Manhattan Loft Guy

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Manhattan Loft Guy

'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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new listing + sales data OH NOES / (over) optimism stopped by Dreaded Data Discontinuity

Jun. 8, 2009

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: closed sales, corcoran, data, definition, inventory, new listings, olr

I need to ask some questions at The New Firm, but as of now it appears that Corcoran's "loft" category is much smaller than OLR's (as I got only 4 new listings and less than 600 lofts in inventory) and that I cannot (easily? at all??) count loft sales for

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counting errors at Soho Mews / "lofts" + 2 BR "apartments"

May. 7, 2009

Categorized in: Manhattan real estate business

Tagged with: apartment, definition, soho mews, west broadway

When I do my regular weekly report of sales and new listings for Manhattan lofts as of Sunday, the report will include 2 "lofts" reported today within the inter-firm data base as having sold at Soho Mews, 311 West Broadway. But it will not include 5 sales

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loft or not? caution: active ranting ahead

Jul. 10, 2008

Categorized in: what makes a loft a "loft"

Tagged with: classification, data, definition, inventory, miller samuel, new listings

Ever since I began counting new listings and closed sales for Manhattan "lofts" last October I have been aware of -- and irritated by -- the definitional problems in doing such a 'simple' thing.

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