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Over $400M in Manhattan sales include Stephen Ross' former penthouse; U.S. Ambassador's Fifth Avenue co-op nets $10M profit

By CityRealty Staff | From Notable Sales Wednesday, January 21, 2026

The week ending January 17, 2026 was one where the number of Manhattan residential sales recorded climbed week-over-week, and where all five of the week's highest-priced sales came in above $10 million, which couldn't help but drive up the aggregate dollar amount during this time. An Upper West S...

125th Street: The center of Harlem's history and the heart of its future

By Michelle Sinclair Colman | From Future New York Wednesday, January 21, 2026

In the early to mid-1900s, 125th Street was the beating heart of Harlem’s Black cultural and political life. Malcolm X delivered sermons on the corner of 125th Street and Seventh Ave, the iconic Lenox Lounge hosted the likes of Miles Davis and John Coltrane while Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hu...

NYC Contracts: Lily Allen sings farewell to Brooklyn brownstone; The Katharine sells $22.5M Nate Berkus-designed penthouse

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Wednesday, January 21, 2026

January is typically a slow month for Manhattan residential contract signings, and the first two weeks of this month indicate that 2026 is likely to follow suit. However, citywide contract data quoted in the New York Post found that the residential market was unusually busy in December 2025 in sp...

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NYC’s top-selling buildings of 2025 as Downtown deals reach new highs

By CityRealty Staff | From Annual Market Reports Friday, January 2, 2026

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...

Price Cuts: Chelsea mansion rented by Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield gets $5.7M haircut; Hudson Yards condos up to 35% off

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Tuesday, January 20, 2026

About 200 condos, co-ops, condops, and townhouses in core New York City areas experienced price reductions from January 13-19, 2026. These included six units at the Hudson Yards complex on the West Side - three at 35 Hudson Yards, the tallest building in the complex with a residential component, ...

A Floor to Yourself: Full-floor apartments in NYC priced under $3.5M

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Friday, January 16, 2026

With Manhattan’s omnipresent 25-foot-wide building lot pattern, full-floor residences have always been hiding in plain sight. The standard traces back to the Commissioner’s Plan of 1811, a sweeping and pragmatic blueprint that imposed the familiar street grid across most of Manhattan north of Hou...

At the height of basketball season, see 35 NYC condo and rental buildings with basketball courts

By CityRealty Staff | From The Bronx Friday, January 16, 2026

As of mid-January 2026, basketball season is in full swing. Selection Sunday for March Madness is less than two months away, and the professional season got off to a robust start. Early in the 2025-2026 NBA season, the league announced that viewership was up 92% year-over-year with the most viewe...

Sales to soon launch at 660 Lexington; Art Moderne–inspired condo nears finish line in Midtown East

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Thursday, January 15, 2026

Sales are expected to launch in the coming weeks at 660 Lexington Avenue, also known as 133 East 55th Street, a ground-up condominium development nearing completion in Manhattan's Midtown East. Developed by the busy bodies at Rybak Development, the 20-story high-rise anchors the prominent southwe...

How AI promises to transform NYC real estate and residential living in 2026

By Cait Etherington | From Get To Know Wednesday, January 14, 2026

In 2026, AI is expected to continue reshaping how New Yorkers buy, sell, finance, manage, and live in local properties. While humans will always be at the center of real estate, there is no question that AI is permanently changing the industry and the experience of finding, purchasing, and living...

Price Cuts: William Lauder's Park Avenue pad cut by $4.5M; Attainable new developments see new round of discounts

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Wednesday, January 14, 2026

From January 6-12, 2026, nearly 250 condos, co-ops, condops, and townhouses in core New York City areas experienced price reductions. These included the Park Avenue home of Estee Lauder chairman William Lauder. Mr. Lauder bought the 12th-floor apartment in the Rosario Candela-designed 778 Park Av...

Top Manhattan sales include biggest deal on the Upper West Side since 2012; Soho garden unit trades at 350% profit

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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...

Leasing launches at the Orchard; LIC's tallest offers one month free rent and 100K SF of amenities

By CityRealty Staff | From LIC / Queens Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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.

Enduring character: NYC homes with authentic exposed brick walls from $275K

By CityRealty Staff | From Great Listings Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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...