I often get email blasts from agents about their listings, some of which are over the top, some just barely alive. For purposes of this discussion, I am amused by the apartment listings from non-loft neighborhoods that describe the…
Month: August 2006
The politics (?) of press reporting on recent sales / NY Times picks two hot ones
I gotta wonder sometimes about the politics of press reporting on real estate…. I am not saying there is a grand conspiracy going on, or even necessarily a single editorial sensibility. And I have not paid enough strict…
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the Tao of Lofts / essential features
There must be many opinions on what makes a loft a "loft", or where the line is between merely "loft-like" and a "true" loft. I know this because I see many listings for "lofts" that – to me – are…
NY Post
Here is the description given in the NY Post on Aug 24 for a recent closing of a condominium loft at the Petersfield at 115 Fourth Av (at 12th St): $1,050,000 One bedroom, two-bath loft condo, 900 square feet,…
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internet searches correlating with home sales?
Not sure what to do with this, but it looks intriguing…. A firm that analyzes web search traffic (not sure how, but that’s another story) published a chart showing a "rough correlation" between internet searches for "houses for sale"…
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Is the buzz dead? / will Britney be the last celeb in this loft?
The Wall Street Journal carried this news to me, but I am sure other media outlets had things to say about it that I missed. Oops! It (finally) sold again Britney Spears finally sold her Manhattan loft, after…
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Eyes out for a market indicator / 240 Park Av South follows its sibling at #260
Comparing pricing at building A to building B – pretty good lab data is coming By then we will probably all know how the market is doing, but the related developments at 260 Park Avenue South (at 20th St;…
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Chuck Close lighting unresolved
That fascinating issue about whether a developer would get a variance to block the light of Noho artists’ studios (including that of Chuck Close) will continue for another month, and may be heading towards a negotiated resolution. I blogged…
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Timing the market when timing is everything / CNNMoney on
They make it sound so easy “Bubble-sitting” is the term used by CNNMoney reporter Les Christie to refer to potential buyers who anticipate that house or apartment prices will fall, so are renting in the interim. There is a…
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Another precinct heard from, and giving me a headache / Halstead
I get a headache trying to reconcile the various sources of data about what is happening in the market. Monday I addressed Miller Samuel’s Q2 report. Today I look at Halstead’s. Compared to the Miller Samuel data, Halstead’s…
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