Open House Picks
Carroll Gardens 185 Huntington Street Vita Realty Sunday 12-2 $1,450,000 GMAP P*Shark Ditmas Park 109 Marlborough Road Corcoran Sunday 1-3 $1,250,000 GMAP P*Shark Lefferts Manor 258 Lincoln Road Brown Harris Stevens Sat 12:30-2:30, Sun 12-1:30 $1,150,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 195A 8th Street Orrichio Anderson Sat 12-2:30, Sun 12-2:30 $1,095,000 GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
185 Huntington Street
Vita Realty
Sunday 12-2
$1,450,000
GMAP P*Shark
Ditmas Park
109 Marlborough Road
Corcoran
Sunday 1-3
$1,250,000
GMAP P*Shark
Lefferts Manor
258 Lincoln Road
Brown Harris Stevens
Sat 12:30-2:30, Sun 12-1:30
$1,150,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
195A 8th Street
Orrichio Anderson
Sat 12-2:30, Sun 12-2:30
$1,095,000
GMAP P*Shark
“The real question is – who has the 400-500K downpayment that people seem to be making so they don’t need to even use the two family as a rental?”
Well, there are my friends who bought a 2BR co-op in 1997 for just over $100K and sold it for over $600K, then used the profits to buy a $1M one-family house not far from the 8th street house above.
The people they sold their co-op to had to come up with a downpayment too, of course, but a smaller one, which they got from selling a smaller apartment. And so on…
It may not help you to hear it, but just because you don’t have the money doesn’t mean such people don’t exist.
if you want affordable, check out the Kings County Public Admin open houses this weekend 12-5 posted in the forum
wade perhaps brownstones are not in line with your budget
why don’t you talk to a mortgage broker or a real estate agent about condos or coops
1MM for a brownstone is not a lot of money in this market
I agree that brownstoner has become a window to “acceptable” brooklyn for manhattan refugees or the overseas new rich. So anything showing up here, including agencies, are getting free exposure much wider than perhaps they deserve.
Probably is a good idea to look for the hole in the wall agencies and the forsale signs. Shame their bldgs are usually so awful! Makes what is already a fulltime occupation (house hunting) into fulltime+overtime 🙁
After bloomberg comes ray kelly everything will be fine folks. vote to keep the city safe vote kelly in.
2:17, your theories may be correct, but be aware that brokers around here don’t share listings, one wonders if the next agent down the street would say the same thing about inventory. friends of mine worked with a broker who told them there was absolutely nothing in the area they wanted for their price. then they talked to another agent and lo and behold, the streets were lined with prospects! some brokers are just lazy.
wade, if you’re really looking for affordable housing, the last thing you want is for it to be posted on brownstoner. i got a very good deal on a poorly-marketed brownstone and prayed it wouldn’t show up on this site before we went into contract. the last thing you need is competition from other hungry buyers like yourself.
The 8th street house in the gow anus needs tlc, but you can walk over to the home depot to get them.
Someone asked if any had the 100,000 downpayment to make on these places. I do. I just don’t have the 8000/month I’d need if I only put 10% down on a million or more.
The real question is – who has the 400-500K downpayment that people seem to be making so they don’t need to even use the two family as a rental? I hope they didn’t have to work hard for it, because I work hard, and even if I could stretch and buy the gowanus place for a million, I’d be pretty sad that it took that much hard work to live there– especially since I wouldn’t even have the address number to myself. Just an “A” next to my split lot number.
Personally with Bloomberg’s approval of AY and support of congestion pricing, I think the sooner he is out of office the better for Brownstone Brooklyn