still not a ‘trend’, but a reminderIn my October 7 post, the puzzle of pop-up contracts, signed long after Off The Market at 144 West 27 Street and 24 East 21 Street lofts, I touched on the phenomenon of Manhattan…
still not a ‘trend’, but a reminderIn my October 7 post, the puzzle of pop-up contracts, signed long after Off The Market at 144 West 27 Street and 24 East 21 Street lofts, I touched on the phenomenon of Manhattan…
well, it’s a theoryGenerally speaking, the Manhattan real estate resale market is not terribly efficient, in the economic sense. First, because real time accurate information is not widely held (among other factors: in contract status, actual condition of units); second,…
I hope everyone was polite at the closingWhat do you do when you grow out of your loft? For most people who can’t make to do with … say … 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths (such as … say ……
East meets West, West winsThe Residential Sales Around The Region feature in yesterday’s New York Times featured one Manhattan loft, 46 Mercer Street (also known as 473 Broadway, aka the Hohner Building), at $3.01mm after 17 weeks on the market.…
you know I mean the "F" line market, right?Regular readers of Manhattan Loft Guy know that I often beat the drum about The Market being not very efficient, at least as far as individual loft sales provide data points. One…
2006 echoesThe Manhattan loft #10D at 718 Broadway sold for $1.06mm on July 20, "1,180 sq ft" of "true chic", this "completely renovated" loft is the "ultimate in sophistication". At a single bedroom and single bath with windows only on…
got coffee?I had some buyers who were almost-but-not-quite-interested in the renovation project that is the Manhattan loft on the 5th floor at 111 Hudson Street, so I was intrigued enough when it sold on June 28 to track back a…
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…
nuclear winter poster childI don’t know if there is a better example of the change in The Market that occurred after Lehman filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2008 and the Fall 2009 thaw in The Market than the Manhattan…
just for floors, kitchen + bathsI stumbled across a Wall Street Journal slide-show in the new trying-to-outdo-The-Times section this week, featuring a Tribeca loft of nearly 3,000 sq ft that had been renovated for $250,000. Of course Manhattan Loft Guy…
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