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ridiculous patience rewarded with sale of 263 Ninth Avenue loft at small discount

offered in October, contract in OctoberYou know that bit of Conventional Wisdom about how a listing that stays on the market for months without a price drop, it is at the wrong price and will need a price drop to

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market corrects too-low price drop at Chelsea Mercantile, just as it's supposed to

Conventional Wisdom, vindicatedRegular readers of Manhattan Loft Guy know that I often observe that, absent a thin buyer pool, The Market will correct a price drop that is ‘too low’ by having multiple bidders push the clearing price above the

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about that bidding war for (not THAT) well-dressed 395 Broadway loft

after a day for love, many loved this loft, only one was chosen (sigh)There were broken hearts all over the highway when the bidding war for the “1,200 sq ft” Manhattan loft #14A at 395 Broadway came to an end

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Chelsea Merc neighbor loft at 245 Seventh Avenue sells at $1,284/ft

across the great divideYes, gentle reader, Manhattan Loft Guy has a thing for the Chelsea Mercantile, the turn of the century condo conversion at 252 Seventh Avenue. (There are 22 Manhattan Loft Guy posts tagged “Chelsea Mercantile” going back to

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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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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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particularly deep trough discovered, as 335 Greenwich Street loft sells 31% over 2009

some stories never get oldI can’t explain why, but I take particular pleasure in noting Manhattan loft sales that hit a particular narrative. In this case, the narrative for the recent sale of the “1,600 sq ft” Manhattan loft #5A

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Hudson Mews loft at 256 West 10 Street sells 21% over 2007

a remarkable gain for a disfavored loftThe downtown Manhattan loft market is still almost completely without power and this blog has been dark 4 days. Enough! (At least as far as this little corner of the blogosphere is concerned.) Let’s

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schizo seller succeeds with 224 West 18 Street loft by zigging, then zagging

success, but no points for styleThe “2,002 sq ft” Manhattan loft #7C at 224 West 18 Street just sold at a very, very small discount from the asking price, so that’s an impressive bit of work. But I am intrigued

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