NEW YORK CITY—The local residential sales market started 2017 with robust activity and price growth in the first quarter of the year, according to the Real Estate Board of New York's residential sales report.
Citywide consideration (monetary value for completed transactions) for all home sales (cooperatives, condominiums, and one-to-three-family dwellings) rose 15% from the first quarter of 2016 to $12.3 billion in the first quarter of 2017. Residential sales consideration increased in each of the five boroughs during this time period due to rising average home sales prices and volume.
The average sales price for a New York City home rose 12% year-over-year to $1.02 million. The 19% increase in the average sales price for a condominium here to $1.9 million in the first quarter of 2017 was driven by condo price growth in all five boroughs with new records set at $3,032,000 in Manhattan, a 27% increase; $1.2 million in Brooklyn, a 39% surge; and $602,000 in Queens, a 6% rise from the last year's first quarter.
While Manhattan's condo average sales price was pushed by sales at the very high end of the market, the median sales price of a New York City home increased 7% to $600,000 in the first quarter of 2017 signaling that the demand for New York City homes is not only at the upper end of the market.
“2017 is off to a strong start following the tempered fourth quarter of 2016,” says John Banks, REBNY president. “The report shows improving market momentum with continued demand for all home types throughout the boroughs.”
Citywide home sales volume increased year-over-year, rising 2% to 12,112 sales. Brooklyn experienced the greatest increase—a 4% rise to 2,905 home sales, while Queens posted the greatest volume with 3,789 home sales in the first quarter of 2017.
Also of note, according to the research, the average sales price of a one-to-three family dwelling in New York City increased nine % year-over-year to $776,000 in the first quarter of 2017. The average sales price of a cooperative unit in New York City was $711,000, a 2% decline from last year's first quarter average.
In Williamsburg, the average sales price of a condo rose 30% to $1.2 million compared to the first quarter of 2016. The number of condo sales in the Brooklyn neighborhood surged 92% year-over-year to 169 sales. Closings at 429 Kent Ave., a new development, accounted for 61 of these sales in the first quarter of 2017.
The average sales price for a Manhattan condominium in Midtown East increased 36% from last year's first quarter average to just under $3 million. The number of condo sales in this neighborhood was 118, a 20% uptick year-over-year.
Flushing recorded the most condominium activity in Queens this quarter with 151 sales, more than double the number in the first quarter of 2016. The average sales price of a condominium in Flushing was $709,000, a 26% increase year-over-year.
Staten Island's Great Kills neighborhood posted 123 one-to-three family dwelling sales in the first quarter of 2017, a 19 % rise from the first quarter of 2016. The average sales price for a one-to-three family dwelling in the area increased 9% to $510,000.
Citywide consideration (monetary value for completed transactions) for all home sales (cooperatives, condominiums, and one-to-three-family dwellings) rose 15% from the first quarter of 2016 to $12.3 billion in the first quarter of 2017. Residential sales consideration increased in each of the five boroughs during this time period due to rising average home sales prices and volume.
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While Manhattan's condo average sales price was pushed by sales at the very high end of the market, the median sales price of a
“2017 is off to a strong start following the tempered fourth quarter of 2016,” says John Banks, REBNY president. “The report shows improving market momentum with continued demand for all home types throughout the boroughs.”
Citywide home sales volume increased year-over-year, rising 2% to 12,112 sales. Brooklyn experienced the greatest increase—a 4% rise to 2,905 home sales, while Queens posted the greatest volume with 3,789 home sales in the first quarter of 2017.
Also of note, according to the research, the average sales price of a one-to-three family dwelling in
In Williamsburg, the average sales price of a condo rose 30% to $1.2 million compared to the first quarter of 2016. The number of condo sales in the Brooklyn neighborhood surged 92% year-over-year to 169 sales. Closings at 429 Kent Ave., a new development, accounted for 61 of these sales in the first quarter of 2017.
The average sales price for a Manhattan condominium in Midtown East increased 36% from last year's first quarter average to just under $3 million. The number of condo sales in this neighborhood was 118, a 20% uptick year-over-year.
Flushing recorded the most condominium activity in Queens this quarter with 151 sales, more than double the number in the first quarter of 2016. The average sales price of a condominium in Flushing was $709,000, a 26% increase year-over-year.
Staten Island's Great Kills neighborhood posted 123 one-to-three family dwelling sales in the first quarter of 2017, a 19 % rise from the first quarter of 2016. The average sales price for a one-to-three family dwelling in the area increased 9% to $510,000.
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
