Tag: Neighbors

a $2 million view on Madison Square? comping at 15 East 26 Street

how much would you pay?[UPDATE 2.4.11: I looked at this post again for purposes of another ‘view’ post and was embarrassed to see that I never spell-checked this. What a mess! I have made the many corrections (26!!), this time

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with 225 Fifth Avenue, now 20 pairs of 2007 sales + recent resales

  quick pointsI noticed today that the Manhattan loft #10A at 225 Fifth Avenue had a deed filed yesterday (some details to follow) and in the course of looking at past history here (The Grand Madison) I discovered that I

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170 Fifth Avenue loft sales are confusing

sound + fury = what? (nothing??)In this episode, Manhattan Loft Guy chews on a sale price that just bothers him, and concocts a scenario to account for the odd transaction. For a small building (12 units) and a short history

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jazz great in great loft

shares a birthday with my momWhile Manhattan Loft Guy is a bit of a jazz fan, I am a huge loft fan, so my interest in the NY Times City Room blog post last night commemorating Ornette Coleman’s 80th birthday

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107 West 25 Street closes in six figures, tough comp for neighbors

  odd history, hiddenPer StreetEasy, the Manhattan loft #5D at 107 West 25 Street closed on February 26, with a deed filed just this past Friday. The clearing price was $950,000, with no other information on StreetEasy as this is

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73 Worth Street neighbors (almost) fought over one buyer, $84k (loser closes closes down 10% since 2005)

the $84k may be more painful than the 10%The Manhattan loft #5B at 73 Worth Street closed on January 21 at $2.585mm, quite a step down from the $2,877,250 at which it was traded in September 2005. But the same-unit-different-year

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what's up with this down? Sugar closes on Laight Street under $1,000/ft

wishing for 2008?The last time I hit sales at 79 Laight Street, December 4, 2008, Sugar is sweet but 79 Laight Street closing is better, there were several recent sales. One was just under $1,000/ft, the other was nearly $1,100/ft.

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modesty rewarded, but 'how well?' remains the question

sometimes Manhattan Loft Guy gets it rightI posed a question on July 8 that was answered very quickly: will pricing 25% below 2007 hit The Market in a sweet spot?  The answer came in an update on StreetEasy the very

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Porter House loft may be “beyond the beyond” but sells off a million, up 40% or down 25%

context tells the story, but what’s the context?The Manhattan loft #3W at 66 Ninth Avenue (The Porter House) was marketed very enthusiastically at prices The Market was not ready for. It cleared on June 23 at $2.15mm, which is a

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170 Fifth Avenue closes AT 2007 (maybe)

isn’t that cool?There have been a series of Manhattan Loft Guy posts of late comparing 2009 clearing prices to 2005, or other prior sales. (This July 29 post canvassed quite a few, attack of the Killer Comp (when 2005 pricing

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