Tag: Price Drop

(too rich, too thin) too stylish to sell (well)?

vanilla (sold) vs. guava with hints of chili (languishing)I was going to do this post about a recent sale of a Manhattan loft (one of those great price! 3-weeks-to-contract price discussions), possibly followed by an aside about the remaining unit

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why would you do that? flipping (trying) at 25% over February 2009

head-scratching ensuesThere’s a Manhattan loft new to market in a building that has had a fair amount of activity in the past couple of years. One bit of that activity was this very same loft, selling in February for $1.73mm.

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“gotta sell” at 315 West 36 Street, so dropped 40% — and sold

seven figures of motivationThe Manhattan loft #12C at 315 West 36 Street was marketed with some urgency, some big price drops, and all caps (I have taken that annoying formatting off): "major price drop, must sell immediately!!!". Darned if they

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“absolute showplace” at 113 Greene Street in Soho goes for $918/ft (absolutely)

adding value did not increase price (much)The Manhattan loft on the 4th floor of 113 Greene Street has sold twice in the last four years, in nice before-and-after fashion. Yes, "before" The Market changed (Lehman, AIG and all that other

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price drop can re-set expectations IF low enough

probably not low enoughThere’s a Manhattan loft newly returned to market in a brand-name Tribeca building that has been for sale for quite a while. It is now on its third firm and fourth price. It is hard to see

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opportunity knocked at 60 West 15 St for $828/ft (and more), answered at $622/ft

the incredible vying architects + designers The Manhattan loft on the 4th floor at 60 West 15 Street was marketed as a masterpiece (to be), with the interesting come-on that "architects and designers are vying to renovate" it. At "3,133 sq

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getting out of the Zinc with some of shirt, as 475 Greenwich flips

not much fun, or profitThe Manhattan "loft" #3A in the new building dubbed Zinc, 475 Greenwich Street (love the Tribeca pix and Talking Heads on the building’s website), sold in the first offering for $2.45mm and was immediately (10 days;

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ending up where they started / $4mm closing at 99 Jane

head scratching in a thin marketThe Market just proved that the Manhattan loft #10A at 99 Jane Street is worth $4mm, as that is the clearing price just now publicly available from the May 30 closing. That strikes me as

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at 65 West 13 Street, 3 years = off $20,000, but last year …?

how they could they not regret?If you drew a line between the fair market value of the Manhattan loft #8D at 65 West 13 Street (The Greenwich Condominium) from the sale in May 2006 at $2.22mm and the sale in

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how to get cash in 10 weeks / negotiating to close at 155 Hudson Street

no secret formulaHow’s this for a lovely trajectory in a challenging market? The Manhattan loft #4N at 155 Hudson Street came to market on February 20 at the wrong price ($2.395mm) but they (apparently) really wanted to sell and they

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