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view is worth (only) 3%, or $36/ft, at 9 Murray Street (approx)

unless that was a rounding errorThe Manhattan loft #5NE at 9 Murray Street that sold in August is not a perfect match for the neighboring unit #11NE that sold in April, but the two units are very close siblings. The

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ta da! Silk Building penthouse loft on East 4 Street sells at 10% premium to 2008

I can’t quit herI am having trouble getting that penthouse loft sale at 144 West 18 Street with all those impressive numbers out of my mind (August 29, 4 terraces = 1 bidding war for penthouse loft at 144 West

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4 terraces = 1 bidding war for penthouse loft at 144 West 18 Street

+10% = sweetThere are some very impressive numbers associated with the Manhattan loft #PH-W at 144 West 18 Street (the Chainworks Building, hardly a romantic locution, but apt given its prior usage), starting with the clearing price of $4.119mm on

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224 West 18 Street lofts up 13% in a year, down 12% since Peak?

so it seems, but wait (there’s more!)Yesterday’s Just sold! feature in the New York Post featured a Manhattan loft that had (yes!) recently sold. (Why can’t the New York Times do that?) It always interests me when a Manhattan loft

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when neighbors really compete, market can be quite efficient, as at 58 Walker Street

head-to-head and dollar-for-dollarUnlike the neighboring Cobblestone Lofts I hit on August 6 (28 Laight Street loft sale under-performs neighbor’s sale) that engaged in a serial competition for buyers, the two lofts that recently sold at 58 Walker Street directly competed.

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stubborn loft seller at 421 Hudson Street waits 1 year for contract

not a slur, honestWhen I call a seller “stubborn” I am talking about behavior, not character. (Note that I don’t call sellers “greedy”, though I may find sales efforts … inexplicable.) How other than “stubborn” to describe a seller who

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58 Walker Street loft recalibrates after missing Peak, sells 20% off old ask

what if? is a fun game (you can make up your own rules!)When a loft does not sell, it is impossible to know what would have happened if it had been priced differently because (d’oh!) we cannot know how The

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9 Murray Street loft sellers go ka-ching and move to non-loft loft at 4 West 21 Street

I should not take these things personallyManhattan loft snob that I am, I tend to have an irrational sense of regret when loft owners sell a loft to move to an apartment. A ridiculous reaction, even if anyone cared. But

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43 West 21 Street penthouse loft dresses up (a little) to close up (a lot: $1.1 million!) since 2007

going all white on yaI have been poring over the pictures and floor plans comparing the recent sale and June 2007 sale of the Manhattan loft at the top of 43 West 21 Street, trying to find seven figures of

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99 Reade Street loft sales show sound and fury in market, but it’s no tragedy

unless The Market is down 8% in 4 monthsIf I told you that the Manhattan loft #5W at 99 Reade Street (Reade Court) closed on April 11 down % compared to #3W four months earlier, with the same footprint and

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