According to this week’s market reports, the average price of a condominium unit in Manhattan dipped below $3 million for the first time since hitting the benchmark in the first quarter of 2016, and investment in U.S. real estate fell 7 percent year-over-year in the first half of the year.
Residential
Rental report | MNS
Rental prices in both Brooklyn and Queens were down 1.3 percent between August and September, while Manhattan saw a negligible movement. Read the full reports for Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.
Luxury sales | Olshan Realty
The third quarter closed with 206 contracts signed at $4 million and above, and a total asking dollar volume of $1.6 billion, down 11 percent from last year on both counts. Read the full report here.
Residential report | Brown Harris Stevens
The average sales price in Manhattan dipped below $2 million in the third quarter of 2017, with 2,808 sales reported at an average $1.9 million price. Read the full report here.
Residential report | Bond New York
The average price for a Manhattan apartment dipped below $2 million in the third quarter of 2017, and the average price for a condo dipped below $3 million, both for the first time since 2015. Read the full report here.
New development report | HPDM
In Manhattan, 50 percent of new development inventory was absorbed in the third quarter of 2017, leaving 6,099 units, an increase of 3 percent quarter-over-quarter. In Brooklyn, 70 percent of units were absorbed, leaving inventory of 683, a 10 percent increase. Read the full report here.
FiDi report | Platinum Properties
The average sales price for apartments doubled year-over-year to $2.5 million in the third quarter of 2017, driven by the increase in new development inventory. Read the full report here.
LIC condo report | Halstead Property
The median sales price for condos in Long Island City almost tripled between 2007 and 2016, from $617,500 to $1.75 million. Read the full report here.
Rental landscape | NYU Furman Center
The share of households that rented their homes increased between 2006 and 2015 in every large metro, from 35.1 to 40 percent. In New York, the number rose from 46 to 49 percent during that period. Read the full report here.
Commercial
Capital flows | Colliers International
In the U.S., transaction volumes for the first half of 2017 are down 19 percent from the second half of 2016, and 7 percent from a year ago, but the rate of decline is slowing, suggesting that the market is stabilizing. Read the full report here.