Tag: Altair

failure to flip: over-pricing in 2008 leads to loss in 2012 over 2007 for 15 West 20 Street loft

memory lane trippingI wrote the headline above based just on the rather extensive sales history of the “2,259 sq ft” Manhattan loft #8A at 15 West 20 Street (Altair 20) (details below), before discovering that I covered the key old

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the stuff you can't see earned 7th floor loft at 15 West 20 Street a 13% premium over 8th floor

(I can’t see them, either)Did the hyper local Manhattan loft market in one Flatiron 2005 era new development improve by 13% in … (wait for it) … 6 days? Sounds ridiculous, right? Well, the “2,259 sq ft” Manhattan loft #8A

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height makes a small difference as Altair 20 lofts sell at 15 West 20 Street

expectations are met (mine, anyway)The 2007 new development to residential living known as Altair 20 at 15 West 20 Street (a sibling to Altair 18 at 32 West 18 Street) faces a taller building across 20th Street, so you would

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a tale of 2 lofts: did (removable) decor add $126/ft to value of one 32 West 18 Street loft?

how 2 essentially identical next door lofts can look so different, and what that means in $$$I am indebted to Jennifer Gould Keil for her Gimme Shelter item in today’s New York Post about a very recent Manhattan loft sale

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one data point leads to another / net loss on sale at Altair 18

  more flatness, more sideways On a similar theme to my Wednesday post about a flat-market closing at 684 Broadway (one sobering data point / 684 Broadway loft sells slowly, reluctantly), I noted the sale of #2B at 32 West

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data point in a sideways market / closing at 32 West 18 Street

… and sometimes the bear gets youI need to address Josh Barbanel’s latest frustrating review of market data from Sunday’s New York Times (A Mixed Picture) soon, but the money quote for me was from The Miller, who: said that

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past the point of pain at 32 West 18 Street w new price drop

I have removed the content of this blog post, as it comments about the current listing of another agent. For information about why, check out end of an era for Manhattan Loft Guy / a new day dawns? from April

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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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dueling $4mm open houses at 217 West 19 Street + 32 West 18 St

Chelsea or Flatiron? space or views?My guess is that there will be about a 65% overlap between open house visitors on Sunday to 217 West 19 Street 9th floor and 32 West 18 Street #2B. The open house times overlap, they

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New Listings + Sales of Manhattan lofts in last 7 days

This is my thirteenth report on the number, price distribution and neighborhood distribution for Manhattan lofts reported as new to the market or as closed sales in the last 7 days. Pretty slow start to the new year (it was

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