playing with numbers (he wins)This week my favorite numbers geek for the Manhattan residential real estate coop and condo market weighed in with his (semi) regular Curbed feature, Three Cents Worth, with A Look at Overpaying in Manhattan on February…
Month: February 2011
recent Grand Madison sale shows 225 Fifth Avenue lofts still treading water
time flies!It has been almost a year since I did one of the more interesting posts using the Master List of Manhattan Lofts Sold Since November 2008: my March 5, 2010 data dump: 27 Manhattan lofts sold in 2007 +…
different story for this Chelsea House loft: started with Lehman, ended up off 22%, but up 6.5% lifetime
fighting or flighting, double reduxWhen I started yesterday’s post about a recent sale at 130 West 19 Street (February 11, persistence pays for Chelsea House loft (that, and the right price)) I actually intended to write about a different loft…
Tagged with: Chelsea House, Conumdrum, Diappointed Seller, Efficient, Fair, Fight, Lehman, Loss, Price Drop, West 19
Mr. Lincoln's actual birthday
… is today (well, in 1809)Pity he has to share with #1 on the Monday after next. Re-read The Address. It’s short! Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty…
persistence pays for Chelsea House loft (that, and the right price)
and a willingness to take a hitA quick look at the listing history of the Manhattan loft #7B at 130 West 19 Street (the newly-built-in 2006 Chelsea House) suggests a theme of price right to sell quickly, as it came…
Tagged with: Chelsea House, Conumdrum, Diappointed Seller, Efficient, Fair, Fight, Lehman, Loss, Price Drop, West 19
345 West 13 Street loft sale shows neighborhood change from 1999
you said meatpacking district, they say MePaWhen the Manhattan loft #5E at 345 West 13 Street closed on January 20 at $4.95mm it not only just squeezed in under the (arbitrary) $5mm upper limit I set when I started the…
Tagged with: 1999, Boutiques, Gansevoort, Gottlieb, History, Hotel, Meatpacking, Restaurants, Village Voice, West 13
how to read past sale data / one Flatiron loft laboratory
hint: comping is hardThere’s a fascinating discussion thread going on over at StreetEasy, started by a potential buyer who said “I’m beyon[d] confused with pricing” and then asked that community for advice about bidding on a specific loft in Flatiron.…
is loft micro-market at 722 Broadway irrational? 3 very different prices can be explained
comping is hardWhen the Manhattan loft on the 5th floor at 722 Broadway sold on January 14 for $1.575mm, it was the third loft in this 9-unit building to trade within 5 months. All 3 are said to be “2,200…
Tagged with: Astor Place, broadway, Classic, Comps, Hig Ceilings, Longandnarrow, Micronabe, Neighbor, Nyu, Renovation
165 Hudson Street loft celebrates birthday with a sale
a happy closing more than a happy birthdayWhen the Manhattan loft #2B at 165 Hudson Street closed on January 20 for $995,000 it had just ‘celebrated’ one of those awkward anniversaries for a residential sale listing, in Manhattan or anywhere:…
Sunday diversion / low-life Super Bowl edition
do not read if you are a Big Ben fanI understand there is a football game this evening, one in which I do not have a natural fan preference for either team. But I do have a very strong preference…
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