Despite rumblings of an open house cold front that's tilting the market in favor of buyers, competing reader reports indicate that, at least in one outer borough, it's still a jolly time to be a seller. A Curbed reader emails:
Happy to report that in Forest Hills Queens, your reports of an open house cold front are completely untrue! Recent Sunday open houses at the co-op where I serve on the board had 100+ visitors and resulted in brisk sales….Of all the open houses I’ve been to across the city (besides new construction)- these by far had the most traffic. The building is a popular pre-war co-op, right in the shadow of the new Windsor Tower, where prices are actually over the $1000 per foot mark.Okay, let's try to settle this once and for all—or at least for this week. If you're in the open house game right now, drop a line to tips@curbed.com letting us know where and in what price range you've been looking, and your sense of the buyers/sellers balance at this moment in time. We'll summarize the best responses.
· Open House Reports: Coast to Coast Cold Front [Curbed]