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As the weather heats up, so does Harlem real estate
Since Q1 2011, Harlem — particularly Central Harlem — has seen a 6.6% increase in median closing price — according to StreetEasy.com. This is the highest of any neighborhood in the city. Of note is One Museum Mile with condos above the Museum for African Art at 1280 Fifth Ave. Some units have been selling for as much as $3.1 million! A few blocks away is 1214 Fifth Ave — …

The inventory, meaning the number of available apartments for sale in Manhattan, keeps shrinking. In April, the number of units on the market was 6,980 versus 7,834 during the same month last year. (source: Urban Digs).
The speed at which the market is moving is definitely back to high levels. There are lines of people at open houses if the property in object is priced correctly. And we are not just talking about curious observers. People are now ready to …

Data compiled by the appraisal firm Miller Samuel shows that sales activity has been regaining momentum speedily over the first months of the year after the international economic uncertainties that affected the end of 2011. During the first 2012 quarter sales volume of Manhattan apartments (condo + coops) went up 14.9% compared to the previous quarter.
An interesting trend is that first time buyers are gradually becoming more numerous and therefore a higher number of small apartments (traditionally bought by …

The mild winter has brought a volume of activity higher than usual both on the rental side as well as the sales side.
Potential buyers were able to visit the properties they were interested in without having to wear the heaviest coats.
The number of available condo units for sale in Manhattan went down 3.2% between January 2011 and January 2012 according to the source StreetEasy.
The fact that the City hasn’t seen too much construction going on in the …

The new highest record for a single family townhouse sold on the Upper West Side was broken last month when 247 Central Park West changed hands for: $22.4 million.
The investor who bought it is now putting it on the rental market at a healthy $110,000 a month asking price. Cheers to that.
The $3 to $5 million segment is also having a good moment and activity is good, many brokers say.
If potential buyers are complaining that there’s a …

The statistics show that the median price for an apartment sold in Manhattan in the third quarter of 2011 was $855,000, an increase of 1.2% compared to the same period in 2010 (source: Miller Samuel).
The flow of foreign buyers investing in New York stays consistent. Many consider the investment in the U.S., and especially New York City, safer than betting on their own countries.
The number of signed contracts, as a result, has been increasing in the previous months. …