A Couple of House Sales
Here are two sales worth mentioning: The 2,100-square-foot house at 469 Sackett Street closed on September 26 for an mansion-tax-avoiding price of $999,999; the awning was thrown in for free. Over in Victorian Flatbush, the Mary Kay-listed tudor house at 340 Marlborough Road (featured as an Open House Pick in August) closed for $1,190,000 recently…
Here are two sales worth mentioning: The 2,100-square-foot house at 469 Sackett Street closed on September 26 for an mansion-tax-avoiding price of $999,999; the awning was thrown in for free. Over in Victorian Flatbush, the Mary Kay-listed tudor house at 340 Marlborough Road (featured as an Open House Pick in August) closed for $1,190,000 recently after just one week on the market; the asking price had been $1,250,000. Reasons to cheer or data from another era?
MKG sold a house during the previous year’s boom on that side of Marlborough for around 1.4, btw.
That was precisely my point Biff. There are far more people willing to pay over a million for homes with what I would perceive as minor incoveniences in order to live in our wonderful city.
Biff, I think that was her point.
Biff, that’s Chaka’s point. One person’s negative is another’s positive. At least in this case.
Not meant to offend, Manofelt, but I seriously think you should start thinking about looking at houses in the ‘burbs. A true New Yorker would adore the fact that the subway is a hop, skip and a jump and that restaurants, supermarkets and Duane Reade are in spitting distance. Although none of it is actually on your doorstop.
You still haven’t answered my question… what about that dream house?
“For a million dollars plus some people wouldn’t want to have their house attached to their neighbors house”
Tell that to everyone who owns a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, etc. etc.
For a million dollars plus some people wouldn’t want to have their house attached to their neighbors house, or have a back yard the size of a small bedroom. I guess it is a matter of different strokes for different folks.
Boerum Hill – this is exactly why I think we’re due for a correction since prices shot up so high, so fast. For prices to shoot up from 750K to 1.3+ (practically double) in 3-4 years is not sustainable. Even if those 1.3 houses went back to the 900s it would mean that prices had still had a healthy rise overall, removing the craziness of, say 2003-06. I’m not saying the correction will happen overnight and no one knows the extent of what will happen period, but clearly, prices had an unbelievable rise for a few years there!
I dunno, I stood in front of the house and heard the train clearly.
I came back a few days later to see if it was a fluke–it wasn’t.
One caveat, I do not want to give the impression that it is super loud, a la the Blues Brothers apartment. But it is noticeable and for a million plus bucks I don’t want to hear it.