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April 17, 2008
Condos of the Day: Price Cuts at 543 Dean Street
As it approaches the six-month mark of sales, the four-unit brownstone condo conversion at 543 Dean Street is only one-quarter sold. So it should come as no surprise that the remaining three apartments just received another price cut: Apartment 1 from $999,000 to $965,000; 543 Dean Street, Apartment 2 from $799,000 to $765,000; 543 Dean Street, Apartment 4 from $975,000 to $939,000. None of these are exactly dramatic reductions so we'll be surprised if they generate a new wave of interest. Much more important to the project's prospects: Clarification on what the future holds for Atlantic Yards.
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these are still ridiculously overpriced. I anticipate several more price cuts.
Posted by: guest at April 17, 2008 1:08 PM
And we have a grand total of 34 comments today on all the posts combined. No one has commented at all on the last three posts. Jeez, is this site losing readers or something? Where has everyone gone?
Posted by: Brooklynnative at April 17, 2008 1:24 PM
Brooklynnative--the comments ARE NOT WORKING!!!! I'm so sick of it. I've posted comments on all threads that just don't show up.
Posted by: guest at April 17, 2008 1:37 PM
Real Estate is dead(dying),Brownstoner is dead,lets start a new blog about a new asset bubble. Maybe gold?
Posted by: guest at April 17, 2008 1:39 PM
"Buy NOW and get a FREE VESPA!"
Oh man, best listing I've seen this month. LMAO
Posted by: BoerumHill at April 17, 2008 1:47 PM
Yeah, that's pretty hilarious!
Posted by: brownstoner at April 17, 2008 1:56 PM
kudos,1:39. Maybe people are starting to realize the banks dont want to give anybody money anymore..
Posted by: guest at April 17, 2008 2:17 PM
Apartment 1 is just crazy. I'll never understand the developers who think including a nice 300 square foot tomb in the basement somehow justifies an extra $200k
I'd take the parlor level, without the tomb, for $700K and buy myself a nice vacation condo in Miami for the difference. Greedy bastards.
Posted by: Polemicist at April 17, 2008 3:20 PM
As we posted earlier in the week, we're moving to a new server this weekend so commenting should be back to normal next week. Sorry about this.
Posted by: brownstoner at April 17, 2008 3:23 PM
Yep, Brooklynnative. It's sad. All the haters that were telling posters like daveinbedstuy, Jerri and me to stay on topic and get lost apparently had little to say other than that. We pretty much got lost and they still have nothing to say...
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 17, 2008 3:27 PM
Ease the air out of your head Biff. People wanted you to get lost because your comments were getting embarrassing and wildly off topic.
But yes, something is wrong when even the What, who seems to do nothing but follow this blog and seek pleasure in the pain of others, stops posting.
Posted by: guest at April 17, 2008 3:38 PM
The combination of posting difficulties and painfully personal, three-way, "TMI" conversations among "The Unholy Three" of Jerri, Biff and Dave have hurt the site. Hurt it very, very badly.
Posted by: guest at April 17, 2008 4:07 PM
4:07 - ha ha ha - that's funny. But truly, I think the bubble bursting is the cause of the demise. People were coming on here to get a thrill about how much their property was potentially worth. There's no thrill in price cuts. But I do think there would be interest Brownstoner if you posted substantial articles about the ongoing subprime mess - people's opinions about what to do, how long real estate values will go down, etc. I find I am always trolling around the net now for these kinds of articles. Of course a picture of a stroller always seems to work wonders as well.
Posted by: guest at April 17, 2008 4:23 PM
Oh, come on, 4:07. J,B&D got carried away for what, like, three weeks? Annoying as hell? Yes. Ruined the site? Hardly. The level of gratuitous invective, hostility and profanity of many (largely anonymous) commenters has been far worse over the past year than before and I imagine many of the old timers who in the past had thoughtful contributions to make have just slowly drifted away. There is just less of a sense of community here than there used to be. And this site has always had posting difficulties. Perhaps also, the fact that the market is not overheated the way it was a few years ago has also reduced the interest level so that it takes a celebrity siting at an open house to get everyone excited. Perhaps there are too many who are bitter (oops, so much for my presidential candidacy) at losing value or not being able to berak into an expensive market or there are two many realtors who got in too late and can't get inventory and have too much time to stare at the computer. For whatever reason, fewer and fewer are interested in engaging in substantive discussions about any of this site's topics. Now, G-d forbid, you should want to paint your moldings an unorthodox color or post a picture of yo0ur floors or put in a whole house fan or ask a question that someone thinks your lawyer should be able to answer, and someone is going to bite your head off and call you names and worse on this site. No wonder people who have sunk their hearts, souls and wallets into their houses no longer want to chat about it on this site (Mrs. Limestone and Peter in BedStuy are some of the worthy exceptions). But I don't blame the brief three-way dalliance of Biff, Jerri and Dave for the decline in posts (although they were awfully quick to be harsh and nasty toward their critics). That seems like a stretch to me.
Posted by: slopefarm at April 17, 2008 4:38 PM
3:38/4:07, thanks for proving my point that haters like you have nothing to contribute other than to tell others to get lost. Why don't you comment more on topic?
We haven't been around for at least a week yet the numbers have dwindled to a seemingly all time low. If we chased people away, the numbers wouldn't have continued going down each day and there would not be this few comments.
Keep blaming us as you have nothing topical to contribute!
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 17, 2008 4:46 PM
Thanks slopefarm for at least being realistic about what's killing the site, even though you yourself are quick to judge and should loosen up as well. And for the record, it was more like two weeks or less that Dave, Jerri and I were commenting. Your other reasons for the decline of the site are exactly what happened.
Further, please note that while you may have been annoyed as hell, the threads we posted in had triple and quadruple the number of posts as the other ones on the same day and that includes if you took out our own comments.
Ruined the site faded type haters? Wow, you're giving us way too much credit. Our influence, negative or positive, had virtually nothing to do with the current levels of participation. And as much as I despise The What, I'll be the first to admit the site is far less busy without him.
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 17, 2008 4:54 PM
"And as much as I despise The What, I'll be the first to admit the site is far less busy without him."
It's less funny, too. In fact, the What is about 100X as funny as The Unholy Three, and at least he's certifiable nut job, not a nut-job-in-guise-of-sane-people, like the members of the Unholy Three. OK, maybe these guys, and the posting problems aren't KILLING the site, but they haven't helped! There's no denying the Unholy Three come off as pompus, thin-skinned and annoying. And not funny.
Oh, and so that Boof Chumpion is satisfied that I'm "staying on topic," I used to live a few doors down from this place (at 521 Dean) and it's got to come down more before if sees a buyer. It's a good block, not great, and AY (which I support) nevertheless will have an impact on the lifestyle there.
4:07
Posted by: guest at April 17, 2008 6:09 PM
remember when we used to discuss the houses?
Posted by: z at April 17, 2008 6:48 PM
the what left for the same reason everyone else did - he can't call the sky is falling after it's already fallen. There's only so many times you can say I told you so. I think this site will pick up when prices actually start falling - right now sellers and buyers are in a stand off - the markets a mess but the sellers won't come down. ONce they do we can get in big fights over which neighborhood is doing the worst instead of the best... and whether something is a bargain, etc etc.
Posted by: guest at April 17, 2008 10:05 PM
i am willing to discuss this property. i was looking a lower level duplex condo's when the market was good, and this is WAY overpriced even for a good market. there was better stuff for less less money (looked at washington condos at a great place for $750Kish) in this neighborhood and certainly in other better hoods like williamsburg (IMO).
i am at a loss as to the thinking here.
Posted by: guest at April 17, 2008 10:33 PM
I tell you why I don't post anymore. First this Assfuck is blocking one of my IP addresses and plus this is causing the slow posting to occur. Second if keep saying the same bullshit people will tune you out. But!
BTW If you going to buy a house and need a Jumbo Mortgage you are FUCKED! Come Monday most of the banks will only do 80% LTV and that's at 700 fico! Anything lower than that you will to put more money down. Plus Equity Lines of Credit are being frozen! I hope you wasn't counting on that.
Brownstoner has not put any energy into this site. Same old re-hashed bullshit ( Park Slope Vs. Anyone, Nazi Stroller Moms, Covert Neighborhood infiltration, Crackhead Glass Shinny Architectural Bullshit) and any other lame shit I forgot.
Now Brownstoner is going to a new server, good luck with that. I bet the numbers will drop off the face of the earth.
The What (Out on his weekend pass)
Someday this war is gonna end....
Posted by: guest at April 18, 2008 12:17 AM
"the What is about 100X as funny as The Unholy Three"
Ok, 6:09, you're on. What did he say at 12:17 that was funny? In fact, in my various challenges for people to repeat a funny line of his, nobody could come up with anything...
"Boof Chumpion" is the best you could do? Name calling is really cool and intellectual, dude! But thanks once again for giving me credit for having the power to kill the entire site!
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 18, 2008 9:20 AM
"Ok, 6:09, you're on. What did he say at 12:17"
I like the "topics: "(Park Slope Vs. Anyone, Nazi Stroller Moms, Covert Neighborhood infiltration, Crackhead Glass Shinny Architectural Bullshit)." I thought that was funny. Still do.
Posted by: guest at April 18, 2008 9:28 AM
Great example, 9:28. Look out Chris Rock!
I have some rants from Mein Kempf you might also find hilarious. I love how he's so wittily repeats phrases said on this blog 1,000 times. You're probably in stitches every time he says "Asshat" and "Fucktard" too. Scary...
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 18, 2008 9:36 AM
Sorry Biff, but I have to invoke Godwin's Law.
Thread over.
Posted by: guest at April 19, 2008 8:00 PM
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