[Three Cents Worth NY #218] Manhattan’s Thanksgiving Listing Spread

Posted by Jonathan Miller - Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 4:39 PM

It’s time to share my Three Cents Worth (3CW) on Curbed NY, at the intersection of neighborhood and real estate in the capital of the world…and I’m here to take measurements.

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I started off trending the month-over-month percentage change in doorman (green line) and non-doorman (orange line) listings and they showed a very similar pattern [yawn] so I left the lines alone and looked at the larger pattern of peaks and troughs in listing activity at the end of the year. I’ve been tracking listing trends for more than a decade on a quarterly basis but only on a monthly basis since 2008 so I can’t go back pre-Lehman. I am especially interested in each fall market’s second sales hump (spring is hump number one) of the annual two-hump sales camel that occurs before the Thanksgiving holiday…

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Celebrity Real Estate: Tom Brady and Gisele Near Completion on $20M SoCal Spread

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Thursday, December 22, 2011, by Rob Bear

Photo: Boston Globe

The star quarterback and the (would-be) homecoming queen are almost done assembling their massive dream house in Los Angeles. We knew something big was coming when Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen dropped a heady $11M for a piece of Brentwood hillside. Then the ever rich and good looking duo spent an estimated $9M building out this enormous French-inspired mansion. Not that the pair have ever had any cash flow problems, but the sale of Tom's sprawling condo in NYC's Time Warner Center for $17.5M couldn't have hurt their new house plans. Meanwhile, perhaps to the ire of Patriots fans, the Brady's have listed, and recently price chopped, their Boston penthouse, currently on the market for $10.5M.
&3183; Brady and Bundchen's Brentwood House is Almost Finished [Curbed LA]
· Tom Brady Sells Time Warner Condo to Vermont's Richest Man [Curbed NY]
· Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen Price-Chop Back Bay Manse [Curbed Boston]

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House of the Day: A Rural Suburban San Antonio Spread with Views of the Skyline

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Tuesday, November 29, 2011, by Rob Bear

Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got.

Location: Boerne, Texas
Price: $1,795,000
The Skinny: Situated more than 30 miles from downtown San Antonio, this house still boasts views of that city's tallest building, the Tower of Americas, thanks to a hilltop site. The stunning views from this ten-acre promontory also include the scrubby hills of San Antonio's rural suburbs. The house itself is tucked behind a pair of security gates and is part of the lauded development of Estancia at Thunder Valley. The neighborhood maintains communal riding facilities, a gymnasium, a sports court, and a par-3 golf course. While not terribly aesthetically pleasing from an architectural standpoint, the house benefits greatly from the sweeping views and an infinity pool sited to take full advantage of the vistas. The four-bed, four-bath, 4,700-square-foot home was built by a well-regarded local builder in 2007 and is currently listed for $1.8M.
· 48 Thunder Creek [Crawford]

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