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RE: the too pushy?? thread continues / another one to follow, in Flatiron
sandy - no surprise that i know EXACTLY which...
RE: 514 Broadway #6G
Loft guy - have you seen that Corcoran is listing...
RE: into the melting pot (with a grain of salt?)
VERY interesting stats that greatly surprise...
RE: 16 Greene Street closes around $1,000/ft, twice
what happen to your listing @ 20 North Moore???...
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more about that Second Quarter / Manhattan loft data

Aug. 14, 2008
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
Yesterday I (finally) hit the big firm reports on Manhattan real estate transactions (and other stats) from the Second Quarter of 2008 .... Today it is whatever data is reported through the Big Three Firms ... specifically on the Manhattan loft market.

Q108 Manhattan market reports / more on lofts

Apr. 11, 2008
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
The Miller Samuel data show that year-over-year Manhattan loft volume was essentially flat, lofts took a shorter time to sell, while loft inventory was up incrementally. In contrast, the overall market as presented by Miller Samuel shows market transactio

buyer blinked at 79 Laight / November sale near ask

Dec. 19, 2007
I posted on October 11 about the Manhattan loft “toddler of a listing” at 79 Laight Street #3A, which was first to market in September 2006 at $4.75mm, then quickly reduced to $4.5mm at which it held for nearly a year before dropping in September 2007

who blinked at 79 Laight? contract in 13th month

Oct. 11, 2007
Manhattan loft for sale at 79 Laight Street is in contract.

Lake Wobegon lofts sell for more than $1,246/ft - more thoughts on Q2 data

Jul. 11, 2007
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
crunch, crunch Miller, crunch, crunch Samuel I have finally gotten to spend a little time staring at the fourth page of the Miller Samuel Second Quarter Manhattan Market Overview, the page with th... [Read More]

more Q2 Manhattan market nuggets / fewer DOM show accelerating market

Jul. 5, 2007
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
The Miller Samuel “Manhattan Overview” report for the Second Quarter has still not hit its website, but Inman News today has two more tidbits from that report about Manhattan apartment... [Read More]

more Days on Market delirium / a flaky stat for individual sales (the 160 Bleecker example)

Nov. 16, 2006
Categorized in: On The Market
the 6 months sale that was pretty quick Today’s NY Times ‘Residential Sales’ feature includes a studio sale at 160 Bleecker that was on the market “24 weeks”. I check... [Read More]

a run on turtles / NY Post also discovers Turtle Bay lofts

Nov. 13, 2006
Categorized in: On The Market
like a Time & Newsweek cover coincidence, almost In addition to Sunday’s NY Times ‘On The Market’ that featured #15M at 319 E 46 St, which I mentioned yesterday (real loft di... [Read More]

Days and Confused / comparing coop and condo Days on Market

Oct. 24, 2006
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
Parsing the most recent Miller Samuel report for the Manhattan coop and condo apartment market, one comparison caught my eye as unusual. In Q3 06, the average Days on Market for coop apartments... [Read More]

how many Days on the Market? no simple math in the Manhattan loft market

Oct. 16, 2006
Categorized in: Market Data - reports
fuzzy math makes things less clear It seems as though there should be a simple answer to the question “how long has this loft been on the market?” But not in this town. Rumor has i... [Read More]