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The Manhattan Market Pulse: February 2024

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The Contract Activity, the number of signed contracts, for the month of January is up 19.4% compared to a year ago and down 6% compared to the monthly historical average.

The Median Sales Price for a Manhattan apartment is $1.13M, which is 5.3% higher than a year ago.

The Supply, the number of units on the market, is down 4.3% compared to the same period of February 2023. Meanwhile, the number of Pending Sales, or the number of units currently in contract, is 43% higher than a year ago.

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Are things kinda sorta looking normal again?

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Possibly. It is accurate to say that interest rates have been gradually inching up in recent months. However, it’s easy to forget that securing a 30-year fixed mortgage at a rate as low as 2.75% was highly unusual, especially after enjoying historically low interest rates for an extended period.

Supply and demand in the real estate market are actually within normal ...

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Miami dev site prices nosedive

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Miami developer Harvey Hernandez faced a tough market competition with out-of-state high-rise builders for land deals in the city last year. However, the sellers’ attitude towards development sites has significantly changed, and they are now willing to negotiate 5 to 10 percent price discounts and better terms. Land prices in Miami’s urban core fell after the second quarter of last year due to a dwindling inventory of suitable sites for condominium and multifamily developments and rising interest rates, ...

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