) to time the top of the market. After all, they got
Feb. 11, 2009
Categorized in: pricing analysis
velocity x magnitude = whiplash
The speed at which the Wanna-Be-Seller adjusted the asking price for this Manhattan loft is remarkable, as is the magnitude: the $796,000 price reduction was a 40% "discount" off the asking price. Yowza. (How's that for p
Sep. 26, 2008
Follow up to an earlier Manhattan Loft Guy post about 32 West 18 Street: I don't know if the sad history of #2B is because it is a second floor unit or if The Problem is more general for the Altair 18, which The Market loved enough to sell out last year.
Sep. 24, 2008
Categorized in: Market Trends
About the sale of #7E at 684 Broadway: Based on this one data point, the very-local-to-Broadway-at-Great-Jones-Manhattan-loft-micro-market looks to be flat or worse, year-over-year.
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
|