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another sign that 2010 is not 2009, as 60 West 15 Street loft sells

today’s trend: trying again might workYesterday’s post, 12 examples of the (rapid) velocity of the Manhattan loft market, provided data confirmation that the velocity of the Manhattan loft market was pretty high, at least for the last three months. Today

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architect moves from Tribeca loft to East Side apartment, newsworthy for Wall Street Journal

even if it was 5 years agoTo be fair to the Wall Street Journal, yesterday’s photo feature about a "young architect" who moved from "a dramatic home: a 1,900-square-foot Tribeca loft with prismatic glass sliding doors that could open to

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another quick sale, as 1 Hudson Street closes up 10% AND down 10%

from ask, to startHave you ever heard that well-priced Manhattan lofts sell quickly? (Yes, you have.) The latest example is the "2,000 sq ft" Manhattan loft that is the 4th floor at 1 Hudson Street. How quick is "quick"? That

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129 Lafayette sells but NOT because of the designer (contra The Observer)

is this Observer week on Manhattan Loft Guy?I swear that I do not read The Observer. (I am not bragging, just swearing.) But for the second time in a week someone linked to an article about a Manhattan loft sale

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20 Desbrosses Street loft sells above ask, quickly, with pellet-blasted brick and more (dramatic photos!)

zip! zoom!The Manhattan loft on the 2nd floor at 20 Desbrosses Street is a bit of a puzzle, but the main story is that it found a contract in 23 days and closed $111,000 above the asking price. At $1,300/ft

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the vultures next door / 505 Greenwich sells to neighbor

seemed like a good idea at the time (2008), no?Take a photograph of the folks who just sold the Manhattan loft #8C at the 2005 new development 505 Greenwich Street and put the photo in the gallery labeled We Rue

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36 White Street misses the party, closes (off the radar) like its 2005

et tu, StreetEasy?The Manhattan loft on the 3rd floor at 36 White Street just closed for $1,337,500 (deed June 1, filed PDQ on June 4). Of course there are things about the Manhattan real estate business that I will never

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making (no) sense of The Market / what did The Elf buy at 345 West 13 Street?

paging David ByrneIn this episode, Manhattan Loft Guy starts with a celebrity purchase, moans about transactions without brokers, touches on how difficult it can be to compare same-building loft sales, and finally (nearly?) goes bonkers on why ACRIS data sometimes

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if sold in 2005 and 2008 at same price, how to price a loft for 2010?

too weird to overlookI am not going to offer too many details about this currently-listed Manhattan loft, so prepare to be frustrated! I think this loft’s history is just too weird to not comment on, so nuts to you. The

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modesty pays as 107 West 25 street sells quickly, up a fraction since 2004

18 days to contractIf you were distracted in February you could easily have missed the fact that the Manhattan loft #3E at 107 West 25 Street came to market on February 5, as it was in contract by February 23.

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