Year: 2011

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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:

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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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Saturday diversion / flawed sportsman edition

the best game, a complicated star(No, not tomorrow’s game.) Props to Andy Pettitte on retiring. It was a pleasure to watch him all those years, all those Octobers, and darn they are going to miss him. (If you are a

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these water views from a 505 Greenwich loft are worth $370,000 (really)

no … really … I can prove itSometimes the loft market in Manhattan has moments of great clarity. When #12B at 505 Greenwich Street closed on December 29 at $1.895mm, we did not then realize it, but we were only

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