Tag: 2006

raise the price to get the price, as Lion's Head loft sells after oddly successful campaign

up 7.5% since 2007This is one of those days on which I see Manhattan Loft Guy as a collector of curios, a collection of just one damn Bright Shiny Object after another. Today’s BSO is the “1,990 sq ft” Manhattan

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more terraces, more envy, as 15 East 15 Street loft sells at another premium

putting the sweet in master suiteIf it seems like only yesterday that we were talking about multiple terraces and multiple bids, we were! That was my August 29, 4 terraces = 1 bidding war for penthouse loft at 144 West

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3 sales around the break-even point at Jade, 16 West 19 Street lofts

follow the bouncing podsThere have been 3 August sales of Manhattan lofts in that oh-so-stylish 2007 new development Jade at 16 West 19 Street, one just below the sponsor sale price and two just above. Caption the pod experiment as

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tired of pi**ing into the wind, 130 West 30 Street loft sellers take money, run

run far, to Jolly Olde, in factAlthough the sellers of the Manhattan loft #12C at 130 West 30 Street (the Cass Gilbert) tried to sell around $2mm in 2006 and again in the post-Lehman market into 2009 at $1.8mm, I

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stubborn seller of 130 Fulton Street loft takes 10% haircut

yes, we have a word for the weekNow that we know that it is not a slur to call a seller with a sticky asking price “stubborn”, here’s another one: when the Manhattan loft #11B at 130 Fulton Street closed

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agony + ecstasy at one 65 West 13 Street loft

how cold it was in those days!If I were writing just about lofts I would say something like when the Manhattan loft #8D at 65 West 13 Street sold on July 6 it was up over 40% from its prior

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despite failed contract, 133 West 28 Street small loft sells above ask in a refreshingly efficient market

smiling in the flower district (or is that Flower District?)It is not every day that you see a Manhattan loft sell at full price after a failed contract, even less often do you see a loft sell above the ask

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137 Duane Street loft seller makes same mistake that developer made

eventually bites bullet, like developerIt was deja vu all over again, as the “3,000 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2E at 137 Duane Street (Diamond Duane) finally sold on June 30 for an even $3mm. The listing history is full of

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velocity in the Manhattan loft market / 72 Mercer Street sale was not the fastest

not to mention, huge gain over January 2008 sponsor saleI tend to collect a bunch of interesting recent sales each week for future posts, writing a headline and capturing the link; often I don’t get to all in that collection

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why did 263 Ninth Avenue loft resale kick some serious butt?

one does not make a trendI have commented before that bright shiny objects (statistical outliers) tend to catch attention at Manhattan Loft Guy. Today’s bright shiny object is a resale at the 2005* condominium conversion of a former printing building,

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