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real nuggets as The Miller counts Manhattan lofts in 4Q report

Jan. 8, 2009

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: average price per foot, days on market, halstead, miller samuel, q4, terra, transactions, volume

Key numbers for me are Manhattan loft transaction volume (yes, there is a market, still) and days on market (but The Market is much slower). Consistent with the Manhattan coop and condo market as a whole, loft closings were at an increasing discount from

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more about that Second Quarter / Manhattan loft data

Aug. 14, 2008

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: corcoran, days on market, discount, inventory, median, miller samuel, quarterly report, terra, transactions, volume

Yesterday I (finally) hit the big firm reports on Manhattan real estate transactions (and other stats) from the Second Quarter of 2008 .... Today it is whatever data is reported through the Big Three Firms ... specifically on the Manhattan loft market.

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about that Second Quarter / data party like it is 2006

Aug. 13, 2008

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: average price per foot, corcoran, halstead, miller samuel, q2, terra, transactions, volume

It is (more than?) about time that I commented on the Q2 Manhattan real estate reports, as I have been chewing on them for quite a while (and we are halfway through Q3). The most interesting take-away for me is how well 2008 is doing (so far) compared to

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why so hard to count Manhattan residential real estate sales?

Apr. 15, 2008

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: miller samuel, mitchell maxwell, quarterly report, real deal, terra, transactions, volume

I got so caught up in micro-'analysis' yesterday that I did not get around to considering the factors that make it so hard to get accurate numbers about something as 'simple' as counting the number of coops and condos in Manhattan that closed between Jan

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Q108 Manhattan market reports / more on lofts

Apr. 11, 2008

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: days on market, inventory, miller samuel, quarterly report, transactions, volume

The Miller Samuel data show that year-over-year Manhattan loft volume was essentially flat, lofts took a shorter time to sell, while loft inventory was up incrementally. In contrast, the overall market as presented by Miller Samuel shows market transactio

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Q4 reports / inventory still low

Jan. 7, 2008

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: absorption, inventory, miller samuel, quarterly report, seasonality, transactions, volume

The last time I talked at any length about [Manhattan coop and condo] inventory was seven months ago.... That post linked to a Jonathan Miller chart on Curbed that showed inventory as of May 2007 well below the five year average of 5,598 units for sale. S

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Q4 reports coming in / demand continues

Jan. 3, 2008

Categorized in: Market Data - reports

Tagged with: miller samuel, quarterly report, transactions, volume

The big story for me in the last round of quarterly market reports for Manhattan coop and condo sales was that demand remained at historical highs for each quarter of 2007 (by then). The new numbers for the 4th Quarter of 2007 show that demand slowed from

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