Tag: 2007

Chelsea House kinda sorta holds its own, reveals Truths in The Market

more or lessThe Manhattan "loft" #8D at 130 West 19 Street, Chelsea House, closed on June 18 at $1.51mm, down 6% from its last clearing price three years ago. If you are familiar with my post comparing lofts that sold

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surprise! strong price for a fixer-upper at 112 East 19 Street (Ruggles House)

much better than a month agoThe last time there was a Manhattan Loft Guy hit on the Ruggles House, 112 East 19 Street, the catch-phrase was price it right, sell it quickly. This time, there is no simple catch-phrase, but

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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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with 95 Greene Street contract, reality vs. NY Post / who wins?

probably not Murdoch’s faultI have my doubts about Exhibit A in support of a NY Post article today with a provocative headline, lede and story. the article is A bidders market / Upscale homes rebounding in NYC the lede is

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55 Liberty Street closes as if 2007, progress of a sort

free at last!The Manhattan (mini) loft #11D at 55 Liberty Street (Liberty Tower) closed last week (May 21) at $602,500, just a rounding error off the last sale price (December 2007) of $590k. Sheesh … another reminder that I need

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if at first … 24 East 22 Street closes after trying again, and again

a long strange tripThis is one of those posts that changed 180 degrees in a long gestation. It had a simple starting point (a Manhattan loft sold that had been marketed in 2006), with an extended series of didn’t sell

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price right, sell quick at Ruggles House, 112 East 19 Street

simple rule (hard to apply?)You will be excused if you failed to notice that the Manhattan loft #4R at 112 East 19 Street had been on the market, as it was available for 21 days before finding a buyer on

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foreclosure sale at 251 West 19 works out, for banks at least

don’t see this every dayWhile cleaning up the Manhattan Loft Guy Master List of downtown loft closings between $500k and $5mm, I discovered that 251 West 19 Street #3C closed on March 26 for $1,578,287 (deed filed April 14). That’s

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memo to NY Times: that's a “loft”, not an “apartment”

and not in East VillageCheck out the slide-show associated with the article in today’s NY Times, An East Village Apartment, Sleek and Childproof. Does that look like a "loft" or an "apartment" to you? Yeah, me too: that’s a loft.

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48 Bond Street closes up 400% since 2008, but …

… it does not countI was amused by a four-fold increase in value when I reported on April 16 about a Tribeca loft March 2010 resale (139 Reade St closes up 400%), but that one had last sold in 1994.

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