Navigating the end of NYC’s Spring Real Estate Market

Navigating the end of NYC’s Spring Real Estate Market As we cross into mid-June, the NYC residential market isn't moving in one unified direction. Instead, it has fractured into a highly tactical, segmented landscape. While overall inventory is still structurally...

NYC Market Update: Late-Blooming Spring and Where Buyers Are Actually Competing

This spring has been a bit of a late bloomer, but the last week gave us something we like to see in both boroughs - real contract momentum showing up on the board. Inventory is still tight relative to recent years, and that’s keeping the market more balanced than the...

Manhattan & Brooklyn Market Highlights: A Spring Season That May Have More Runway

Spring arrived a bit later than usual this year, but the market is showing signs that the season may stretch deeper into May and June. While neither Manhattan nor Brooklyn has seen the kind of explosive “gangbusters” activity associated with peak-cycle years, both...

Spring Market Reality Check: Stable… But Far From Easy

If this spring market feels harder to read, it’s because it is. On paper, everything looks steady - inventory is building, contracts are getting signed, and demand hasn’t fallen off. But in practice, the market has shifted into something more nuanced: stable, yes—but...
The Brooklyn Report

The Brooklyn Report

Let’s start with this: Brooklyn is not only a super-hot market, but it is now producing inventory of a quality and price point that rivals all but the very top of the high end in Manhattan. Consider this listing: At $4,300 per square foot, it is still a far cry from...

Get ready for the spring market! It’s going to be busy.

Get ready for the spring market! It’s going to be busy.

Spring market outlook Inventory is on the rise and current market data is pointing to an active market. With interest rates rising, now is the time to transact! The spring market looks to be starting early this year. The inventory of homes available for sale bottomed...

New York City Real Estate: Fourth Quarter 2021 Market Report

New York City Real Estate: Fourth Quarter 2021 Market Report

Q4 2021 Market Overview and Outlook for 2022 2021 was marked by a frenzied pace of deal volume. The market had not seen this level of volume since 2013. Notwithstanding the volume of sales, prices have just recovered to pre-pandemic levels. Time on market declined in...

It’s all about employment: Why New Yorkers are returning to NYC

It’s all about employment: Why New Yorkers are returning to NYC

As reported in our mid-October blog, the third quarter was record breaking. Some interesting things are happening. First, the percentage of foreign buyers has dropped significantly from 28% of new development buyers pre-pandemic to 11% as of 3rd quarter 2021. So what...

Third Quarter Review: Manhattan Real Estate is On Fire!

Third Quarter Review: Manhattan Real Estate is On Fire!

As we’ve been reporting over the last few months, Manhattan’s real estate market has caught fire like never before. The third quarter was also a record summer for sales over $5M – with a luxury market driven by buyers seeking more space and better value. This velocity...

China: what does it mean for New York City real estate?

China: what does it mean for New York City real estate?

China has been on everyone’s radar recently with the headlines about the struggles of its heavily-indebted property firm Evergrande, which is laboring under $300 billion of debt and seemingly no way to stay current on debt service payments. Whether or not China deems...

Everything impacting the New York City real estate market today

Everything impacting the New York City real estate market today

It's been a year and half since we first entered into the COVID-19 lockdown in New York City. While we've come a long way, the real estate market is still seeing impacts of the pandemic, as well as various other forces. As we're entering into the fall market, we...

How much does height matter in pricing a home?

How much does height matter in pricing a home?

There are so many things that go into the value of a home in New York City, with the most obvious being location, size and condition of the home. But, New York City is unique in that floor height can also change the listing price of a home, even within the same...

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