(mis) adventures in Manhattan loft babbling Sometimes I suspect that I take this stuff too seriously. When I read the broker babble for the “1,321 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 4th floor at 109 Reade Street I expected to…
Tag: 2002
what is “original” about Tribeca loft that went for $1,438/ft at 109 Reade Street?
Tagged with: 1989, 2002, 2007, 2008, Authentic, Broker Babble, Fireplace, original. classic, Property Shark, read, Renovation, Square Feet, Streeteasy
132 Duane Street loft improves on mint, doesn't quite triple in value
to each his ownWe are going to play with some sets of triple numbers here. The “2,300 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 3rd floor at 132 Duane Street that recently sold for $3.4mm has now sold 4 times…
73 Worth Street loft goes a little above ask, a lot above 2010 (of course)
doing the Buy Low, Sell High thing I never tire of these stories: a Manhattan loft with a past sales history that says interesting things about past market conditions, or buyers/sellers who achieve the real estate ideal of Buy…
did virtual staging cost 9 West 20 Street loft $100,000?
rather: is there a theory that explains an anomalous spread?At the risk of over-determining this apparent paradox, the very recent (January 31) sale of the “2,154 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 7th floor at 9 West 20 Street at…
Tagged with: 2002, 3 Bedrooms, 4 Bedrooms, Comps, Dining Area, Layout, Longandnarrow, Neighbor, Renovation, West 20
2 years to contract for 139 Spring Street artist's loft
one birthday is bad enough…It is a little unfair of me to say it took two years for the recently sold “2,522 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3B at 139 Spring Street find a contract, even though the loft was brought…
Tagged with: 2002, Artist, Birthday, Conversion, Gut, Odyssey, Primitive, Renovation, Spring, Wooster
market corrects (slightly) too deep price cut for spectacular columns at 136 West 22 Street
an interesting dynamicIt has been a while since I highlighted one of the axioms of a busy (deep) market: The Market will correct a too-low price. In this case, the “3,272 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 3rd floor at…
151 West 17 Street loft sale is a Headscratcher's Special: 5% below 2005
fans of efficient market theory should avert their eyesLet’s stick with John McCain (“The Market is cruel”) another day. In yesterday’s market cruelty or mean streets? gut renovated sundrenched 347 West 39 Street loft closes at $675/ft, unadjusted for terraces,…
20 East 17 Street loft sells plus 6% over Peak
after some workThere are other fun stories here, but the big story in the listing history of the recently-resold “2,125 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 7th floor of 20 East 17 Street is the increase of $129,000 from the…
from fire sale in nuclear winter to +27% at 155 Hudson Street
price discovery can be hardTake a generic classically Long-and-Narrow Manhattan loft, roughly 22 feet wide, with not a lot to brag about as far as finishes, and try to sell it in two very different sets of market conditions. As…
Tagged with: 2002, 2004, Comps, Hudson, Lehman, Longandnarrow, Neighbor, One Bed Wonder, Peak, Renovation
459 Washington Street loft bounces back to the right price to sell
starting at the right price is not enoughI always wonder about the agent-seller dialogues with a sale like that of Manhattan loft #4N at 459 Washington Street (John Watts Condo), which cleared at $2.2mm on January 10. Working backwards from…
Tagged with: 2002, Capsouto Freres, Competition, Comps, Neighbor, New Development, Pontes, River, Views, Washington
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