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March 17, 2006
Street Sign As Key Selling Point
Corcoran usually distinguishes itself with the informational and photographic content of its listings. So we were scratching our head when we saw this listing for a two-family brick on Gates Avenue in Bed Stuy. They motivated to take a photo of the street sign but couldn't be bothered with the facade? What are they hiding?
Gates Avenue [Corcoran]
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possibly because they didn't get around to taking and posting pictures? usually i notice that they put the listing up w/o any pictures until they get to the seller's house and take more pics. usually takes a few days.
perhaps gates has come into its own...
Posted by: ltjbukem at March 17, 2006 10:48 AM
I agree, sometimes they have past photos of street signs that they will throw up until they get over there to shoot the property.
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 10:54 AM
I believe agents do this when they don't have an exclusive. They don't want customers to see the house on the Corcoran website, make the owner an offer, and leave out the broker.
Posted by: veggieburger at March 17, 2006 10:58 AM
they'll be pictures before the end of the day I bet. they do this sometimes
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 11:13 AM
Actually, they have been using this picture for months. Maybe today will be the day they fix it, but I doubt it.
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 11:29 AM
It's been that way on their site for quite a while. Soooooooooooooo tacky...Come on Corcoran, your "slip is hanging"!
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 11:49 AM
It's the broker. If you check his other listings, he frequently provides only one picture, or none at all. scarce on floorplans too. He seems to have tons of "development" or "investment" properties, which I guess means they're not worth "looking" at.
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 12:06 PM
That's probably what's going on. They'd rather have us make fun of the sign photo than the fugly new construction!
Posted by: Brownstoner at March 17, 2006 12:22 PM
A hint about Corcoran’s web site: when they don’t give the address you can *almost* always find it by clicking “map”. This one is 574 Gates, for anyone that wants to find other sources for information.
Posted by: smatti at March 17, 2006 1:31 PM
While it's fun to hate Corcoran, they do not put sale properties on their site that do not signed exclusives. As for your problem with the agent's presentation, if the seller isn't complaining why are you?
Posted by: go ahead ask me at March 19, 2006 4:43 PM
Given how long this property has been for sale, I'd be surprised if the seller hasn't been complaining. But if this really is Corcoran's exclusive and they have used the Gates sign to adverstise for at least a couple of months, there must be something fishy w/ the property.
Posted by: Drew at March 19, 2006 7:58 PM
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