I [heart] Lofts Week continues….Yes, I was a little over the top yesterday in my praise for the (mini) loft that sold at an astounding (for the building) price per foot (that was August 29, unique loft at 236 West…
Tag: Renovation
unique loft at 236 West 26 Street bends the market by selling well above comps
the beauty that got awayThe recent sale of the (not really) “1,288 sq ft” Manhattan loft #10SE at 236 West 26 Street in the Chelsea Capitol is both near and dear to my heart (and to one of my buyers) and…
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Capitol, Comps, Finishes, Neighbor, Overpay, Rational, Renovation, West 26, Windows
New York Observer observes loft sale at 165 Duane Street but does not like lofts
or follow Manhattan Loft GuyAt least two things did not impress the New York Observer about the recent sale of the “1,550 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3D at 165 Duane Street: that it garnered a gain of only 10% from…
Tagged with: 2007, Broker Babble, Comps, Duane, Kitchen, Neighbor, New York Observer, Observer, Peak, Renovation
126 West 22 Street loft beats near-Peak, with upgrade
Upgrade Week continues…Ah, the perils of parsing broker babble …. The marketing campaign for the recently sold “2,200 sq ft” Manhattan loft #11N at 126 West 22 Street (Chelsea Flats) is full of upgrade language, some more specific than others,…
49 East 21 Street loft beats near-Peak value, breaks building record
was it the upgraded counter, Mars?Sometimes the key to a very enthusiastic bit of broker babble is what is not there. In the case of the “1,375 sq ft” Manhattan loft #9A at 49 East 21 Street that just sold…
Tagged with: Above Ask, Bidding War, Comps, East 21, Master List, Neighbor, Premium, Renovation, Upgrade
“perfection” goes for $1,025/ft in 252 West 30 Street loft
to catch a bargain, there must be a catchIn our last installment, the August 8, ‘architecturally designed’ loft with no view, little light at 114 West 27 Street sells at $799/ft (sue me: I’ve been busy), we found a bargain…
Tagged with: Discount, Finishes, Layout, Lincoln Tunnel, Location, Neighbor, Renovation, Square, West 30, Windows
130 Fulton Street loft sells 4% over 2007, but there’s a really big catch
not a market-driven increase, even if a market priceReaders who remember my September 27, 2011, is the Manhattan loft market back to (up to) 2007? 61 repeat sales say “probably”, “a bit” (one of my favorite posts of 2011), will…
curiously modest pricing of no-expense-spared renovated loft at 66 Leonard Street nets (predictably?) modest price
if they were trying to provoke a war, they missedI have to wonder if the sellers of the “1,780 sq ft” Manhattan loft #12D at 66 Leonard Street (the Textile Building) thought they were going to provoke a bidding war,…
Tagged with: Competition, Comps, Floor Plan, Leonard, Neighbor, Peak, Proper Names, Renovation, Textile
60 Beach Street gut loft project goes for gold, gets world record
I do not understand this. At. All.I am going to posit that pretty much all of the sales history of the recently sold “2,557 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4D at 60 Beach Street makes no sense: sold by sponsor Dec…
Tagged with: Beach, Efficient, Empty, New York Times, Primitive, Rational, Renovation, Sponsor, Staging, Sweetheart
ruthless stagers, indeed! NY Times nails story about marketing apartments (and lofts!)
to be bookmarked by 98% of sentient agentsHonestly, I would applaud the featured article in tomorrow’s Sunday Real Estate section in the New York Times, Ruthless Came the Stager, even if Elissa Gootman had not spelled my name right (or…
Tagged with: Greenwich Village, Kitchen, Marketing, New York Times, Renovation, Ruthless, Staging, Stress, West 17, West 18
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