Month: October 2010

Manhattan as sublime +/or a stockyard / the Quote Of The Day

so much to read, so little timeToday’s QOTD comes from Lapham’s Quarterly / a magazine of history and ideas (h/t Andrew Sullivan), into which I have barely dipped a toe. His October 3 Preamble includes this insight (one small part

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22 Mercer Street loft market is VERY efficient (for now)

well, it’s a theoryGenerally speaking, the Manhattan real estate resale market is not terribly efficient, in the economic sense. First, because real time accurate information is not widely held (among other factors: in contract status, actual condition of units); second,

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is the 2010 strength in Manhattan loft sales odd, or even notable in a Lake Wobegon sense?

absolutely: maybeI’ve been staring at the quarterly Manhattan loft market data in various metrics …. Blame it on The Miller (for giving me the numbers); blame it on Diane Ramirez (for calling the bottom); blame it on the Red Sox

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Manhattan loft market outperforms in volume (big) + absorption

nice (rare) consensus among firms!Yesterday I beat up a little bit on Vivian Toy’s traditionally formatted New York Times article about the 4 major quarterly Manhattan real estate market reports for the Third Quarter and a bit more on the

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why the race to (call) the bottom? third quarter Manhattan real estate market reports hit

a rainy day also rains numbersI am pretty sure I am in the minority about this, but I believe that major players in the Real Estate Industrial Complex in Manhattan are missing a shift in how consumers want information processed

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