250 w. 90th

No clue, but the price seems a bit high to me in light of the $2K for maintenance/taxes each month. (Your post makes you sound like you are the listing broker by he way).

I am not a broker at all. Just very curious, because I am now starting to think about possibly looking (unsure, of obviously) of buying a 2 bedroom, and I love the upper westside. Just doing some research, before I start talking to brokers.

It might not be selling, because it is not in Maison East - the best building ever!

That is an attractive apartment with nice views & a terrace. A good real estate attorney should be able to advise you & uncover any hidden problems, no? Good luck.

Ceilings look low and the carrying costs are high for that size apt. I think you can get more for $1.4M on the UWS. Just an opinion though.

Priced at least 100k too high..also at the price range being quoted folks can come pretty close to buying brand new construction at the Ariel.

pbrohn, I am not sure that I agree. It seems fairly priced for the vicinity. It has a balcony. It is in a building that is seemingly relatively new. The Ariel is in a much crappier part of b'way, and much much more expensive.

I think it is clearly overpriced. Decent sized 2BR condo's on the UWS do not stay on the market for 200 days if they are fairly appropriately. For that price, the taxes and common charges better be low, an they are actually on the high side.

Original poster here. #9 you make a really good point. In that from what I have seen, although we are supposedly in a slower market, there are still properties moving a lot faster then 200 days!

200 days on the market means something is up. Maybe it is time to go in and through in a low, but reasonable offer.

That property was on the market about 1 1/2 yeats ago as well. Here is original listing http://www.olshan.com/property.php?id=145038 (don't know how to make links). Something is up there other than the overpricing.

The place had different furniture in the link in #12, so maybe the current owner made a big mistake by paying ask then ($1.339) and is now trying to just get their money back by sticking with $1.4M (they would still take a loss after paying the broker fee). Either way, I think it was overpriced then and now.

I dunno something still does not add up. A 2 bed, 2-1/2 bath apt. with a separate dining room, a terrace and a seemingly open view in a doorman building that has a gym, pool, and the rest seems fairly priced at $1.4MM. Everything else in that price range seemingly only has 2 baths and/or no dining room and/or no view and/or worse location, etc. Something else has to be up with this. Maybe it's the building.

Gosh you could probably get a 5br penthouse in maison east for a $1.4MM!!

Go back to your stupid Maison East postings - there are several of them of course. Why do people insist on lauding this building? It's an apartment building for the love of god, grow up.

I agree with #14 (and #16 too, btw) that still something does not add up. There very well may be something amiss with this building.

I wonder if it has a demanding, 'posh' board? I'd be curious if you were to call the listing agent & see what you're told. Remember to filter what's said but it could be an interesting converstation. You're not working with a broker, apparently.

It looks like a condo, so no board approval would be necessary. My guess is that the building has a really high flip tax.

Could a high flip tax deter the sale to this extent?

It also sits above a HUGE grocery store...

What "huge" grocery store are you talking about? The Gristedes is across the street on the SW corner.

There is a Food Emporium at the base of the building fronting Broadway. There is not Gristedes there or nearby.

Whoops. Thought I was posting in the string for The Columbia at 96th and B'way. My bad.

This has not sold, because anything north of 86th St. on the West SIde is considered undesireable.

#25, please take your misinformed insults somewhere else. Why would you spend your time typing a comment that is demonstrably false?

I see that this now in contract. I still don't get why it took so long. Either there is something skecthy about the building or there is a big flip tax.

To #25 - what are you on??