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nuggets from Q4 market reports / Halstead dribs + drabs

Jan. 7, 2009

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: halstead, new development, price per foot, quarterly report

So what does it mean? I infer that the strong data (overall Manhattan loft average price per foot; median sales prices in nabes other than Greenwich/East/West Village) is driven by new development sales, which -- of course -- were 'set' by contracts signe

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head-scratching over $650/ft and outdoor space

Jun. 26, 2008

Categorized in: pricing analysis

Tagged with: maintenance, outdoor space, price per foot

Real 2 bedroom loft space with real outdoor space at $650/ft seems a (real?) Manhattan loft deal.

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another Broadway odyssey / 710 Broadway (finally) closes

Jun. 17, 2008

Categorized in: lofts in 'other' neighborhoods

Tagged with: broadway, closed, layout, longandnarrow, negotiable, price drop, price per foot, renovation, square feet

When I hit the Manhattan loft on the 2d floor at 710 Broadway in January, it was in its toddler stage, having passed its listing-birthday in December (Jan 9, 710 Broadway is slimmer after holiday break). Property Shark (but not StreetEasy) reveals the inf

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who laughs at 108 Wooster deal?

Jan. 31, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: floor plan, price per foot, wooster

I picked on the Manhattan loft #5E at 108 Wooster Street when it was new to market (October 16: all feet at 108 Wooster are square but not equal), describing it as “'1,140 sq ft' of the least efficient small space I can recall. Simply staggering in its

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Q3 market report season / numbers dribble in

Oct. 2, 2007

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: miller samuel, price per foot, quarterly reports

The key number from Terra is average price per foot for lofts, $1,128 in the third quarter, up 8% year-over-year but essentially flat the last three quarters ($1,129 in Q1, $1,118 last quarter). ... They report that the overall average sales price is up in Manhattan, both year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter, measured on both a median sales price and average sales price.

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uncommon modesty (unrewarded) at 43 W 21

Aug. 9, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Chelsea

Tagged with: 43 w 21, miller samuel, parking lot, price per foot, walter samuels, west 21

general market stats vs. one loft experience I checked out #3 at 43 West 21 Street (for listing details, pix and floor plan, scroll down through Properties for Sale here)when I got an email floggi... [Read More]

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Lake Wobegon lofts sell for more than $1,246/ft - more thoughts on Q2 data

Jul. 11, 2007

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: days on market, inventory, jonathan miller, miller samuel, price per foot, sales data

crunch, crunch Miller, crunch, crunch Samuel I have finally gotten to spend a little time staring at the fourth page of the Miller Samuel Second Quarter Manhattan Market Overview, the page with th... [Read More]

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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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