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Time to read [10 minutes] Takeways Starchitect branding shifted from niche reference to essential luxury condo amenity. Robert A. M. Stern’s prewar–style towers like 15 CPW and 220 CPS reset Manhattan superluxury pricing. Namebrand architects, past and present, now add distinct value and cachet to highend residential projects. Post WWII, the term 'Starchitect' initially applied to celebrities who...
Time to read [4 minutes] Takeways Despite “wealth flight” headlines about the next NYC Mayor Mamdani, current data show no evidence of a highend exodus, and NYC’s luxury segment remains active. Global and Manhattan price data indicate a flattomuted decade of condo appreciation, but also show that New York remains one of the top highend housing markets worldwide. While the doom narrative about...
Time to read [8 minutes] Takeways MRED’s Private Listing Network gives all member agents internal access, keeping listings hidden from public consumer sites that still promotes transparent price discovery but limits referral fees. Compass restricts listing access exclusively to its own agents, raising anticompetitive risks and reducing transparency for buyers in its dominant markets. Industry...
Time to read [4 minutes] Takeways Higherpriced NYC boroughs saw meaningful increases in sales, while the three lowerpriced boroughs recorded fewer sales, reflecting greater interestrate sensitivity for lowerpriced buyers. Manhattan has not set new price records and its prices have moved sideways for nearly a decade. Listing inventory has been generally flat or falling since the pandemic, unlike...
Time to read [7 minutes] Takeways Homeownership hurdles are far higher for Millennials and Gen Z than for prior generations: Housing prices have outpaced wage growth, raising the average age of firsttime buyers and making small expense cuts (like skipping lattes) largely irrelevant to the broader affordability crisis. Popular solutions like 50year mortgages aren’t effective...
Time to read [5 minutes] Takeways NAR’s plan uses zerobased budgeting and sharp compliance to rebuild trust after scandals The strategy assumes 1.2M members, down sharply from the 2022 peak, reflecting continued erosion from lawsuits and leadership crises Ongoing membership declines risk NAR’s influence and threaten key industry research if the drop accelerates I was reading a piece in Real...
Time to read [6 minutes] Takeways NYC’s October rental market remained extremely strong, with rents and bidding wars intensifying just before the mayoral election, defying headlines about a city “exodus” and outpacing the decade’s thirdquarter sales average by 4.3%. In sharp contrast to national trends—where rents fell at the fastest rate in 15 years, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens saw...
Time to read [8 minutes] Takeways Despite predictions of steep declines after the 2024 NAR and Sitzer‑Burnett settlements, buyer‑agent commissions have largely held steady or risen, supported by research from the Consumer Policy Center and the Federal Reserve. Slower sales cycles have increased demand for agent expertise and fullservice support, sustaining traditional commission structures even...
Time to read [7 minutes] Takeways Tariffs are a tax on Americans, driving inflation and keeping mortgage rates elevated The Supreme Court is expected to overturn the administration's tariffs as unconstitutional, which could help lower mortgage rates in a struggling US economy Tariffs have reduced housing affordability, yet their implementation lacked a tangible strategy My friend Barry Ritholtz...
Time to read [7 minutes] Takeways Highprofile articles shamelessly exaggerated outbound migration of wealthy New Yorkers by misinterpreting polls The claimed impact of Mamdani’s election is not based on existing empirical evidence but on viral, anecdotal broker stories. Actual market indicators and past experience, such as sales and rental trends, do not support predictions of a...
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