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Current mortgage rates may feel high—See what history says + Listings with mortgage rate incentives

By Cait Etherington | From Get To Know Thursday, January 29, 2026

Near the end of January 2026, the Federal Reserve voted to hold its benchmark interest rate steady. But as of January 28, the national average rate for 30-year mortgages was 6.18%, down from 6.25% last week and 7.03% one year ago (all figures courtesy of Bankrate).

The Final Frontier: 15 new projects taking shape on Eleventh Avenue + Beautiful Far West Side listings

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Thursday, January 29, 2026

As part of her 2026 State of the State, Governor Hochul announced the "Let Them Build" agenda, which promises to cut red tape and speed up the construction of new housing throughout New York. This largely revolves around common-sense reforms to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) a...

Price Cuts: Steve Madden's former condo cut by $1.15M; Quadruplex penthouse at 111 West 57th drops to eight figures

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Thursday, January 29, 2026

From January 20-26, 2026, fewer than 200 condos, co-ops, condops, and townhouses in core New York City areas experienced price reductions. These included the former home of fashion designer Steve Madden in Trump Palace on the Upper East Side. Mansion Global reports that Mr. Madden and his then-wi...

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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...

NYC Contracts: Upper East Side units triumph ahead of snowy week; JFK's "New York White House" at The Carlyle finds a buyer

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Wednesday, January 28, 2026

From January 19-25, 2026, a total of 155 residential contracts were signed in Manhattan, showing a slight week over week dip. It must be noted that this was an abbreviated business week due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday on Monday, January 19, and that the week was also marked ...

Boerum Place, Cobble Hill condo with village-like charm, launches sales + Beautiful NYC listings with fireplaces

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Wednesday, January 28, 2026

On a genteel Cobble Hill street, sales have launched at Boerum Place, the low-rise new condominium spanning the entire Boerum Place blockfront between Dean and Pacific Streets with the address of 110 Boerum Place. The first public availabilities start at $2.98 million for two-bedrooms, $4.95 mill...

Over $400M in Manhattan sales include luxe Surrey Residences, Passive House penthouse, and Will Arnett's return to the Village

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Because the week ending January 23, 2026 was an abbreviated business week due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday on Monday, January 19, the number of sales recorded dropped week-over-week by default. However, the aggregate dollar amount did not dip precipitously during this time, m...

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

For much of the early to mid-20th century, 125th Street was the beating heart of Harlem’s Black cultural, political, and intellectual life. Malcolm X delivered sermons on the corner of 125th Street and Seventh Avenue. The Lenox Lounge hosted legends like Miles Davis and John Coltrane as writers i...

NYC Contracts: Lily Allen bids farewell to cheerful 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...

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...