vanilla (sold) vs. guava with hints of chili (languishing)I was going to do this post about a recent sale of a Manhattan loft (one of those great price! 3-weeks-to-contract price discussions), possibly followed by an aside about the remaining unit…
Category: pricing analysis
(too rich, too thin) too stylish to sell (well)?
Tagged with: Competition, Contract, Design, Ice Cream, Neighbor, One Bed Wonder, Price Drop, Renovation, Thin Market, West 18
break away to win the neighborly competition / so many lofts, so many dollars … but no sales (yet)
but will ANY win? I have been having an off-line dialogue since March with Reader SW about a particular high-end Manhattan loft building with multiple units for sale, which prompts a(nother) rumination about neighborly competition. (I have linked to…
the problem of price discovery (hint: you have to pay attention)
if a tree falls in the forest …I’ve been mulling a long-ish post on price discovery for quite a while (not writing it, obviously; just mulling). Pulling together some interesting riffs by other bloggers and news articles and market activity…
can an address provide enough oomph?
pricing like it’s 2008One of the risks of pricing a Manhattan loft above The Market, of course, is that no one will visit, let alone bid, because there are alternatives that start at lower-prices. (I discussed this most recently, in…
50 Walker Street closes well off August ask after being publicly negotiable + serving bourbon
not like yesterdayThe full history of the Manhattan loft #6A at 50 Walker Street will reveal just how different this marketing campaign was from the loft addressed yesterday (why be that negotiable in secret? 25 Ann Street closed nearly 25%…
diversion for a Saturday
comedy or tragedy? you decideMy eyes almost popped out when I saw an all-agent e-blast about a new price for a Manhattan loft that happened to get through my junk filter. (Note to self: fix filters.) Then I scratched…
(kinda) quick trip to closing, but a long trip off ask at 147 Waverly Place
flipping can be stressful, no? (+ exciting) The story of the marketing and sale of Unit 1E at 147 Waverly Place (a ‘successful’ flip) is not a long story (except as I tell it), but it packs a punch. But first,…
Tagged with: 2006, Closed Sale, Flip, New Development, Price Drop, Real Deal, Sixth Avenue, Theater, Waverly
out of range, out of mind … setting records or delaying sale?
pay the price if they don’t pay attentionThe risk in pricing a Manhattan loft above where anything in a building has sold is that potential buyers will be turned off by the price before considering the plus factors you tout…
to Chelsea to push the too pushy …? thread
pushy, pushy, pushy (or not)This week’s Chelsea candidate for the Manhattan loft Goldilocks question (we started this thread on November 14 with two in 2 new Tribeca lofts too pushy or just pushy enough?? and have been reheating it like…
lux diversion / Time Warner or 165 Charles as better “investment”?
not much gain for PortmanBraden Keil’s Gimme Shelter grab bag in today’s NY Post (hat tip to Curbed for pointing it out) mentions two celebrity Manhattan real estate transactions that caught me eye, though neither involves a real loft. The…
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