fools rush in …Refill your coffee cup if you intend to get beyond the first few paragraphs here. My executive summary is that the much-repeated meme accounting for the huge sales volume at the end of 2012 is probably BS…
Tag: Volume
in which Manhattan Loft Guy bravely calls BS on the Market Trend Meme Of The Day
Tagged with: Days On Market, Discount, Miller, New York Times, Quarterly Report, Taxes, Trends, Volume
a bidding skirmish? 142 Duane Street loft nudged above ask
a battle fought on the fields of nomenclatureThe term “bidding war” is oft-used and much loved in the Manhattan division of the Real Estate Industrial Complex, but it covers a variety of intensities and can hard to discern from the…
53 N. Moore street loft sells up 17% over 2005, only 4% above unsuccessful 2011 price
ready for a quiz?If it seems like only yesterday that I hit a sale at the North Moore, you need to slow down. It’s been almost a week since my October 4, massive combined loft sells $65,000 above ask at…
Tagged with: 2005, Column, Kitchen, Library, Longandnarrow, N Moore, North Moore, Nuclea Winter, Tautology, Volume
massive combined loft sells $65,000 above ask at 53 N. Moore Street
“ridiculous potential”, as in "not yet realized"The strangest thing about the recent sale above ask of the “4,040 sq ft” Manhattan loft combination #2DE at 53 N. Moore Street is not that above-ask thing; no, the strangest thing about this…
Tagged with: 2001, Combination, Floor Plan, Layout, N Moore, New Development, Renovation, Sponsor, Volume, Windows
huge 205 West 19 Street loft sells at $200,000/window, but why?
how much per book, I wonderBy any measure, the marketing campaign for the “3,500 sq ft” Manhattan loft #10F at 205 West 19 Street was a success. A full price contract in 4 weeks at $1,143/ft ($4mm) is the main…
price discovery was long + hard for 144 West 27 Street loft with 2 kitchens, 3 dishwashers
what was the plan here?The folks who just sold the “2,850 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4F at 144 West 27 Street seem to have bought it as two lofts in 1998 (for $662,000) yet never got around to (fully) combining…
WOW, indeed: “wow factor” loft at 66 Crosby Street has late bidding war to close up 60% over 2006
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…
ultimate Soho loft with glass walls, stone floor sells at 117 Prince Street at $1,240/ft
breaking the modifier bank It doesn’t get more classic Soho loft than the “2,500 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3C at 117 Prince Street: a classic Long-and-Narrow footprint with 2 bedrooms in back and plumbing on both long sides; “in a 19th century cast-iron front industrial…
love it or hate it? glass master bath sells at 181 Hudson Street loft
one person’s wow might be another person’s ewwSometimes I wonder if I get attracted (or, distracted) by the same things in a listing that people who do not look at Manhattan lofts for a living notice. For the recent sale…
Tagged with: 2007, Bath, Comps, Conventional Wisdom, Glass, Hudson, Layout, Neighbor, Renovation, Volume
15 Mercer Street loft closes off a million
width + height = volumeI was disappointed that the buyer I told about the “2,916 sq ft” Manhattan loft on the 2nd floor at 15 Mercer Street did not like the 2nd floor, because I love this loft. But not…
Tagged with: Arms Length, Castiron, Ceilings, Classic, Longandnarrow, Mercer, Price Drop, Relocation, Space, Volume
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