Market Insight
Housing was on all New Yorkers' minds in 2025, as Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election on an affordability platform that included freezing the rent for stabilized apartments. His platform triggered a mix of predictions for New York City housing, from indifference to alarm and some dire warning...
In 2025, Christmas falls three days after the last night of Hanukkah. Many people are looking forward to seeing friends and family for the holidays, but the logistics of hosting a gathering can be daunting. Once hosts all over the country have decided which foods will appeal to all their guests a...
From December 9-15, 2025, just over 100 condos, co-ops, condops, and townhouses in core New York City areas experienced price reductions. These included two listings in the condo component of The Plaza, the iconic New York City hotel at Fifth Avenue and Central Park South. The landmarked hotel op...
In the third quarter of 2025, Manhattan recorded just over 2,500 signed residential contracts: 47% for condominiums, 48% for cooperatives, and the remainder for condops and townhouses. If all sold at their last asking price, total contract volume would reach approximately $5.2 billion. The overal...
Most people dream of buying their own home at some point in their life, but it is increasingly happening later in life. A report from the National Association of Realtors found that in 2025, the median age of first-time homebuyers reached a record 40 years old. The organization cites limited hous...
The holiday season is underway in New York City, and the first night of Hanukkah fell on December 14. The week of December 8-14, 2025 also saw New York City's first snowfall of the season and bone-chilling outdoor temperatures. However, it was a red-hot week for the Manhattan residential real est...
As the temperatures drop and mornings get colder, getting out of a warm bed and stepping on to a cold floor can feel like adding insult to injury. This is where radiant floor heating comes in. This system is most commonly found in bathrooms, and heats the floor directly rather than the air in the...
The week ending December 13, 2025 was one that recorded sales a bit further removed from the Thanksgiving holiday, a busier time for both buyers and sellers. This resulted in a week-over-week boost in the number of sales, and several high-priced sales drove the aggregate dollar amount up by over ...
Over the past decade, private members clubs have quietly reshaped New York’s social, cultural, and professional landscape. Once niche and discreet, they are now powerful engines of networking, dealmaking, and community building, often occupying architecturally significant buildings and navigating...
Christmas and New Year's are only a two weeks away, and there are fewer open houses this weekend compared to other times this year. However, thousands of listings remain on the market, and people are still on the move, including families with young children who wonder how Santa will find them wit...
On December 9, a four-alarm fire gutted 201 West 107th Street, a prewar residential building located in close proximity to Columbia University. The fire broke out on the top floor, causing part of the roof to collapse; a parapet wall on the left side of the building also caved in. The apartments ...
Sunken living rooms are a distinctive feature in many New York City apartments, with origins dating back to 1927 when Kansas-born architect Bruce Goff introduced the idea in an Art Deco-style house with a “conversation pit.” This design element, which had never been seen before, quickly gained po...
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