House of the Day: 145 Bergen Street
From what we hear, the market for nice houses in Boerum Hill is still pretty tight. And compared to some houses in the area that have been on the market recently, the $2,000,000 asking price for 145 Bergen is not particularly high. That said, there are too many question marks with this place to feel…
From what we hear, the market for nice houses in Boerum Hill is still pretty tight. And compared to some houses in the area that have been on the market recently, the $2,000,000 asking price for 145 Bergen is not particularly high. That said, there are too many question marks with this place to feel optimistic about its chances of selling at this price. The house had its last major makeover back in 1968 and, given the fact that it’s a four-family rental, it’s unlikely that the interiors are in great shape. (The lack of photos lends credence to that theory.) Has anyone been inside this place?
145 Bergen Street [Craigslist] GMAP P*Shark
“Maybe by 2012 only centi-millionaires will be able to buy houses in Brooklyn.”
So you mean kinda like in London, Zurich, Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2008?
@ 5:56
5:47 here. Your great grand kids will not be collecting anything from my great grandkids. I own a brownstone in Manhattan, you know, one that costs double yours 🙂
Renters = fucknuckles
Then again when Remsen Street brownstones were just breaking $100,000 who would have seen them selling for $5m? Maybe by 2012 only centi-millionaires will be able to buy houses in Brooklyn. Lots of people make lots of money in NY, and none of them got rich by throwing money away renting.
5:47 what’s your point you’ve never seen a brownstone sell for 10k neither.
Can you imagine the rent my great grand kids will collect from yours when brownstones are 80 million? Can you say
“Ka-ching” !
“Paying rent or paying interest to the bank – the money is just as gone either way.”
Dumbass of the day.
— hm. Unless you are the bank, seems right. You pay $, you get place to live. You stop paying $, you lose place to live.
Market goes up — landlord makes money. Market goes down — renter makes money. Market goes up, down or same — bank makes money.
What’s so dumbass?
4:56
You’re absolutely correct, but talking to the people on here is like beating your head against a wall.
Your well thought out arguement will be retorted wtih something like
“renting is for suckers, i don’t want to make someone else rich”
But then again, some people just don’t know how to invest money properly, so they thinking being mortgaged up to the hilt to buy a brownstone will somehow pay off.
Yes, lots of people stepped in shit and bought upper west side apts for 200k and sold for 1.5 mill, but i can’t see your Park Slope house ever selling for 80 million dollars. Sorry.
“the suburban schools and cheap bedrooms look more attractive with each $1m increase in the price of a brownstone.”
I tend to agree. And I’ve never lived in a suburb yet. And if there’s some softening in price there, then it is a good time to buy. As long as the homes, the commute, and the schools are good in that town.
And, 5:34, why would you seek out one of the ones where that wasn’t the case?
“Paying rent or paying interest to the bank – the money is just as gone either way.”
Dumbass of the day.