Open House Picks
Clinton Hill 298 Lafayette Avenue Douglas Elliman Sunday 12-2 $1,995,000 GMAP P*Shark Boerum Hill 80 Hoyt Street FSBO Sunday 12:30-3:30 $1,780,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 566 10th Street Brooklyn Properties Sat & Sun, 1-3 $1,499,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 664 Degraw Street Corcoran Sunday 2:30-4 $1,395,000 GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
298 Lafayette Avenue
Douglas Elliman
Sunday 12-2
$1,995,000
GMAP P*Shark
Boerum Hill
80 Hoyt Street
FSBO
Sunday 12:30-3:30
$1,780,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
566 10th Street
Brooklyn Properties
Sat & Sun, 1-3
$1,499,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
664 Degraw Street
Corcoran
Sunday 2:30-4
$1,395,000
GMAP P*Shark
Back to the houses: The Clinton Hill house is in a fine area, not sure why everyone calls the co-ops “projects” but they aren’t, nor are they even close. The tall buildings on Hall Street are filled with a lot of Pratt students Why all the Clinton Hill hating recently? Just wondering….
Most older folks who live in 3-story homes in the city or the county live mostly on one floor. it is fine to think you will never grow old. or that those who do are just p*ssies, but the reality of life catches up with everyone even narcissistic real estate bloggers.
7:42 I am in the mortgage business and I can tell you that right now things are ver bad. The people on this blog a very out of touch with what they would actually qulify for right now and and what rate. I see a lot on nonsense posted here about what rates are on a jumbo and how much money we can lend somebody who is making X amount. The only thing you can still get with ease at a good rate is non jumbo loans which are not enough for a brownstone. It is a supply and demand equation and the pool of people who can now qualify has fallen killing the demand side and that is why the prices will most likely come down more. The other problem is many of the people who are in exotic mortgages and need to refi. dont even qulify anymore and wont be able to afford the morgage that is not an interest only ARM. its a very bad equation
no thanks.
i find those high maintenance charges a total rip off. 1000 bucks a month to have someone take your packages and hold the door?
no way.
i’ll be fine on the stairs. parents live in a 3 story suburban house, as did my grandparents.
my next door neighbor here is 87 and lives on the 4th floor walk up.
it takes her a while, but you get used to it, like with anything.
not everyone is a p*ssy.
don’t wait too long to buy a brownstone, you need strong knees and hips. even a little arthritis can be an affliction if you need to go up two long flights to your bedroom.
If you wish to grow old gracefully, buy an apartment in an elevator building with a large staff.
a two earning household, each making 150k can still buy a nice house in a prime neighborhood.
judging from this thread, it’s easy to see that there is indeed money out there…
to hear about people in their 20’s buying half million dollar condos in nyc is impressive to me. not shocked at all though. those are the people who, in 10-20 years will be buying brownstones…
most of my friends (in their 30’s) don’t have two nickels to rub together.
you don’t get value for your money any more in brooklyn. I think that is true.
150,00 may not get you 1 million mortgage anymore. times have changed and that is why the prices will come down more. If you have 300,000 in liquid assets and a great Fico 800,000 is doable. But you better have a very steady job history. If you were ever on unemployement forget it
Did anyone even LOOK at these houses. They’re all lousy-lookin’! Ugh. Either need work, are super narrow, lack of detail…
This is a cruddy line up.
Sorry.
I should say: it makes me feel better about our place!
On that note, prices are crazy now. We bought a while ago and had a windfall as a deposit, but frankly, I don’t think we could remotely buy what we have if we were coming in at this point in the game. I feel badly for people who got stuck paying the crazy prices.
Plus, yes, there has been a wave of DBs coming in converting multi-family townhouses to one-families which is depopulating FG.
Oh, well. Despite the fact we would do very well if we sold right now, it does not keep me from feeling badly for those who have all been either priced out or who got stuck at the height of the market. Seems like it has all been such a Ponzi scheme.
What says Biff Champion, Private Eye?