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modesty (again) rewarded / 5 weeks to contract at 55 Hudson Street

pricing like it’s 2006The Manhattan loft 55 Hudson Street #3A was marketed modestly: the broker babble is plain about its limitations (“open loft plan”, “perfect home for the person with his/her own design in mind”, “needs a little TLC”, only

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$1,685/ft for 166 Duane Street loft, as it flies off shelf

Fall market was fastWhere to begin about the Manhattan loft 166 Duane Street #10B? First thing I noticed was velocity: to market on October 7, in contract by October 30, closed on December 3. (That is the third loft I

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divorce + dollars / 111 Hudson Street loft sale is painful on several levels

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

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another quick sale, as 1 Hudson Street closes up 10% AND down 10%

from ask, to startHave you ever heard that well-priced Manhattan lofts sell quickly? (Yes, you have.) The latest example is the "2,000 sq ft" Manhattan loft that is the 4th floor at 1 Hudson Street. How quick is "quick"? That

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181 Hudson Street closes at strong price / why?

  why is $996/ft ‘impressive’?The March 15 deed for the sale of Manhattan loft #3A at 181 Hudson Street is late-breaking (filed yesterday!), but is it news? The "2,509 sq ft" "uniquely textured" (??) north Tribeca loft came and went

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161 Hudson Street closed after 14 weeks, up 33% (since 2004)

don’t worry about the interimThe Manhattan loft #2B at 161 Hudson Street had a pretty good run through the 2009 market, starting at $2.7mm in March, dropping twice in April (to $2.5mm) and closing June 30 at $2.41mm. That quick

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4 months to close, 4 years to zero out at 260 West Broadway

threading the needle to a quick sale, through the Way Back Machine The Manhattan loft #5G at 260 West Broadway (the American Thread Building) slid through The Market this year, starting on January 8 and finishing on May 6. (Not

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644 Broadway loved that first bidder: sells within 15 weeks, contract in 6, 1 price, 14% discount

  [update: apologies for the weird formatting; I think I fixed most of it] yes, "museum quality" around $1,000/ft, but there’s a larger point, + 2 bromidesWhen I hit the Manhattan loft #2E at 644 Broadway on April 27 (price

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how to get cash in 10 weeks / negotiating to close at 155 Hudson Street

no secret formulaHow’s this for a lovely trajectory in a challenging market? The Manhattan loft #4N at 155 Hudson Street came to market on February 20 at the wrong price ($2.395mm) but they (apparently) really wanted to sell and they

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Saturday diversion / Tamarind in Tribeca

  nothing to do with Manhattan lofts, per seIf you like Indian food as much as I do, you’ve probably been to Salaam Bombay at 319 Greenwich Street in Tribeca and to Tamarind at 41 East 22 Street in Flatiron.

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