{April 2021} Prices Are Recovering
April is typically one of the busiest months for the New York real estate market. While bidding wars have been commonplace in Brooklyn for a while now, they are starting to pick up in Manhattan, especially in the lower price point. I’m selling two condo studios in Chelsea, both of which recently went into a bidding war and were won by all cash investors. The investors, who have been absent, are making their way back. Typically, we have about 2000 new listings hit the market and about 1000 go into contract in April each year. This year, we have just about 2200 new listings, but almost 1700 listings in contract. As a result, our total inventory declined significantly. For sale inventory declined steadily from the peak of 20 months reached in October 2020 to 14 months this April. Still high, but we have come a long way. Prices are also recovering. The April $/sqft is about 5% higher than the median $/sqft of 2020. Judging from my two studio sales, prices are quickly approaching 2017 levels. Once the recovery begins, it happens so quickly.
Tribeca is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Manhattan. Williamsburg is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Brooklyn. What it’s like to live there? Here is a fun story about these two neighborhoods told directly from a recent transplant to NYC.
The NYC real estate market is operating with limited optimism. Right before and after the rate cut, there was a rush of activities.
This is the first time in 3 years that the beginning of the fall came with the busy tone September usually brings.
It feels like dawn is finally coming. The real estate market in NYC has been in a tough spot ever since rates started to rise in June 2022.
After a difficult March and April, where 6 contracts didn’t get signed back to back, May offered a much needed respite from that string of heartbreak.
The NYC real estate market is at an interesting crossroad. On the one hand, we feel a lot of pent-up demand from buyers who have been watching and waiting for rates to go down.
February was a little busier than January, which was busier than all of 2023. It felt that spring was in the air after a long winter for the New York real estate market.
The real estate market in NYC saw about 15% more transactions in December 2023 than a year ago in December 2022. Is it a telltale sign that the real estate prices will recover in 2024? Prices haven’t moved but more buyers have come off the sidelines and jumped into the market to start the search.
Rates came down from their highs. Wall Street debated how soon and how much the Fed would cut rates next year.
Compared to last May, before rates started to rise (does anyone still remember those days?!) prices were now down about 11%. Transaction volumes were down 40%. Inventory was up almost 60%.
The NYC real estate market was the tale of two cities in October. Total transaction volume ticked higher, even though rates moved higher and sentiment was tense. Most of our new clients were understandably quiet. But quite a few of our repeat clients, the real estate veterans, were busy putting deals together.