Lucas Point continues to sell

15 North Crossway, asking $6.995 million, is reported as pending by its listing agent Joe Barbieri just a little more than a month after hitting the market. (I've given up on Gideon adopting me, so I'll now shift my attention, and affection, to Joe).

The sellers paid $6.5 for it in 2009, put some money into renovations in 2010, and they're coming out just a little out-of-pocket — compare that with, say, $20,000 per month for rent over nine years, and even with property taxes and maintenance, they've done just fine.

It's a lot to pay for a view on the wrong side of Lucas Point: better to see down the Sound to the New York skyline, but what the heck