The big reveal from 4th quarter Manhattan sales reports: The market's getting flabby at the top

… the pace of other segments of the market Jonathan Miller author of the Elliman report and president of appraisal firm …

By Alanna Schubach |January 4, 2017 - 11:59AM
2017 real estate forecast: The Trump effect, concessions-mania, Bronx hype, the battle for the BQX, and more

… Back on street level theres the BQX streetcar which would connect huge swaths of Queens and Brooklyn bu t is already … service that is parterning with buildings that dont have garages and Zeel which will send a masseuse straight to your … start on new construction You saw a lot of construction on existing projects last year but not a lot of new projects …

By Virginia K. Smith |January 2, 2017 - 11:55AM
Concessions are so crazy that landlords may (finally) have to start lowering rents

… moving says Miller Samuel appraiser Jonathan Miller who authored Ellimans report This is a continuation of a trend …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 9, 2016 - 1:45PM
Concessions up, luxury prices down in Manhattan's rental market

… stuff The market share of landlord concessions hit a record high representing 239 percent of total apartments double the number compared to the same month last … a well maintained walkup  in the East Village $3400month A modern onebedroom with Brazilian wood floors and …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |November 10, 2016 - 12:31PM
In the third quarter, the Brooklyn and Queens sales markets got white-hot

… to a more moderate pace during the third quarter of 2016 markets in Brooklyn and Queens boomed with sales reaching … as a balanced market Miller explains  Interestingly though homes for sale in Brooklyn spent longer on the market during … is not always in sync  Heres what youll find at the median home prices in Brooklyn and Queens now  A twobedroom …

By Alanna Schubach |October 13, 2016 - 9:59AM
For new renters, New York might be more affordable than it seems

… Hear us out No ones pretending that New York  isnt  a maddeningly expensive difficult city to live in … for most people is a far more complicated picture than what youll see in headlinegrabbing market report numbers One … 36 percent Though keep in mind that the threshold for being considered officially rentburdened is spending 30 percent of …

By Virginia K. Smith |October 6, 2016 - 8:59AM