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542 LaGuardia Place loft zooms through market, with a very expensive roof deck

hard to beat this calendarJanuary 11 = new to market at $2.35mmJanuary 21 = contractFebruary 28 = sold for $2,461,100 You will be excused if you missed it, but that is the Manhattan loft #5B at 542 LaGuardia Place. Ten

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104 Charlton Street loft takes 18% hit to close

mind the gapThose of us ‘brave’ enough to second-guess pricing strategy from the safety of past sales data for Manhattan lofts are intrigued by the history of a loft like #6W at 104 Charlton Street. It started at $2.55mm and

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a tale of two Ones in Tribeca, Worth vs. York

sounds like the Wars of the RosesYork against Worth. New uber-condo against 6th floor walk-up. $1,091/ft against $757/ft. $1,065,000 against $1,059,581, which is the only way these two Manhattan lofts are close to each other. (Unless you consider 6 blocks

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since that $458/ft loft sale at 144 West 27 Street …

3 bigger (normal?) deals In case anyone thought that this morning’s launch of an occasional new feature (OYAToMLG a new occasional feature / Shakespeare at 144 West 27 Street loft edition) means that you won’t get a new bit of

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OYAToMLG a new (occasional) feature / Shakespeare at 144 West 27 Street loft edition

One Year Ago Today on Manhattan Loft GuyAbout some sellers who sold at half their original asking price: loving a loft not wisely but too well / 144 West 27 St closes at 51% of first ask, in which I

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renovated 395 Broadway loft is jealous of primitive top floor + of 505 Greenwich Street loft

envy is bad for the soulWhen the Manhattan loft #5E at 395 Broadway sold on January 28 at $1.15mm ($945/ft), it was said to be “completely” renovated (unlike #15A, the gut job with glorious light, which sold on December 23

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505 Greenwich Street loft wonders “what slump?” after closing up 61% since 2004

not pushing a good thing too farRumor has it that the overall Manhattan residential real estate sales market has been … (how to put it?) … up and down over the last few years. Looking specifically at one 2004 new

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73 Worth Street penthouse loft has a baffling price history

how bad was the 2009 market?Sometimes when you look at sales history you can hear somebody being ground up in the gears of The Market, remorseless monster that it can be. Use a Rod Serling interior voice and consider, if

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how to read past sale data / one Flatiron loft laboratory

hint: comping is hardThere’s a fascinating discussion thread going on over at StreetEasy, started by a potential buyer who said “I’m beyon[d] confused with pricing” and then asked that community for advice about bidding on a specific loft in Flatiron.

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is loft micro-market at 722 Broadway irrational? 3 very different prices can be explained

comping is hardWhen the Manhattan loft on the 5th floor at 722 Broadway sold on January 14 for $1.575mm, it was the third loft in this 9-unit building to trade within 5 months. All 3 are said to be “2,200

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