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buying high, selling low (ouch) at 114 Spring Street

Aug. 15, 2009

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: 2005, 2006, barrel vault, ceiling, closed, discount, price drop, renovation, resale, spring

The Manhattan loft #2 at 114 Spring Street has (and has had) a lot to recommend it: prime Soho location, "1,900 sq ft", 12 foot barrel-vaulted ceilings, bright lights and cast-iron views, and a renovation described as "magnificent" (Venetian plastered wal

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Manhattan overall inventory down March-to-April (slightly)

May. 14, 2009

Categorized in: Market Trends

Tagged with: inventory, miller, miller samuel, spring, trends, wall street journal

The Wall Street Journal's on-line article Tuesday about a national trend in a decline in the number of homes for sale in 29 cities was based on a source that has no Manhattan data, but they seem to have checked in with The Miller: "Miller Samuel Inc., an

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new Manhattan loft listings + closed sales in last 7 days

Mar. 2, 2009

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: clement clarke, closed, greenwich, new listings, sales, spring, summit, west 22

There were 21 Manhattan lofts reported as new to the market in the last 7 days and only 9 as sold (after previous weeks of 7, 3, 7, 14 and zip); 15 of the 21 new ones are offered between $1mm and $4mm, while all of the 9 sales were offered below $3mm (the

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new Manhattan loft listings + closed sales in last 7 days

Feb. 16, 2009

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: clement clarke, closed, new listings, sales, spring, west 22

There were 23 Manhattan lofts reported as new to the market in the last 7 days and only 3 as sold (after previous weeks of 7, 14 and zip); 19 of the 23 new ones are offered between $1mm and $3mm, while the 3 sales were offered between $1mm and $3mm; only

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new loft at 101 Wooster Street is an implied project

Mar. 17, 2008

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: lot line, potential, renovation, spring, sun, wooster

There's a lot of good stuff about #6R at 101 Wooster Street, new to the Manhattan loft market today. If you are a Soho fan, being on Wooster at Spring should be appealing ("quiet cobblestone street ... surrounded by luxury boutiques amidst authentic loft

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new to the market and closed sales in the last 7 days

Mar. 3, 2008

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: ann, bewilliam, district, loft 25, new listings, sales, spring, urban glass house, warren, william

There were 39 Manhattan lofts reported as new to the market in the last 7 days and 28 as sold; 27 of the 39 new ones are offered below $3mm, and 4 at more than $5mm, while 23 of the 28 closed sales were under $3mm; and 4 of the 39 new loft listings are in

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more Open Houses, with warnings, Sunday July 15

Jul. 13, 2007

Categorized in: open houses

Tagged with: 106 spring, 530 canal, canal, curbed, open house, spring

(remember to check listings Sunday to make sure the open house is still on) 106 Spring St #5S $2.49mm ($1,875/mo) for “2,200 sq ft” in the heart of Soho We’ve covered this o... [Read More]

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fascinating new listing at 106 Spring � low maintenance and cash back

Mar. 7, 2007

Categorized in: new this week

Tagged with: 106 spring, 8020, curbed, irs rules, spring

Unit 5S at 106 Spring Street sounds like a terrific loft, and is new as of Monday in our system. 2,200 sq ft in pretty much beautiful downtown SoHo offered for $2.65mm. The maintenance of $1,875 is... [Read More]

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