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did 525 Broome Street get value for the 2008 renovation?

Aug. 25, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: broome, canvass, columns, contract, fireplace, flip, potential, price drop, renovation, resale

Of course The Market does not care what a seller has to pay, or has paid; The Market only cares about what the seller and buyer can agree upon. In this case, the July 31, 2009 buyer of a renovated loft and the June 19, 2008 buyer of a blank canvas agreed

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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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'apartment' or 'loft' / sometimes you just have to laugh

Jun. 17, 2009

Categorized in: what makes a loft a "loft"

Tagged with: columns, corcoran, data base, definition

My new mantra is if 'change is good', why is transition so hard? I offer that thought as a transition to this nugget in the Corcoran data-base that caught my eye. I am still not sure what The Rules are (there must be some, right?) for classifying "lofts"

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4 years = $15,000 at 477 Broome Street

May. 27, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: 2005, 2006, broadway panhandler, broome, columns, elevator, park avenue south, tin ceilings, walkup

The Manhattan loft #33 at 477 Broome Street recently delivered a new data point, with history: April 12, 2005 = $950k April 29, 2009 = $965k This history nearly precisely parallels the 2006-2009 history of a loft profiled a few weeks ago (May 8, at 2

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price drop trumps patience at 525 Broome, 9 months to contract

Mar. 24, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: broome, columns, contract, fireplace, gallery, potential, price drop

I hit 525 Broome Street #3 in a Manhattan loft open house review November 16 (5 Sunday Open Houses around $2.5mm ), noting that the "patient seller" had not changed the price since July.

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inquiring minds want to know / 292 Lafayette is new

Mar. 18, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: baclony, columns, crosby, fire escape, jersey, lafayette, puck, renovation, tin ceilings

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?... [Read More]

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new at 116 W 14 / where are the ceilings?

Oct. 5, 2007

Categorized in: new this week

Tagged with: ceilings, columns, empire state, west 14

#8N at 116 West 14 Street is new to market today, a condo loft asking $1.995mm and $1,527/mo in taxes and common charges for "2,000 sq ft". Other than noting that this is triple mint, Samara Heafitz of Corcoran is not doing any bragging here. (Just 2 interior photos.)

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