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closing in the Textile Building 66 Leonard Street

Jun. 24, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca

Tagged with: abatement, closed, common charges, leonard, price drop, psychology, resident manager, textile, threshold

#10C at 66 Leonard Street was offered for sale in January 2007 at $4.295mm. Our listing history shows a contract signed in February last year but that must have fizzled (no deed was filed) and it was noted as Permanently Off the Market in October. The sam

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buyer�s tango for one: buy it, but without overpaying

Mar. 31, 2007

Categorized in: The Process - buying an apartment

Tagged with: bidding war, market price, negotiation, psychology, walk nuimber

what’s The Market Price if you set the market? The dialogue with Larry this week in Jagger’s Law of Imperfect Lofts / life is compromise (sigh) and a buyer’s experience this week... [Read More]

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(no irritating Ps but) more seller psychology / are loft-sellers more prone to ego errors?

Nov. 11, 2006

Categorized in: Psychology of the market

Tagged with: ego, lake wobegon, pricing, psychology

the Lake Wobegon effect? My P-filled post about sellers not adjusting to the current market (pseller psychology pstuck pso psales psuffer?) leads to wondering about Manhattan loft sellers. Alt... [Read More]

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pseller psychology pstuck pso psales psuffer?

Nov. 10, 2006

Categorized in: Psychology of the market

Tagged with: ego, matrix, psychology, urban digs

Sellers are slow to adapt to current conditions, say some Jonathan Miller on Matrix started a chat about seller psychology, expressing the view that (in general) sellers have not accepted the curr... [Read More]

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