houseWearing our Clinton Hill bias on our chest, we have to say that we like the looks of this 25-foot-wide Civil War-era woodframe house. This place is located within throwing distance of all the Pratt-related mansions on Clinton Avenue and just a few blocks from Fort Greene park. The original details appear to be intact (though perhaps in need of a tune-up). There’s no square footage given, but the house is only three stories and looks to have a deep front yard, so it’s probably not more than about 3,000 square feet or so, maybe a little less. Nevertheless, it’s rare to find something at this price ($1.25 million) in such a prime part of Clinton Hill these days. We think it’ll go fast, probably above ask, unless there’s some catch we’re unaware of.
Clinton Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP


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  1. I took no offense. Maybe I can’t detect sarcasm the way I can dish it…

    I’m just having fun here. Love site and I’m always up for a good fight.

    I am a writer in real life–if you could call it that — just a humble copywriter trying to make a dime to pay my overinflated mortgage on a wreck of a house we really can’t afford.

  2. Just catching up on this thread – didn’t see the house listing, but if the agent was Jerry Minsky, he does that pretty much for every house – undervalues it to get lots of interest and overbidding. Quite unpleasant to deal with…

  3. that is so interesting! if anybody sees this house return to the market at a higher price, which seems likely– or w/ more details in the ad abt why the price isn’t higher–please let us know.

  4. Re Property Shark info: god bless em, they’re a terrific resource but not always up to the minute accurate or complete (as their own disclaimer acknowledges). As for sales prices: they are officially recorded only when the new deed is registered in NYC property records–and you can get those figures through ACRIS or NYC gov/property records. (sometimes new deeds take months to get recorded however).
    Re Clinton Hillbiiy: I hope you didn’t think I was being sarcastic; I think she’s great . And we had a very open exchange about the Crown Heights house right here on Brownstoner –I’m sure it’s still in the B’stoner archives.

  5. Re: Prop Shark, why are there sometimes no $ amounts attached to a sale? Sometimes it just says “agreement”? (even for fairly recent sales) Is that because not all banks disclose that info?

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