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are they fooling only each other? / 3 neighbors push, 1 smiles
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
January 7th, 2009 1:42 pm
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: 000ft, 1, competition, comps, contract, neighbors
I have been following a funky-but-spectacular (in its way) Manhattan loft and -- after noting the last price drop (and reading a little frustration between the lines of the marketing text) -- I checked on two other units in the same building also for sale
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VERY pushy way to (try to) flip a big loft
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
December 19th, 2008 11:05 am
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: 1, 500ft, 750ft, flip, push, renovation
There's a small Manhattan loft condo conversion from last year in which the large full-floor lofts went for about $750/ft (it is not in a traditional loft [fashionable] neighborhood). They had classic loft features and finishes that were more high-end tha
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to the West Village to push, or not
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
December 10th, 2008 2:40 pm
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: 1, 300ft, comps, sale, village
When I looked at the listing history of a (rare) West Village loft new to the Manhattan loft market this week, I thought they were likely to be pushing it at around $1,350/ft, considering it had been listed 2 years ago around $1,200/ft.
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find the number, hit the number / 35 East 12 Street closes
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
December 5th, 2008 6:11 am
Categorized in: lofts in 'other' neighborhoods
Tagged with: 1, 300ft, astor, closed, comps, east 12, east 13, renovation, waverly, west 13
Sometimes those silly buyers pay very close attention to the first, or even to the second, digit in an asking price, so sellers use the 'wrong numbers' at their peril. In the case of the Manhattan loft on the 5th floor at 35 East 12 Street, everyone's job
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80 Chambers Street flies off the shelf at $1,000/ft
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
November 7th, 2008 10:05 am
Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca
Tagged with: 000ft, 1, broadway, chambers, conversion, mixed use, ny post, ny times, office building, rental
"It" is the Manhattan loft #11F at 80 Chambers Street, a 2002 conversion at the SW corner of Broadway. "It" is pretty big ("3,525 sq ft"), pretty light (36 windows, four exposures), and configured as 4 bedrooms with 3 baths. "It" was offered at $3.595mm a
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more eternal springing / will unsuccessful 2006 price work in 2008?
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
November 6th, 2008 5:48 am
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: 000ft, 1, appreciation, new listing, stagnation
I saw a new Manhattan loft listing this morning in a prime loft building in a non-prime loft neighborhood that has been off the market for two years. I am not going to be more precise about which building ... but the loft was on the market for six months
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