CategoryMarket Trends/Reports

The Sweetest Big Apple Is New Development

Manhattan Sales Are Rising Both ReSales And New Development Manhattan New Development Is Leading The Market Manhattan ReSale Price Trends Remain Weak Today's Housing Notes is an explainer to make sense of the Q42024 Manhattan Market Report: Last week, we released it, and it showed polarizing results. By the way, Manhattan Sales was the first market report series I created way back in 1994 (30...

Manhattan Contracts Soar As Miami Beach Contracts Decline Less

Manhattan Contracts Have Soared Year Over Year Every Month Since July Miami Contracts Decline As Listing Inventory Increases From Record Lows Miami Is More Dependent On Lower Mortgage Rates Than Manhattan Due To Lower Price Point We released our new signed contract reports for New York and Florida today. The comparison between Manhattan and Miami showed both similarities and differences worth...

Manhattan Cash Share Falling As Mortgage Rates Fall

• The Market Share Of Manhattan Cash Is Falling With Mortgage Rates
• The Higher The Purchase Price, The Higher The Probability Of Cash
• Manhattan September Contracts Surged 18% YOY

Are First-Time U.S. Homebuyers Poised For A Comeback?

Although the FirstTime Buyer Market share Was 32%, it was the Third Lowest in Decades Market Share Of FirstTime Buyers Should Expand With Lower Mortgage Rates. Duh. Cash Has Been A Noticeable WorkAround For Homebuyers, Just Not For FirstTimers It's been a tough few years for wouldbe homebuyers to move from the rental market. As mortgage rates surged and monthly payments jumped, it recently got a...

Home Purchases Falling Apart At Record Rate

• A Little More Than 1 In 8 U.S. Sales Contracts Blew Up In June, A Redfin Record
• Elevated Mortgage Rates And Nervous Buyers Drove Blown Deal Jump
• Pending Sales Don’t Fully Reflect Current Market Unless Able To Close

A Listings Cluster Makes Sellers Confusingly Flustered

• Cluster Of Nine Brownstone Listings Totalling More Than $100,000,000
• The Herd Mentality Of Buyers & Sellers Applies To The High End Market
• Sellers anchored to wrong price take 1-2 years to capitulate to market conditions