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6 prices, 13 months to contract for 107 West 25 Street loft

a busy little buildingOne of these days I am going to get to drafting a post about the bidding wars I have observed with buyer clients and on the Master List of Manhattan Lofts Sold Since November 2008. But that

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a staging coup: did selling the kitchen of 42 West 13 Street loft work better than selling the terrace?

2 fine features, 2 very different outcomes, 1 obvious reasonThis one is for all you folks who doubt that staging a loft for sale can be proven to lead to an increased value. The natural world rarely provides such a

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no view needed to sell small 252 Seventh Avenue lofts at $1,339/ft, or at $1,593/ft

back to the Loft Lab that is the Chelsea MercantileIn my December 3, how to value light without also valuing views? The Miller gives it a shot, NY Magazine gives it a forum, I wondered just how many Manhattan lofts

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158 West 23 Street loft zooms more slowly through market

the real story is the 2007 contextYesterday it was 17 days to contract 8% above the ask at the top of Soho (December 7, 12 days to contract 8% over ask at 284 Lafayette Street loft with 8 skylights); today

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how to value light without also valuing views? The Miller gives it a shot, NY Magazine gives it a forum

another riffing opportunity is born In the reality-based Manhattan residential real estate world inhabited by The Miller, questions such as “how do you value the difference in light between different units, without considering differences based on view?” have at least

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little loft with great low floor light sells at $993/ft at 130 Nassau Street

a few topics of interest The recent sale of the “901 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3J at 150 Nassau Street is interesting for several things, but the first thing that caught my eye was the broker babble “some of the

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again running with the bulls at 48 Bond Street, up 18% over 2008 this time

the Berke premium growsOf course we have been on Bond Street before, talking about how that small stretch of Noho has taken off after just two new residential loft uber-condo developments (starting with my November 1, 2007, re-setting values at

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2 new bathrooms and a market thaw earn $195,000 gain for 520 LaGuardia Place loft over 2009

not much, eh?Let’s stick with that meme about the Trough Of 2009 another day, following yesterday’s November 26, particularly deep trough discovered, as 335 Greenwich Street loft sells 31% over 2009. Today’s exhibit is rather more equivocal. The “1,400 sq

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man takes small nip at big dog: 48 Bond Street loft resells 41% above 2008

not so unusual, except for scaleThe last few resales at the Deborah Berke designed oh-so-successful 2008 new development 48 Bond Street have been above their 2008 prices, so it is not is so unusual that the “1,551 sq ft” Manhattan

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59 John Street loft seller takes forever to take a bath

if at first you don’t succeed …?The guy who paid $1,527,375 for the “1,651 sq ft” newly converted Manhattan loft #8C at 59 John Street in 2007 may never have thought that he was going to make a lot of

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