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May. 4, 2009
if you are old enough, you will remember what happened then at Kent State University. (If not, Wiki is your friend.) Could my memory be right? I have a strong recollection of learning about it that afternoon from looking over someone's shoulder at a NY Po
Apr. 29, 2009
The Manhattan loft #7A at 497 Greenwich Street closed on April 16, just less than a month after going to contract. Not many Manhattan residential real estate agents make Page Six (I hope), but that august source seems to think this sale happened after a l
Jan. 15, 2009
A 5% discount from list price suggests the developer made other concessions, and that this #2D buyer and the buyer for #4D signed contract under different market conditions than the buyers of #3D, #6D and #7D
Dec. 18, 2008
what, you thought I only read the NY Post for the real estate news??
Dec. 4, 2008
The NY Post Just Sold feature today has some of the basic info about a Manhattan loft in pretty prime Tribeca that was converted in 2002 (a relatively high level of building amenities) ... What the Post does not say (does not know) is that this listing (#
Nov. 21, 2008
Why do people pick on Manhattan coop boards? Because it is easy and because they sometimes do dumb things that make the newspapers. And because they are an easy target on a site like Curbed, such as yesterday's Those Crazy Coop Boards, which riffed on yes
Nov. 7, 2008
"It" is the Manhattan loft #11F at 80 Chambers Street, a 2002 conversion at the SW corner of Broadway. "It" is pretty big ("3,525 sq ft"), pretty light (36 windows, four exposures), and configured as 4 bedrooms with 3 baths. "It" was offered at $3.595mm a
Jul. 31, 2008
Categorized in: pricing analysis
Braden Keil's Gimme Shelter grab bag in today's NY Post (hat tip to Curbed for pointing it out) mentions two celebrity Manhattan real estate transactions that caught me eye, though neither involves a real loft. (One won't worry much about capital gains; t
Jul. 30, 2008
The Manhattan loft #3A at 17 White Street came to market on March 13 at $4.5mm and found a contract within about six weeks -- the kind of trajectory that often implies a deal at or close to the asking price. In this case, however, there was an 8% solution
Jun. 14, 2008
Unlike the Times, the NY Post's weekly feature Just Sold does claim to be about "recent" Manhattan sales, and the report from June 12 includes a loft at The Petersfield, 115 Fourth Avenue, that closed with a deed filed May 1 -- that's pretty "recent", and
Mar. 26, 2008
The odyssey of #7B at 260 Park Avenue South is given public notice of a successful conclusion in this weekend's Just Sold section of the NY Post's Real Estate Section. As noted, it took 374 days for this new Manhattan loft to close at $3.45mm off the (mos
Mar. 16, 2008
Tip of the Manhattan Loft Guy hat to Gothamist for pointing to the NY Post article and one in the Daily News reporting that the coop board at 32 Gramercy Park South has sued an owner over holiday decorations. The articles are not crystal clear about exact
Nov. 29, 2007
Following up on the #3A / #3C paid at 16 Hudson Street, the NY Post today provides the opportunity to look at the Manhttan lofts #6C and #13E at 395 Broadway.
Oct. 11, 2007
Recent closed sale of the Manhattan loft at 27 North Moore Street, the Ice House.
Aug. 26, 2007
triplexes are so awkward
Yesterday’s NY Post RE section’s Just Sold feature includes 356 Broadway #PH-5C (sold at $2.145mm in “four weeks”), described as follows:
Two-b... [Read More]
Dec. 8, 2006
year-over-year number different than quarterly decline
Jonathan Miller points out on his Matrix that the NY Post article I quoted yesterday (Manhattan Bumps Real-Estate Slump) used the wrong media... [Read More]
Dec. 7, 2006
pumping the market, no matter the cost
Today’s brief item in the NY Post Manhattan Bumps Real-Estate Slump from Bloomberg is amusing for at least one reason.
The context:
The Real Estate B... [Read More]
Nov. 13, 2006
Categorized in: On The Market
like a Time & Newsweek cover coincidence, almost
In addition to Sunday’s NY Times ‘On The Market’ that featured #15M at 319 E 46 St, which I mentioned yesterday (real loft di... [Read More]
Oct. 17, 2006
Coincidence? You decide
Two pieces by very different media came across my desk today, with no reference to each other. Is October the unofficial New York City Parking Ticket Month?
The Manhatt... [Read More]
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