i feel back for this guy, should i?

i feel sorry for the buyer, he thinks he got a deal. does this place seem a little over priced, even at the peak? and i think its a walk up, and he's doing a renovation. and its a coop! and they say its a half block from the park, isnt this the block that has the museum?! it cant be half a block from the park. heres the full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/realestate/12SELL.html heres... [more]

i feel sorry for the buyer, he thinks he got a deal. does this place seem a little over priced, even at the peak? and i think its a walk up, and he's doing a renovation. and its a coop! and they say its a half block from the park, isnt this the block that has the museum?! it cant be half a block from the park. heres the full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/realestate/12SELL.html heres my favorite part: "Their winning offer — at asking price — came within two days of the first open house. It was from Ivan Rodin, 29, an engineer who was living with his parents in Westchester. After years of saving and nearly a year of shopping, he was finally ready to buy his first place. He had already seen hundreds of apartments, he estimated, on the Upper West Side and in the West Village. Mr. Rodin said he knew right away that he would need to make a full-price offer. “I knew I wouldn’t have gotten it otherwise,” he said. “After seeing places for a year, you get to know what will go in a second.” [less]