A report shows that the Manhattan rental market has decreased slightly over last year.
The New York rental brokerage firm Citi Habitats says the price for all apartments, excluding one-bedroom apartments, dipped slightly between July and September compared to the same period last year.
One-bedroom apartments increased 1.7 percent.
The dip may seem to indicate a weakness in [...]

Property developers and financiers – including international companies that have invested heavily in everything from trophy office buildings to Brooklyn residential renovations – are being whiplashed by the spreading credit crisis, which has brought New York’s real estate market to a screeching halt.
Some are rushing to draw down credit lines before they are withdrawn, while [...]

The Real Estate Group’s July Manhattan Rental Market Report, released today, suggests that landlords with large building portfolios can’t resist raising rents, even in a weak market. Doorman unit inventory continues to increase, and prices have followed. Defying traditional laws of supply and demand, the Manhattan rental (http://www.tregny.com/) market has sparked much confusion this month.
“The [...]

Even the lofty Manhattan real estate market is beginning to soften, according to reports released Wednesday by four of the city’s top real estate agencies.
Data from this year’s second quarter indicate two divergent trends; on a year-over-year basis, the volume of sales is down, while at the same time the average home price is rising.
“The [...]