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comparing 2Q Manhattan loft data + overall market / the case of the missing lofts

Jul. 10, 2009

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: corcoran, halstead, inventory, market reports, median, miller samuel, price per foot, q2, terra, volume

The three major firm market reports for the Second Quarter 2009 came out last week, essentially at the start of the holiday weekend. You've probably seen enough of the general media commentary about The Cliff The Manhattan Real Estate Market Just Fell Off

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was the Manhattan coop loft market dead in 1Q09? Miller nugget provokes arithmetic angst

Apr. 6, 2009

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: first quarter, jonathan miller, market reports, miller samuel, sales

By The Miller's count, only one of every four lofts sold in Manhattan in the quarter was a resale. Put another way, there was essentially no market for Manhattan lofts in coops to start 2009 (some of those resales were condos, of course, while none of the

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comparing nuggets / 4Q Manhattan loft data + overall market

Jan. 23, 2009

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: 4q, corcoran, days on market, halstead, inventory, market reports, median sales price, miller samuel, terra, transactions

The loft niche is under-reported in two of three Manhattan quarterly market reports, so comparisons among the firms is difficult (The Miller wins, by default, essentially). The Miller Samuel 156 loft sales must have a very different mix from the unknown n

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surreality or surrealty / quick MLG interview, results TBD

Apr. 2, 2008

Categorized in: In the news (me)

Tagged with: inman news, market reports, media, miller samuel

I did a 15 minute cell phone interview about The State of The Market this morning with Inman News. (I focused on Manhattan lofts, of course.) I wonder how it will turn out.

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Second Quarter Manhattan market report nuggets

Jul. 3, 2007

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: inventory, market reports, price per foot, q2

3,469 closed sales [p 2 of 12 in BHS Q2 report] 3,939 closed sales, more than double the second quarter of 2006 [NY Post, quoting Miller Samuel, whose report is not yet on their website] Th... [Read More]

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