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sometimes the bear gets you: 245 Seventh Avenue mini-loft sells 22% off from peak sale

Froth + Peak + Trough + Thaw need a 5th stepKnowing that the last time the “981 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4C at 245 Seventh Avenue was almost exactly at The Peak of the overall Manhattan residential real estate market,

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133 West 17 Street loft with open air + potential sells for $1,071/ft

the dog that did not barkSometimes a loft that does not sell tells you something as interesting about the market as a loft that does sell. For Exhibit A, I give you the "1,770 sq ft" Manhattan loft #5C at

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a tale of 2 lofts: did (removable) decor add $126/ft to value of one 32 West 18 Street loft?

how 2 essentially identical next door lofts can look so different, and what that means in $$$I am indebted to Jennifer Gould Keil for her Gimme Shelter item in today’s New York Post about a very recent Manhattan loft sale

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$1,500/ft for 7 Bond Street loft with 4 windows, no bedrooms

The Bond Street effect in actionThe problem for the "1,100 sq ft" Manhattan loft #2D at 7 Bond Street is obvious from the floor plan, and only slightly less obvious from the photos: the four great big windows at the

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more than 18 months to contract for 377 West 11 Street loft

only 2 price changes, less than 10% totalYou’d think that a Manhattan loft on the market from August 2010 into 2012 would need more than a 10% price drop to sell(if you are like me, that is.) I still think

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agent sells Chelsea Mercantile loft from San Francisco

even north is a happier faceYou need to do some extra clicking on StreetEasy to get the full narrative on the successful marketing campaign that just got $2.2mm for the “1,586 sq ft” Manhattan loft #7G at 252 Seventh Avenue

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ballyhooed artist loft with unique floor plan + top kitchen sells for $962/ft at 307 West Broadway

famous in New York Times, and Manhattan Loft GuyTalk about using the Real Estate Industrial Complex, Manhattan Media Division to your benefit! I have to wonder if there is any connection between the fact that the “3,300 sq ft” Manhattan

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OYATOMLG one of the worst floor plans imaginable

few windows per footSee my May 6, 2011, 245 Seventh Avenue loft sells after freezing in nuclear winter, in which a loft that did not sell in the post-Lehman market asking as low as $1.629mm sells in April 2011 at

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Los Angeles loft lover buys mini-loft at 720 Greenwich Street

lack of east coast windows is no biggieWould you trade a “1,486 sq ft” downtown loft in a former toy factory with great open city views for a “700 sq ft” West Village loft in a former printing factory with

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Chelsea Mercantile loft with few windows-per-foot sells without view at $1,040/ft (again!)

that courtyard is not a premium viewLong-time readers know how I feel about the Chelsea Mercantile building at 252 Seventh Avenue: the building that created the market for high-end residential lofts in this micro-nabe. (The 17 Manhattan Loft Guy posts

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