House of the Day: 40 2nd Place
Optimism knows no bounds in Carroll Gardens. Already in this young year we’ve chronicled two listings that have come out of the box at over $3 million. (One of them, 78 3rd Place appears to have been yanked reduced to $2,950,000 in the wake of 250+ comments mocking the ridiculousness of asking $3,495,000 for the…
Optimism knows no bounds in Carroll Gardens. Already in this young year we’ve chronicled two listings that have come out of the box at over $3 million. (One of them, 78 3rd Place appears to have been yanked reduced to $2,950,000 in the wake of 250+ comments mocking the ridiculousness of asking $3,495,000 for the 3,100-square-foot pad.) Today’s house of the day at 40 2nd Place is slightly less ambitious at $2,800,000. Still, at less than 16 feet wide and sporting a renovation that feels too “new” looking in that suburban kind of way, we’re not holding our breath about this one getting anywhere close to ask either. For what it’s worth, the 2,300-square-foot house last sold in 2004 for $1,700,000.
40 2nd Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
So many David Nizers on this thread, and all over Brownstoner, actually.
Wow!! A true sign of the turning market is the sheer increase in broker activity on this board in the last few months. They’re getting so desperate, they don’t even bother to camouflage their comments.
No one else noticed that there are ONLY 2 bathrooms in this house.
Mommy and Daddy will have to share the bathroom with the kiddies or guests and while they’re in the hall waiting for the bathroom to free up, they can ask themselves why did we pay so much for this house.
2:24 – so transparent.
You don’t recognize that (1) people believe these properties are way overpriced, (2) prices have already been softening all over the city (don’t just take my word for it – check out the rate of price cuts on streeteasy yourself. It will blow your little-pea-sized mind and (3) reality is setting in for everyone in NYC that the game is over. You read the papers? You read at all?
BTW there are 14 houses listed on streeteasy in CH/CG.
So get over yourself, 2:24. Look, I understand that being a broker may be a bit tricky these days. If I see you in the breadline, I’ll toss you a pizza crust.
If brokers really wanted to move properties, they’d advise the sellers on a realistic selling price instead of promising them gold just to get the listing.
The What is probably too busy withdrawing all his cash from Citibank before they become insolvent
that was an intelligent comment, 2:19.
inventory in nyc is at historic lows.
i love how you claim all the many things sitting and not selling.
in a “normal” market HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of properties sit on the market waiting for the right buyer.
you are so shortsighted though and think the last real estate bubble would continue on for eternity and think that if something doesn’t sell in a week for 300K over ask, the world is coming to an end.
you are the real problem, not the brokers.
brokers just want to move properties in a slow market. not scrape out every penny and watch properties sit (especially when their commission difference is totally negligible on a 2.3 vs. 2.5 million dollar property).
Firefox does have trouble with the corco floorplans. If you click on the print option, then cancel the print job, you can look at the floor plan on the print preview window that pops up without actually printing. Did that runon make sense? try it. it works even if my grammar doesn’t.
It still seems to have some of the original details with a more updated look around them. Hardly suburban or charmless. I can see the argument about the price but I don’t see how we can fault the owners for doing too “new” of a renovation. It looks fitting to me.