Market Insight
Owning a single-family home has long symbolized the American Dream, a sentiment echoed in certain parts of New York City for over a century. As the city evolved, the allure of apartments offering views and conveniences gained favor, albeit at the cost of space and privacy.
While multi-family bui...
Finding the right New York real estate is never simple, but that is compounded with new construction condos, not only for the sheer volume of choice (nearly 3,000 new units expected to launch in Manhattan through 2024, and as many as 3,600 in Brooklyn and Queens) but for the extra considerations ...
Friendly faces in windows or on fire escapes make for kind, lovable neighborhoods, according to Jane Jacobs's brand of urban understanding. Just imagine what friendly faces admiring their blooming window flower boxes can do.
Flower boxes help soften the edges of our brick-and-mortar environment,...
Over the course of Hell's Kitchen's recent residential building boomlet, much of the new development has taken shape in the westernmost sections of the neighborhood in a move that offers both a central address and some detachment from the most bustling sections of Manhattan. However, as Lightsqua...
During the days when the city streets were dominated by horse-drawn carriages, New York's wealthiest could own single-family homes with a separate stable for the family's horses, often accessed through a side passage or tunnel through the house. As time passed and modes of transportation changed,...
In New York, there is no question that park-facing real estate is in high demand and can command equally high prices -- such listings regularly rank among Manhattan's top sales and top contracts. But as price reductions from May 1-7, 2024 show, some stratospheric park-side prices are starting to ...
Three-bedroom apartments have always been a coveted floor plate in New York City, but have reached a point of scarcity that prompted Curbed to ask, “Whatever happened to the three-bedroom?” Brokers interviewed for the article pointed to a number of factors: While events like marriage and children...
When the city of New York began assembling its Olympic bid back in 2001, a two-block rail yard at the forlorn Far West Side would have served as a home for a new stadium. The Olympic bid and the stadium did not pan out, but what New York City got in exchange was something greater and more importa...
Manhattan Sales:
For the week ending May 3, 2024, $458,831,783 worth of transactions across 238 condo, condop, and cooperative deals were recorded
96 condo sales came to an aggregate price of $249,130,897
17 condop sales came to an aggregate price of $22,952,285
125 co-op sales came to an a...
Resting in the shadows of the United Nations, Turtle Bay is a tranquil neighborhood that offers a respite from the hectic pace found in neighboring Midtown East. Bounded by 42nd Street, 29th Street, Third Avenue, and the F.D.R. Drive, Turtle Bay more resembles the other low-density Midtown East e...
As April 2024 gave way to May, it was another good week for West Chelsea. For the third time in 2024, One High Line had the top contract, this time with Residence #WEST25D, which was asking $13,770,000. It was among $31,565,000 in contracts signed across four units in the two-towered, Bjarke Inge...
On May 6, 2024, luminaries of all stripes will descend on the Upper East Side for the Met Gala, also known as “the Oscars of the East Coast” and “fashion’s biggest night” for the celebrity attendees and their creative takes on the theme. This year’s theme is “The Garden of Time,” taken from a sho...
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