Month: December 2006

data are limited (point taken), but what next / NY Times column about the flaws in reported housing data

  Economix mixes data and opinion to complain about data David Leonhardt’s thoughtful “Economix” column this week in the NY Times highlights the conundrum of home price statistics, What Statistics On Home Sales Aren’t Saying.   His general point is

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Open House tour when 1,700 sq ft is just right / 3 under $2m

  For those for whom 1,700 sounds like the perfect number for a loft, here are three open houses on Sunday to check out:   11:30 – 1 133 Mercer  #6 $1.95m  $1,750/mo 13’ ceilings and four exposures, though not

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ask Vanna for a

  Go back to my post two weeks ago Tribeca trifecta on the market / if you need a "D", 55 Hudson is for sale for a description of 1, 2 and 3 BR layouts in the same “D” line

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irony can be delicious / juxtaposition of PruDE quote and data in NY Post worth a smile

pumping the market, no matter the cost Today’s brief item in the NY Post Manhattan Bumps Real-Estate Slump from Bloomberg is amusing for at least one reason.   The context: The Real Estate Board of New York’s Q3 data shows

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heady pricing at The Lion

  Sunday’s NY Times “On The Market” feature included Unit 10G at The Lion’s Head, 121 West 19 St. offered by Fredrik Eklund at Core Group for $2.4mm:   PROS: This spacious loft in a doorman building has open city

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more non-news: well-priced lofts sell quickly at 55 Greene + 55 E 11

  if you price it, they will come I did this three weeks ago (

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smackdown at 3,000+ sq ft + $2.7mm / 118 E 25 vs. 116 W 29

  one of these things is not like the other (agent prose and listing pix aside) I visited these two lofts within a few days of each other. On the surface, they look pretty similar: both are rather large full-floor

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