Tag: Walkup

turning 2 “lofts” into 1 “apartment” at 303 Mercer, then selling for $996/ft

I’m not offended, reallySome people just prefer to live in Manhattan “apartments”, instead of “lofts”. I get that, but it is unusual to see one of those “apartment” people buy adjoining lofts (with 11 foot ceilings, large windows, wide-plank flooring,

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184 Franklin Street walk-up loft shows market down at least 17% from The Peak

it is nice when the data points behave themselvesThe Manhattan loft 184 Franklin Street #6 that sold on November 22 for $542,000 is one of those rare commodities: a Tribeca mini-loft. It interests me as a data point because it

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working artist leaves Tribeca for … the East Side?? the New York Times hunts for the reason

oyAs with so many searches profiled in The Hunt feature in the Sunday New York Times real estate section, there is a logic to the decision made by today’s Hunt-er (Space Wanted for Living and Painting) that took him from

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did the Zen sell a walk-up loft at 464 West Broadway?

or was it the price?I still don’t think it was the feng shui that got the Manhattan loft 45 Crosby Street #5S sold back in February (February 25, was it feng shui that got 45 Crosby Street sold?), but the recent

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interesting data point: primitive 5th floor walk-up loft sells at 8 Greene Street

hot off the pressThe Manhattan loft on the 5th floor at 8 Greene Street sold on April 29, with a deed filed today(!), and not a very long listing history (to market January 13; in contract February 16), with not

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“unspoiled” loft at 70 Thomas St sells for $511/ft

some agents don’t (always) babbleYou’ve read a lot of broker-babble in the descriptions of Manhattan lofts for sale, and in this sense I mean "babble" as in drivel: those words that take up space but — especially when strung together

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4 years = $15,000 at 477 Broome Street

same story, different yearThe Manhattan loft #33 at 477 Broome Street recently delivered a new data point, with history:April 12, 2005 = $950kApril 29, 2009 = $965k This history nearly precisely parallels the 2006-2009 history of a loft profiled a

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Then vs. Now / Then wins, I think, even if this one is better

headwinds are strongI worked with someone last year who was sufficiently interested in a particular loft in a prime Manhattan loft area that we saw it three times. That one was an interesting mix (to be charitable) of primitive elements

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a telling trajectory? 47 Walker Street sells on 2d floor

what a difference two years makeThe Manhattan loft one flight of stairs up at 47 Walker Street #2B has closed. They started in February, asking $1.695mm for "1,830 sq ft", dropped twice to get to $1.595mm by the end of

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138 Duane is classic but new, with steps + ladders (w Qs for architects)

I have removed the content of this blog post, as it comments about the current listing of another agent. For information about why, check out end of an era for Manhattan Loft Guy / a new day dawns? from April

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