Tag: Flip

VERY pushy way to (try to) flip a big loft

must be some renovationThere’s a small Manhattan loft condo conversion from last year in which the large full-floor lofts went for about $750/ft (it is not in a traditional loft [fashionable] neighborhood). They had classic loft features and finishes that

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my job does not include magic tricks / pondering pricing puzzles

  sometimes "impossible" means just that I stumbled across a NY Magazine piece today that compared Manhattan coop listing prices in 2007 to Manhattan coop listing prices in 2008 to assess how optimistic sellers are now. There’s a table, but

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what springs eternal? hope, renovation, or …hubris?

careful post about a new listingYeah, I know I am not supposed to blog about current listings from other firms (if you’re new here, check out end of an era for Manhattan Loft Guy / a new day dawns? from

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flipper flips 225 Fifth Avenue #5P quickly, poorly

seemed like a good idea at the timeThe Grand Madison is, of course, not on Madison Avenue — that would be too obvious, right? At Fifth Avenue at the northeast corner of 26 Street, this condo at the corner of

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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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Chelsea House flipper did not reach for stars, but got out via 6 week contract

modesty winsThe sale of  the Manhattan "loft" 130 West 19 Street Unit #6B that was reported this week in the inter-firm data base caught my eye as possibly the first flip at the Clarett Group’s Chelsea House development (more "loft

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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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it can be flipping hard / back story on NY Post Just Sold at 260 Park Avenue South

you say Ulysses, I say OdysseusThe odyssey of #7B at 260 Park Avenue South is given public notice of a successful conclusion in this weekend’s Just Sold section of the NY Post’s Real Estate Section. As noted, it took 374

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first flip at Chelsea House, 130 West 19 Street?

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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90 Franklin is new, mint, flipping

[update 12.3.08: 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. For

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