CityRealty's monthly rundown of the Manhattan residential real estate market.
The average price of a condo was $3.0 million and the average price of a co-op was $1.2 million. There were 408 condo sales and 608 co-op sales.
The average sale price for Manhattan apartments dipped in the four weeks leading up to September 1, while the number of sales increased compared to last month. The average price for an apartment - taking into account both condo and co-op sales - was $1.9 million, down from $2.2 million the preceding month. The number of recorded sales, 1,016, was up from the 923 recorded in the preceding month.
Downtown was the highest-grossing region in Manhattan, with $595 million in condominium sales. Midtown was the second highest-grossing area, with $279 million in sales. Downtown also had the highest price/ft2, $1,961/ft2, while Midtown had the second-highest, $1,891/ft2.
New development condo prices averaged $2,562/ft2 this month, compared to $1,650/ft2 for non-new development condominium sales. While prices rose this month, the total number of new development sales, 92, was down from the prior month, when 120 were recorded. The price/ft2 of new apartments was 27% higher than it was a year ago, when it was $1,878/ft2, and 3% higher than it was last month. The average price of a new condo in Manhattan this month was $5.9 million and the aggregate sales total of new developments was $551 million.
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