MANHATTAN SALES MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
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“The market continues to transition out of the pandemic-era boom a year ago with lower sales and modest inventory growth as mortgage rates are more than double last year's.”
- Median sales price slipped year over year for the second time since the pandemic era began but remained slightly above pre-pandemic levels
- Listing inventory was nearly flat as compared to the year-ago quarter and slightly less than the five-year quarterly average
- With lower sales coming out of the pandemic boom, the pace of the market has been at its slowest rate in two years
- Co-op listing inventory declined annually and was slightly less than the five-year quarterly average
- Condo listing inventory edged higher for the fourth consecutive quarter to a level consistent with the five-year average
- The market share of luxury bidding wars rose to a new record as price trend indicators showed mixed annual trends
- Listing inventory expanded annually for the third consecutive quarter
- While the luxury median sales price declined annually, the luxury condo median sales price rose as the luxury co-op median sales price declined.
- New development sales as a percentage of all sales had the smallest market share in four years
- The average new development sales square footage was the smallest since 2008