House of the Day: 47 Willow Place
47 Willow Place (along with its three sister houses at 43, 45 and 49) is one of those houses that makes Brooklyn Heights such a special place. The 21-foot-wide Greek Revival structure is particularly notable for the colonnade that runs continuously along the facade of all four houses. The $3,450,000 asking price is on the…
47 Willow Place (along with its three sister houses at 43, 45 and 49) is one of those houses that makes Brooklyn Heights such a special place. The 21-foot-wide Greek Revival structure is particularly notable for the colonnade that runs continuously along the facade of all four houses. The $3,450,000 asking price is on the low end for a house in this neighborhood, but then again there’s only about 2,100 square feet of living space (not including the basement rec area) in this one. 49 Willow Place traded for $2,300,000 back in 2004, though we have no idea what kind of shape it was in. This house, though, has been recently renovated. So what do you think?
47 Willow Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
On another note — we are in a recession. The big guys are hanging on till after the election. After that — my guess is a return to 2001 prices. Unless, of course, the falling dollar leaves NYC a value for our European friends and they boost up the high end NYC real estate for a tad more. But we are running out of time and the dollar can only go down so far. Hang on. Buy only if you need and if the price makes sense for your life.
I love this blog. Obama. Real Estate. The What. The End.
I think 10 3mm and over deals in a year is pretty good for BH (and half are over 4mm). It’s not that big a neighborhood
Maybe some Bear Sterns employees can come to the open house. LMMFAO!
See this is the thinking among the fucking clueless. Asset prices are getting ready to CRASH! The FED has been trying to prevent DEFLATION, Got it!. Thats why shit is so high now (Food, Gas, Rent and Mortgage payments).
Pay attention to Bear Sterns, people are losing their jobs left and fucking right! If people don’t have any money or jobs, how can they afford buying your overpriced piece of shit!
A depression is coming! You have to pay for a fucked up war (3 Trillion)! A Mutant Real Estate Bubble (6.5 Trillion)! Plus golden parachutes for the BIG BOYS!
You retards got assraped during the Bush administration! Yep you thought you was rich but, you are in debt. Fuck all of the specuvestors. Oh BTW you see ALL THOSE FUCKING CONDOS around you, they will become future homeless shelters. LMMFAO!!!
The What (I said 2008 is going to be a fuck you year assfuck)
Someday this war is gonna end….
Obama in Brooklyn Heights? I don’t think so.
He lived (for a litle while)in a walk-up in the Upper East Side.
Thanks, James, for that nugget. Or is it Leslie?
Amusing, since Obama actually lived in Brooklyn Heights for a time
If Monticello were for sale some idiot realtor would be looking at comps for a new McMansion in a swamp down the hill.
Comps are not always comps when dealing with unique historic properties like the famous colonnade row on Willow Place in Brooklyn Heights.
Thanks to all the brokers for an entertaining set of whiny posts complaining about buyers who actually look at comps when considering a purchase.
We know that you only need one poor (or should I say rich) sap to fall in love and put in a high bid. So why not give it the old college try. Get over it.
We also know that for every sold listing, there are 2 or 3 that languished before getting pulled. And a dozen homes sold for the entire neighborhood in a year is not exactly a great sample size.