… 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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Mothra v. Godzilla, or the epic battle over Manhattan sales volume reports
Terra takes on The MatrixI commented last Friday about the discrepancy between the number of coop and condo sales in Manhattan in the first quarter of 2008 as reported by 3 major firms (April 11, Q1 Manhattan market reports highlight…
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why a gag rule within REBNY about specific listings?
As a follow-up to yesterday’s startling post (for readers and for me), end of an era for Manhattan Loft Guy / a new day dawns?, I can imagine a reason for a REBNY gag rule about the listings of other…
not lofty enough in Manhattan, smiling at Manhattan from DUMBO
poignant search profiled in NY Times“Poignant” must be in the eyes of the beholder … as in whose buttons are being pushed. Today’s Joyce Cohen The Hunt feature in the NY Times pushed my buttons, very well. Starting a New…
107 W 25 goes over ask / back story to NY Times item
Today’s NY Times Residential Sales featured one loft, described as selling after 13 weeks on the market with multiple bids. CHELSEA $1.445 million 107 West 25th Street 2-bedroom, 1-bath, 1,300-sq.-ft. co-op in a prewar loft building; keyed elevator; renovated kitchen,…
irony abounds / NY Times on geography + internet
anybody else note this?I another NY Times article on Thursday that made me smile (see December 21 fluff (dated fluff, in fact) from NY Times ‘styles’ / remember that rug?? about cowhide rugs being over), Silicon Valley Shaped by Technology…
Tagged with: Needle Trades, Ny Times, Photography, San Francisco, Sewing Machine, Silicon Valley, West 17, West 26
fluff (dated fluff, in fact) from NY Times ‘styles’ / remember that rug??
the zebra cowhide rug has lost its edgeI will never find my post unless by accident, but I clearly remember posting some months ago as an aside something like ‘what’s up with the animal rugs all of a sudden?’, after…
more actual data / November sales in Manhattan more or less steady
what does “steady” mean? Last month, the number of closed sales just about matched the number closed in November 2006, and prices were considerably higher, but roughly flat compared with the prices in the previous quarter, according to a review…
no loft FSBOs for the Holidays
NY Times.com revenue to suffer?The NY Times real estate website has 677 “listings” for lofts in Manhattan between $1mm and $5mm. Not all of these are real, of course, as some are open listings for new developments posted by agents…
making sense is hard / NYT vs WSJ on The Manhattan Market
people are askingMany, many, many people are asking what is The Market doing? and are as frustrated as I am that the ‘answers’ involve more anecdotes than data. Two major media pieces stoked that conversation recently. The Wall Street Journal’s…
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