it’s a mad, mad, mad, mad worldThe Manhattan residential real estate business is such a wonderful spectator sport because it has everything: big numbers! huge egos! drama queens (and drama kings, and drama knaves)! (Not to mention: spectacular lofts, apartments…
Tag: Wall Street Journal
getting emotional (litigious!) over commission on $44 million Manhattan townhouse
Tagged with: Bhs, Brown Harris, Commission, Contract Terms, Expiration, Litigation, Mansion, Rebny, Townhouse, Wall Street Journal
The Miller on absorption of Manhattan coops and condos
hint: it is worse as you go upOne of the nice things about the blogoshere is that it provides a forum for dialogue, even (especlally) with oneself. Here’s an article last week from the Wall Street Journal analyzing the "absorption…
that staggeringly beautiful 5 Beekman Street
late to bandwagon, but in the paradeWhat the heck … I figure there is probably a 3% chance that any Manhattan Loft Guy reader has not already seen the Nick Carr photos of the City Hall neighbor 5 Beekman Street,…
3,000 sq ft Manhattan loft renovated for $250,000
just for floors, kitchen + bathsI stumbled across a Wall Street Journal slide-show in the new trying-to-outdo-The-Times section this week, featuring a Tribeca loft of nearly 3,000 sq ft that had been renovated for $250,000. Of course Manhattan Loft Guy…
Saturday diversion / is Chelsea Mercantile contract newsworthy?
tomorrow must be a slow news day(Not for Manhattan Loft Guy; for the NY Times.) If it is "news" to Liz Harris of the NY Times (is she the new Josh Barbanel??), I guess it qualifies for at least a…
Tagged with: Amenities, Comps, Contract, Mercantile, Neighbor, Ny Times, Seventh, Wall Street Journal
Manhattan overall inventory down March-to-April (slightly)
just a nugget, not a trend (yet?)The Wall Street Journal’s on-line article Tuesday about a national trend in a decline in the number of homes for sale in 29 cities was based on a source that has no Manhattan data,…
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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