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neighborly competition / laggard at 144 West 18 Street closes off 15% since December

Jun. 11, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Chelsea

Tagged with: chainwork, competition, comps, neighbors, price drops, thin, west 18

Two Manhattan lofts at 144 West 18 Street (known, not poetically, as the Chainworks Building) closed 6 months apart. You won't be surprised to learn that the one that closed 6 months ago (#4N) closed higher than the one that closed last month (#3N), thoug

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drip drip / price drops at 124 Hudson + 684 Broadway to and from $3.05mm

Mar. 19, 2008

Categorized in: pricing analysis

Tagged with: broadway, hudson, price drops

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?... [Read More]

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drip campaigns / token price drops at 80 Warren and 66 Leonard

Apr. 19, 2007

Categorized in: pricing analysis

Tagged with: 66 leonard, 80 warren, price drops

how does a small price drop change the market? (Hint: not much) I don’t know the specific history of 80 Warren St, but I know it is one of the first generation of Tribeca loft coop conve... [Read More]

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more price pain on 16 St /if you knew then what you know now�

Jan. 17, 2007

Categorized in: On The Market

Tagged with: 4 west 16 st, price drops

4 W 16 St #8A drops a serious dollar I blogged about #8A at 4 West 16th St after a September price drop (puzzling price policy / slow death near Union Square) that turned out to be too little. On... [Read More]

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