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how did lofts do last quarter compared to overall market?

a third set of impressions of the First QuarterHaving sniped at the media narrative (April 2, first impression of First Quarter reports) and then having psycho-analyzed the Big Firm reporting styles (April 5, second impression of First Quarter reports) it

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second impression of First Quarter reports

why do they issue quarterly reports? I don’t know how many people actually do this, but I have now read the Manhattan real estate quarterly reports from each of the Big Firms. This exercise cause me to wonder why they

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first impression of First Quarter reports

what is wrong with that baseline?I do feel badly for the reporters who have to summarize the major firm quarterly reports of Manhattan real estate activity, such as Christine Haughney in today’s NY Times, Slight Rise in Manhattan Apartment Prices

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more Manhattan lofts sold, but very, very slowly

like the overall Manhattan market, mostlyFollowing up on my post yesterday about the New York Times article about the Big Three market Manhattan real estate reports for the fourth quarter, here’s a nugget about the loft market from the Miller

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Manhattan overall inventory down March-to-April (slightly)

just a nugget, not a trend (yet?)The Wall Street Journal’s on-line article Tuesday about a national trend in a decline in the number of homes for sale in 29 cities was based on a source that has no Manhattan data,

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March nugget / PruDE's signed contracts up for month

  limited data set, but something Long-time blogger / honest agent Doug Heddings has an interesting slice of current Manhattan coop and condominium market data from PruDE’s signed contracts files for weeks ending from March 6 through April 3. Go

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one sobering data point / 684 Broadway loft sells slowly, reluctantly

 (9.26.08: my apologies about the hrrible formatting of this post originally; undoubtedly it was human error [fire that guy!]) one small data point for NoHo, how big a fact for broader market??The Manhattan loft 684 Broadway #7E has been on

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data point in a sideways market / closing at 32 West 18 Street

… and sometimes the bear gets youI need to address Josh Barbanel’s latest frustrating review of market data from Sunday’s New York Times (A Mixed Picture) soon, but the money quote for me was from The Miller, who: said that

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value, prices & data / theory, flaws & spin in Manhattan apartment prices

  bothered by smart guys The David Leonhardt Economix column in last week’s NY Times business section, What Statistics On Home Sales Aren’t Saying, has been bothering me. I blogged about it last week, with a link to the Matrix

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data are limited (point taken), but what next / NY Times column about the flaws in reported housing data

  Economix mixes data and opinion to complain about data David Leonhardt’s thoughtful “Economix” column this week in the NY Times highlights the conundrum of home price statistics, What Statistics On Home Sales Aren’t Saying.   His general point is

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