Open House Picks
Park Slope 90 6th Avenue Corcoran Sunday 12:30-2:30 $2,200,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 416 Waverly Avenue Massey Knakal Saturday 12-3 $1,900,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 455 15th Street Warren Lewis Sunday 12-2 $1,390,000 GMAP P*Shark Ditmas Park 679 E. 18th Street Brooklyn Properties Sunday 2-4pm $1,350,000 GMAP P*Shark Crown Heights 969 Lincoln Place Corcoran Sunday…
Park Slope
90 6th Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 12:30-2:30
$2,200,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
416 Waverly Avenue
Massey Knakal
Saturday 12-3
$1,900,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
455 15th Street
Warren Lewis
Sunday 12-2
$1,390,000
GMAP P*Shark
Ditmas Park
679 E. 18th Street
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 2-4pm
$1,350,000
GMAP P*Shark
Crown Heights
969 Lincoln Place
Corcoran
Sunday 12-1:30pm
$699,000
GMAP P*Shark
regarding the bidding wars I hope thats true I hope its a thing of the past and it makes perfect sense that bidding wars were a product of low interest rates and “wacky financing”. does that mean that is reasonable to believe this may sell for asking?
15 street in p.s. is right by the Pavillion theater and on the main bus route. Truck traffic from the bartlet prichard sp? turn-a-bout leads all sanitation trucks down 15th to the gowanus yards. 1.3 is the standard two family 3 story price for that area. W>L> just sold a nice 2.75 on 16th that was way better than the 15th streeter. I am not sure the bidding wars are over…still alot of that “”afraid to let this one go..we will never find anything better” attitude goin round.
Warren Lewis has a history of not getting the back up… doing necessary due diligence on offers. This is not good for the sellers.. The worst is Heights Berkeley.. I know a friend who was selling their house through them and one of the owners there told them that the buyer was in contract to sell their place and closing would not be a problem.. Well, they lied.. they didn’t even ask to see the fully executed contract.. Sloppy
“More recently I discussed selling a property with realtors and they all said that bidding wars were largely a thing of the past and that they’d price the house higher than they expected to get in the end. For what it is worth…”
I think this is more common, or was, in a normal market. My parents and their friends, when I asked them about real estate, took it for granted that you always offered below asking because asking price was a pie in the sky number, a dream.
The bidding wars are totally full of irrational exhuberance and a creature of the past few years – people could afford more because of lower rates and wacky financing. If this is not available, bidding wars end and like you said, realtors go back to the old technique and hope.
I just saw WL try to sell a house in a co- exclusive situation after the house had been on the market with another broker at a higher price. They brought in two bids at asking and said that they were getting a third- meanwhile the other broker brought in a bid at asking and WLs two bids magically disapeared and the third never materialized- I say this because I truly believe that some apparant bidding wars are just a fabricated game of chicken to drive up interest and pricing.In this case, WL lost, but saved face cause they could say that they just lost the bidding war. And in no way am I suggesting that just WL plays this game. Hey, maybe this is just what keeps the game fun!
Agreed with the double-poster at 1:52 and 1:55. That is one SUPER loud block. Teens hang out waiting for movies, there are buses, tons of honking cars. The block is not pretty.
The price is right, though.
15th Street – I lived across the street from this house, in an apartment, for three years. This is a VERY, VERY loud block. It’s the main drag off PPW and includes the route of two city busses. Everyone loves to blow their horn while waiting for the light at eight avenue and the Saturday morning traffic includes a lot of trucks.
15th Street – I lived across the street from this house, in an apartment, for three years. This is a VERY, VERY loud block. It’s the main drag off PPW and includes the route of two city busses. Everyone loves to blow their horn while waiting for the light at eight avenue and the Saturday morning traffic includes a lot of trucks.
Also on 15th Street – I think its on block mostly of small apt bldgs and not as attractive as usual Pk Slope.
And taxes seem about $150 month higher than would expect.