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Manhattan Loft Guy

more on agents behaving badly (or is that moron agents behaving as expected?)

Mar. 27, 2009

Categorized in: Manhattan real estate business

Tagged with: 1995, 2006, comps, ethics, primitive, puffery, renovation, salesmanship, square feet, windows

I just updated my ever-so-popular February 23 post, What's Wrong With These People? agents who speak out of their ... to reflect that the Manhattan loft in question has not sold (or entered into contract), but that the price has been cut 8%. It still has

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what's wrong with these people? agents who speak out of their ...

Feb. 23, 2009

Categorized in: Manhattan real estate business

Tagged with: 1995, 2006, comps, ethics, primitive, puffery, renovation, salesmanship, square feet, windows

I toured some Manhattan loft open houses yesterday with buyers, and saw some interesting lofts. The "highlight" of the tour was a visit to a loft with a terrific skeleton -- clearly a total gut renovation with a lot of potential (handsome building, high c

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"one of the finest and most honest broker-bloggers ...

Apr. 12, 2008

Categorized in: In the news (me)

Tagged with: curbed, ethics, mlg, rebny

"one of the finest and most honest broker-bloggers the NYC real estate industry has produced to date" (blushing). I did not say that (nor anyone in my family); Curbed did in yesterday's Silence of the Bloggers: Manhattan Loft Guy Muzzled. (More blushing.)

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why a gag rule within REBNY about specific listings?

Apr. 10, 2008

Categorized in: Manhattan real estate business

Tagged with: agency, disclosure, ethics, gag rule, ny magazine, ny times, rebny

I can imagine a reason for a REBNY gag rule about the listings of other agents that may be in the interests of sellers, as well as several reasons in the interests of sellers' agents. In each case, I believe the rationales to be outmoded if not old-fashioned. But the rule is the rule.

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