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when charm is not enough, cut and cut again

Jul. 2, 2009
Categorized in: Market Trends
There's a lovely (truly charming) Manhattan loft for sale that has had rather a lot of trouble finding it's correct positioning in The Market. I'd say not for lack of trying, as it has been on the market (on, and off, and on, and ...) for the better part

what a difference a year (and a view) makes, as 161 Grand Street closes

Jun. 29, 2009
Categorized in: loft neighborhoods / NoHo
The Manhattan loft #4B at 161 Grand Street closed last week for $1.71mm after a relatively brief (successful) campaign. This "1,831 sq ft" "beautiful and spacious" loft was marketed as being in "move-in" condition -- a relatively modest description for a

biting a big bullet in little pieces / 9 Murray closes off 40%

Jun. 22, 2009
The Manhattan loft 5SE at 9 Murray Street was presented to the market in August 2008 (just before Lehman) with grand ambitions and evident motivation: starting at $1.9mm on August 16, 2008; dropped to $1.8mm in five weeks (and to $1,799,999 -- just for fu

"absolute showplace" at 113 Greene Street in Soho goes for $918/ft (absolutely)

Jun. 16, 2009
Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo
The Manhattan loft on the 4th floor of 113 Greene Street has sold twice in the last four years, in nice before-and-after fashion. Yes, "before" The Market changed (Lehman, AIG and all that other 'fundamental' stuff), but also "before" it got dressed up fr

4 months to close, 4 years to zero out at 260 West Broadway

Jun. 5, 2009
The Manhattan loft #5G at 260 West Broadway (the American Thread Building) slid through The Market this year, starting on January 8 and finishing on May 6. (Not as fast as the ten week close at 155 Hudson Street that I hit on May 28, but almost as quick a

lipstick on a pig, or, buying an overdone ($1mm?) remodel

Feb. 27, 2009
Tagged with: 2003, 2006, light, renovation, resale, upgrade
What if you bought a Manhattan loft with not much light and low ceilings, and put a ton of money into it -- really jazzing it up in decidedly not neutral tones -- then decided to sell within 3 years of purchase? How confident would you be of recovering yo

2005 wasn't bad, was it?

Feb. 25, 2009
There's a good-sized Manhattan loft in a north Chelsea conversion from earlier this century that sold in August 2005 for $1.575mm. Because they thought that 2008 was not like 2005, they tried to sell about 20% above that, but that did not work. The curren

321 Greenwich closes at 5% premium over 2006 price

Feb. 20, 2009
Categorized in: Market Trends
I see that I am becoming somewhat fixated on the calendar -- in how This Year's Market compares to some prior year's market conditions. I am probably not alone in that regard. Maybe this should be called the What Year Is It? Manhattan Loft Guy thread....

tracking the market / the lab at 114 West 27 Street heads south

Dec. 14, 2008
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: light, mint, negotiate, west 27
In the active Manhattan loft market of late 2006 into 2007, the seller was confident enough about pricing not to drop the price in the five+ months before reaching a deal, and got nearly the asking price. (In oher words, they were right.) In the new marke

176 Broadway has a closing 40% off the original price

Dec. 9, 2008
The Manhattan loft Penthouse E at 176 Broadway took ten months but it did close; it also took three price drops from $1.425mm down to $945k, to finally get it done at $850k. Happy New Year (early) for that patient, humbled seller.

one sobering data point / 684 Broadway loft sells slowly, reluctantly

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.

having it all gets cheaper at 48 East 13 Street

Mar. 26, 2008
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 daw... [Read More]

no cigar, as 12 West 18 Street is back on market

Mar. 24, 2008
Tagged with: back on market, light, space, west 18
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? fr... [Read More]

new at 222 Park Avenue South w windows everywhere

Mar. 3, 2008
Unit 10E at 222 Park Avenue South came to market this past weekend, a classic Manhattan loft in a long-established coop along a stretch of Park Avenue South that teems with new developments. Presented by Monica Ritterspoon of Corcoran, they are asking $3.

does 48 East 13 Street have 92% of it all?

Feb. 6, 2008
I hit unit 3B at 48 East 13 Street when it was new to market, asking on January 16 48 E 13 new but does it 'have it all'? because the headline was "dramatic triple mint loft has it all”. Being the skeptic that I am, I checked and – in that January 156

Flatiron condo at $1,000/ft / 12 West 18 Street is new

Feb. 5, 2008
Tagged with: light, west 18
Manhattan loft #6E at 12 West 18 Street is new to market today through Barbara Godson at Halstead, asking $1.795mm and $1,765/mo (condo) for “1,750 sq ft” of Long-and-Narrow with a “well planned kitchen” with top appliances and 2 renovated bathroo

not lofty enough in Manhattan, smiling at Manhattan from DUMBO

Jan. 20, 2008
Artist looks for Manhattan loft but ends up in DUMBO Brooklyn.

105 East 29 Street drops price

Jan. 17, 2008
I beat up on the Manhattan loft on the 9th floor at 105 East 29 Street a bit when it came to market ... in what I see (in retrospect) is a new-to-market-and-’going-for-it’ series. ... In that post I discussed a recent sale in the building near this pr

48 E 13 new but does it 'have it all'?

Jan. 16, 2008
Having just had a conversation with Reader Colgin yesterday about why a particular loft might not have sold ..., I was intrigued by the description and pictures of Manhattan loft #3B at 48 East 13 Street, which is new to the market as of yesterday. They

up + up for 13th floor at 395 Broadway, with quick contract

Nov. 21, 2007
The Manhattan loft Unit 13E at 395 Broadway did not last very long, with a contract already signed after being new to market on November 9. Touted as a “[s]pectacular high floor mint loft w/ sunny open views from three exposures”, The Market evidently
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