Tag: Definition

diversion is more of a (small) rant about Manhattan real estate “penthouses”

creeping nomenclature is all too common It’s the weekend, but instead of the usual diversion having nothing to do with Manhattan lofts, I’d like to do a short riff on a pice in The Real Deal this week, When Is A

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memory lane: defining “loft” and the 2009 market

  FYAToMLG, and FYAToMLG You were warned in my July 4 post that you’ve got a couple of weeks of archived Manhattan Loft Guy material coming up. Today’s a two-fer because once I got into the Manhattan Loft Guy archives

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'apartment' or 'loft' / sometimes you just have to laugh

still getting used to the new listing system, but smiling on occasionMy new mantra is if ‘change is good’, why is transition so hard? I offer that thought as a transition to this nugget in the Corcoran data-base that caught

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new listing + sales data OH NOES / (over) optimism stopped by Dreaded Data Discontinuity

can this data set be saved?In my announcement that Manhattan Loft Guy (the guy, not the blog) has found a new home at Corcoran (June 4, ch ch ch changes … the Guy moves to Corcoran in Soho) I offered

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counting errors at Soho Mews / “lofts” + 2 BR “apartments”

  look away to avoid a rantWhen I do my regular weekly report of sales and new listings for Manhattan lofts as of Sunday, the report will include 2 "lofts" reported today within the inter-firm data base as having sold

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loft or not? caution: active ranting ahead

classification irritationEver since I began counting new listings and closed sales for Manhattan "lofts" last October I have been aware of — and irritated by — the definitional problems in doing such a ‘simple’ thing. As I said in that

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