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new loft price needs to be justified
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
September 3rd, 2009 1:33 pm
Categorized in: renovation opportunities + rewards
Tagged with: 2006, mint, renovation, streeteasy
When I first saw the listing description for a Manhattan loft brand new to market (chock full of mints, renovation news, adverbs and adjectives) I assumed that it is priced almost 20% above the 2006 clearing price because all of the broker bragging was ab
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876 Broadway comes + goes QUICKLY / knowing what you can get, and getting all of it
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
September 2nd, 2009 7:39 am
Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Flatiron
Tagged with: 2006, broadway, ceilings, comp, east 18, east 19, feet, mezzanine, renovation, square feet
This "2,500 sq ft" loft on Broadway between 18th and 19th Streets has serious old-school Manhattan loft charm: pine columns, 14 ft ceilings, wainscoting (check the pix for the size of the windows!). These sellers include an architect and they have owned
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Porter House loft may be "beyond the beyond" but sells off a million, up 40% or down 25%
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
August 16th, 2009 10:19 am
Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Chelsea
Tagged with: 2003, 2006, 2007, cantilever, competition, meatpacking, neighbor, neighbors, ninth, porter
The Manhattan loft #3W at 66 Ninth Avenue (The Porter House) was marketed very enthusiastically at prices The Market was not ready for. It cleared on June 23 at $2.15mm, which is a difficult number to put in context. In the context of neighborly competiti
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buying high, selling low (ouch) at 114 Spring Street
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
August 15th, 2009 5:50 pm
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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2006 + 30% = 2009? (or not)
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
August 7th, 2009 8:48 am
Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca
Tagged with: 2006, franklin, mint, pushy, renovation
Having visited both 2006 and Franklin Street in Tribeca on Wednesday (Aug 5, 155 Franklin Street crashes past 2006 to close up 28% (since 2000)), a Manhattan loft that sold more than 3 years ago around $850/ft caught my eye. It is in prime loft-ville, jus
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155 Franklin Street crashes past 2006 to close up 28% (since 2000)
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
August 5th, 2009 6:52 am
Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca
Tagged with: 2000, 2006, beams, bidding war, cast iron, columns, franklin, joists, price drop, sugar loaf
The Manhattan loft #3S at 155 Franklin Street (the Sugar Loaf) was one of only five lofts in Tribeca that closed in June, per recent articles in The Real Deal Trouble in Tribeca. For a seller who started so far from The Market in October, these folks caug
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