Tag: 2006

(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,

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eating crow while getting reamed / Chelsea loft goes to 30% off

oh, to be a fly on the wallImagine, if you will, the following hypothetical dialogue: Owner: "I’d love to sell, what do you think we can get?"Agent: "If we start at $1,750/ft we should get a good deal"O: "Wow! That

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bringing (a lot of) cash to closing / news from the top of the market at “Madison Square North”

waiting to close, not for contractI realized when I did my post of 30 days of actual loft sales on December 18 that 15 East 26 Street (15 Madison Square North) was a very successful new Manhattan loft development, with

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pushing on in Flatiron, but not as hard

a reader writesIn this continuing series asking the (musical?) question is that Manhattan loft too pushy on price, or not pushy enough?, I hit a candidate a while back that one MLG reader identified easily (my efforts to assure listing

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had been very pushy, how pushy now in Soho?

There’s a beautiful classic old Manhattan loft that was definitely pushing it when it came to market in the summer at around $1,250/ft. I confidently say definitely because it has not sold yet, despite dropping around $300/ft off the price.

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into the melting pot (with a grain of salt?)

  ‘minority’ majority + bare majority only English Crain’s New York Business had an on-line link yesterday to some "City Facts" that are intersting but that made me wonder if I needed salt with those (fries). (Their visuals are more … well,

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it can be flipping hard / back story on NY Post Just Sold at 260 Park Avenue South

you say Ulysses, I say OdysseusThe odyssey of #7B at 260 Park Avenue South is given public notice of a successful conclusion in this weekend’s Just Sold section of the NY Post’s Real Estate Section. As noted, it took 374

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2 new on West 20 Street / building yin vs yang at 15 W 20 + 9 W 20

  [update 12.14.08: I have restored this post (below), as the reasons for having removed it in April no longer obtain] I have removed the content of this blog post, as it comments about the current listing of another agent.

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462 Greenwich new, nice

proper proper names boost $$$The 2d floor at 462 Greenwich Street is new to market this morning, asking $2.3mm and $1,122/mo (condo) for “1,650 sq ft” set up as a 2 bedroom plus office and two baths, with a kitchen

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