Well, I think Shillstoner kind of has a point. Brownstoner tends to favorably cover houses related to this specific BHS broker (as someone pointed out with the Lefferts Place HOTD). Why is this sale, for $500K less than asking, so interesting that it's featured as though it were a coup for the market?

Posted by: abcdz at August 13, 2008 12:13 PM in response to 30 Orange Street Sells for $2,775,000

Sorry, brownstoner, but this house STARTED at $3.25 million in February (not $3.1).

Posted by: abcdz at August 13, 2008 11:02 AM in response to 30 Orange Street Sells for $2,775,000

Yes, this house has been on the market for what seems like forever. It started out well over $4 million. It was also an Open House Pick last year:

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/12/open_house_pick_156.php

Posted by: abcdz at August 6, 2008 3:28 PM in response to House of the Day: 19 Garden Place

4th Street house is 17' wide.

Park Place house has an empty lot on one side.

Posted by: abcdz at August 1, 2008 2:12 PM in response to Open House Picks

This house last traded at $1.4 million in 2004.

Posted by: abcdz at July 30, 2008 1:39 PM in response to House of the Day: 31 Prospect Park West Revisited

That driveway is shared with the house on the right. Isn't that a pain in the ass?

Posted by: abcdz at July 30, 2008 1:33 PM in response to House of the Day: 31 Prospect Park West Revisited

I was going to post this link on the Forum. It's a discussion about psf costs to gut reno a townhouse. It seems there are wild price variations depending on where in NYC you are renovating. It's crazy:

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/4380-townhouse-gut-renovation

Posted by: abcdz at July 28, 2008 12:04 PM in response to Massive Renos: Are They Still Worth It?

$2.5 million for a short, ugly, generic house on the wrong side of Flatbush? No frickin' way. You people are all high today. Seems that the fancy staging and interior design is really working...

Posted by: abcdz at July 24, 2008 8:09 PM in response to House of the Day: 210 Prospect Place

118 Willow was first listed last year with BHS for $8 million. Elliman (and the broker/owner) took it back in January 2008 and started it out at $7.995 before reducing it to its current price of $7.3 million.

13 Cranberry too started out at $8 million in January before being reduced in April. It's also available for rent at $25K.
The owner is a fashion photographer or something.

Posted by: abcdz at July 23, 2008 1:50 PM in response to Houses of the Day: Head-to-Head in The Heights

Yes, this is a fact. Why is a blog post/anecdote being referenced as a source when it's been all over the papers?

Posted by: abcdz at July 15, 2008 10:38 AM in response to IndyMac Fallout in Brooklyn?