Welcome to the New RealTown! Submit Feedback
Member Login | Join RealTown
The Real Estate Network
RealTown HomeBlogsTagged "Neighbors"

RealTown Blogs

Blogs Homepage
Featured Entries
Recent Entries
Recent Comments
Tags
My Starred Entries
Create A Blog
Log In

Tags and Keywords

Tags are special keywords that help to categorize blog entries on RealTown.

The Top Tags are organized alphabetically below with the more popular tags appearing in larger text.

Recent Tags
Search Tags

modesty rewarded, but 'how well?' remains the question
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
August 29th, 2009 11:32 am
Categorized in: pricing analysis
Tagged with: 2005, competition, contract, neighbor, neighbors, price drop
Sometimes Manhattan Loft Guy gets it right. I posed a question on July 8 that was answered very quickly: will pricing 25% below 2007 hit The Market in a sweet spot? The answer came in an update on StreetEasy the very next day: contract signed. It sure is
Permanent Link | Comments (0) | Write a Comment | Send Link

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
Permanent Link | Comments (2) | Write a Comment | Send Link

170 Fifth Avenue closes AT 2007 (maybe)
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
August 13th, 2009 7:55 am
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: 2005, 2007, competition, fifth, neighbor, neighbors
If I am reading the listing descriptions and pictures correctly, the very recent sale of the Manhattan loft #5 at 170 Fifth Avenuefor $2.945mm was essentially flat since the February 2007 sale of #3 for $2,972,500. What has been preserved of the third flo
Permanent Link | Comments (0) | Write a Comment | Send Link

I Love My Neighborhood
Posted at HistoricCoronadoLiving by Diane Brennan
August 4th, 2009 8:41 am
Categorized in: Coronado Happenings
Tagged with: coronado neighborhood, coronado news listserve, jack russell terriers, neighbors
What a Wonderful and Great place to live.
Permanent Link | Comments (0) | Write a Comment | Send Link

attack of the Killer Comp (when 2005 pricing does not help)
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
July 29th, 2009 8:38 am
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: 2005, ceilings, comps, mint, neighbor, neighbors, renovation, tin
There's a pretty big Manhattan loft in a Chelsea corner that has been patient at an asking price around $1,100/ft for 3 months, which is just slightly less than the loft sold for in 2005. Ouch. It is a lovely loft, full of mints and proper proper names, w
Permanent Link | Comments (3) | Write a Comment | Send Link

courage is rewarded / 161 West 15 Street sells in the sweet spot of a cold market
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
July 21st, 2009 9:51 am
Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Chelsea
Tagged with: 1000ft, closed, comps, discount, neighbor, neighbors, west 15
How's this for getting it right? The Manhattan loft #2A at 161 West 15 Street came to market on January 16 and found a contract in 32 days (it closed May 12 but took a long time to be public; the price is still missing on StreetEasy and can be found on Pr
Permanent Link | Comments (0) | Write a Comment | Send Link

down a million bucks, now pitching at a pre-2005 $625/ftaa
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
July 20th, 2009 5:07 pm
Categorized in: Market Trends
Tagged with: 2005, 625ft, 850ft, discount, neighbor, neighbors, price drop, seven figures
There's a rather large Manhattan loft for sale at a new price that is $1mm less than the original asking price. When it came to market last Summer (happy birthday wishes are now in order) a smaller loft in the building had just cleared at about $850/ft. T
Permanent Link | Comments (0) | Write a Comment | Send Link

100 Reade Street sale is straight out of 2005 while wishing for 2008
Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
July 19th, 2009 7:22 pm
Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Tribeca
Tagged with: 2005, 2008, comps, garland, neighbor, neighbors, reade
The first Manhattan loft is #5A at 100 Reade Street, which came to market in August 2008 (immediately pre-Lehman, for those who need that reminder) at $1.95mm and changed firms and prices (trying $1.8mm, $1.75mm, $1,7mm, $1.65mm) before finding a contract
Permanent Link | Comments (1) | Write a Comment | Send Link

dropping $2mm to make an un-lofty sale at 175 Sullivan Street

Posted at Manhattan Loft Guy by Sandy Mattingly
July 16th, 2009 6:58 am
Categorized in: lofts in 'other' neighborhoods
Tagged with: 2007, ceilings, contract, lehman, negotiation, neighbor, neighbors, price drop, sullivan, village
Officially, the Manhattan "loft" #4A at 175 Sullivan Street was on the market only since January 2009 ("starting" at $3.25mm) before closing on June 16 at $2.65mm -- an apparent 18% discount. But the longer listing history tells a longer, darker story....
Permanent Link | Comments (0) | Write a Comment | Send Link