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For the week ending January 10, 2026, the city recorded Manhattan residential sales that took place at the height of the holiday season. This likely accounts for the dip in the number of recorded sales week over week, though the number of luxury closings above $3.9 million climbed slightly during...
At 823 feet tall and 70 stories high, Long Island City rental building The Orchard has outstripped the nearby Skyline Tower condominium as the tallest building in Queens. A lottery for 248 affordable units is in effect until January 28, 2026, and leasing has just launched on market-rate units.
While today’s new developments celebrate open layouts, earthy material palettes, and soaring ceilings in a clear homage to historic industrial architecture, one signature detail remains far harder to replicate: exposed brick. Found most authentically in New York in historic industrial conversions...
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In 2025, core New York City areas recorded just over 11,000 signed residential contracts: 44 percent condominiums, 54 percent co-ops and condops, and the remainder townhouses. If all properties sold at their last asking prices, total contract volume would exceed $25.5 billion. The overall average...
The first week of January is jokingly known as "circle back week," to represent the return to business after the holidays, and that appears to have been the case for Manhattan residential real estate from January 5-11, 2026. The number of contracts signed spiked nearly 60% week over week, with th...
In the early days of New York City apartment living, bathtubs often appeared in the most unexpected place: the kitchen. As David Favolaro of the Tenement Museum explains, this once-common arrangement grew out of necessity. The 1901 Tenement Housing Act required sinks and bathtubs in every apartme...
A key point of contention during the 2025 federal tax bill debate was the cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction. In short, the deduction allows taxpayers who itemize to deduct at least a portion of their state and local income, sales, and property taxes from their federal taxable income...
At one of the first Landmarks Preservation Commission hearings of 2026, commissioners reviewed an application for exterior changes to 139 Franklin Street, an industrial building in the Tribeca West Historic District, in preparation for a residential conversion. According to a presentation, design...
In a city defined by reinvention, NYC townhouses remain among the most sought after and enduring types of homes. Try as some designers might, the extraordinary woodwork found in pre-war townhouses and early apartment houses are incredibly difficult and expensive to replicate or improve upon.
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From December 30, 2025 - January 5, 2026, fewer than 150 condos, co-ops, condops, and townhouses in core New York City areas experienced price reductions. The bulk of these were listings returning to the market with lower prices in the early days of January 2026, as is common practice in the wake...
Buyers often assume that if an apartment has been sitting on the market for months, something must be wrong with it. In reality, while a “stale” listing can be a red flag, that is not always the case. Depending on the property and its price point, even a stale listing may represent a great deal, ...
The week of December 29, 2025 - January 4, 2026 was the slowest week for Manhattan residential real estate activity of the 2025 calendar year, likely due to the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day holidays falling in the middle of the business week. But while the number of contracts signed dipped s...
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