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99 cent pricing on eBay leads to $400/ft under-pricing by FSBO loft seller in Noho

Feb. 12, 2009

Categorized in: Marketing Manhattan apartments

Tagged with: broadway, comps, ebay, fsbo, listings, nytimescom, renovation, sale by owner

I came across a FSBO loft listing on NYTimes.com this week for 718 Broadway #6B, which at that time was asking a rather conventional $1.295mm for about "1,400 sq ft". It caught my eye because FSBO lofts in Manhattan remain quite rare.

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no country for old FSBOs? no Manhattan lofts above $1mm

Sep. 12, 2008

Categorized in: Manhattan real estate business

Tagged with: century 21, flat fee, fsbo, inventory, listings, sale by owner

Searching in the range of $1mm to $5mm, NYT has 742 Manhattan loft "listings" (more on that below), none of which are offered for sale by owner (other than one offered by a broker selling her own loft, which is not really a FSBO). Not one. Perhaps that is

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the problem with anecdotes / reports from 40 Bond Street and Time Warner

Jun. 18, 2008

Categorized in: Manhattan real estate business

Tagged with: barbanel, bond, closed, listings, ny times, price drop, sales, time warner

Like so many newspaper articles about Manhattan real estate, Barbanel's June 8 NY Times piece was a mix of big picture data and specific "facts", in this case about some high-end price reductions. Skeptic that I am, I tend to wonder if the facts fit the s

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New Listings + Sales of Manhattan lofts in last 7 days

Jan. 13, 2008

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: altair, ann, east 26, listings, madison square, murray, reade, sales, west 18

There were 46 Manhattan lofts reported as new to the market in the last 7 and only 8 as sold; 26 of the 46 new ones are offered below $2mm (and 7 over $5mm); while the 8 closed sales were spread around; only 7 of the 46 new loft listings are in new develo

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a giant step for REBNY, but how big a step for humankind? Listings web portal coming in the Spring

Nov. 1, 2006

Categorized in: Manhattan real estate business

Tagged with: idx, listings, mls, rebny

Springtime data shower expected This afternoon brought an email and press release to us members of the Residential Division of the Real Estate Board of New York about the deluxe spanking brand new... [Read More]

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