from the annals of (slightly) weirdMost sales that generate a deal above the asking price happen quickly, right? Everyone knows that bit of Conventional Wisdom. Except for the sellers and buyer of the “2,233 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3F at…
from the annals of (slightly) weirdMost sales that generate a deal above the asking price happen quickly, right? Everyone knows that bit of Conventional Wisdom. Except for the sellers and buyer of the “2,233 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3F at…
real estate stalking is not for the squeamishRegular Manhattan Loft Guy readers know that I am a bit of a voyeur, interested in the choices that people make to buy or sell a loft, and where they go from there…
that (almost) never happens (hooray!)Long-time Manhattan Loft Guy readers may have noted the pregnant parenthetical that closed my post on April 15, 66 Crosby Street loft sells for $868/ft as a very tall project, wishing that we (well, I) could…
anybody read The Post?Yesterday’s typical “Just sold!” Thursday feature in the Real Estate section of the New York Post (a feature with this promising sub-head: “The latest info about recent sales — in your back yard and beyond”) included a…
how bad was the 2009 market?Sometimes when you look at sales history you can hear somebody being ground up in the gears of The Market, remorseless monster that it can be. Use a Rod Serling interior voice and consider, if…
year in review, Part OneI can’t promise that there will be a Manhattan Loft Guy Year In Review, Part Two (or 3 …), but the recent sale of the ground floor loft at 7 Worth Street fits nicely in the…
winning at putting, putteringThe Manhattan loft #PH-E at 73 Worth Street is another loft that recently raced to contract, like the loft in my September 9 post, 11 West 20 Street loft zooms through market, beats higher floor. Long story, short:…
an idea spreads73 Worth Street is not a big building as relatively recent Manhattan condo loft conversions go, with 30 lofts. Nor is it an old building, with the first sales (following some protracted sponsor ‘issues’) in April 2005. The…
Old Grey Lady shoots for hip, missesDid anyone else find this piece in the Big Deal feature of Sunday’s real estate section of the NY Times weird? In Rachel Comey Buys SoHo Loft, reporter Liz Harris emphasizes her lack of…
out of my leagueThe Manhattan loft #3E at 39 Worth Street finally sold last week, but that’s not why it made the papers. The buyer is a hotshot young designer who used to live on the Lower East Side, a…
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