Key Highlights
- Sales volume dropped from 1,224 in 2018 to 828 in 2019, a 32% drop, according to Property Shark
- Sales dollars dropped from $11.6B in 2018 to $6.8B, -41%, according to Property Shark
- Of the 5 boroughs, Manhattan was hardest hit with a -40% decrease in purchase transactions
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A latest study from Property Shark discovered that for-sale apartment buildings (those with a minimum of five units selling for a minimum of $100,000/unit) fell -32% from 1,225 in 2018 to 828 in 2019 and sales totals dropped from $11.6B in 2018 to $6.8B in 2019. (Sales within the borough of Manhattan excluded Staten Island, too few units, and within families in this study.)
Here is a summary of Property Shark’s findings that reflect 2019 apartment building sales comparisons between 2018-2019:
New York City Overall
- Number of Sales in 2018 – 1,225
- Number of Sales in 2019 – 828
- 2018-2019 Change = -32%
- Total Sales Values in 2018 – $12B
- Total Sales Values in 2019 – $7B
- 2018-2019 Change = -42%
Manhattan
- Number of Sales in 2018 – 365
- Number of Sales in 2019 – 218
- 2018-2019 Change of Sales Numbers = -40%
- Total Sales Values in 2018 – $5.66B
- Total Sales Values in 2019 – $3.63B
- 2018-2019 Change of Sales Values = -36%
Brooklyn
- Number of Sales in 2018 – 443
- Number of sales in 2019 – 301
- 2018-2019 Change of Sales Numbers = -32%
- Total Sales Values in 2018 – $3.28B
- Total Sales Values in 2019
- 2018-2019 Change of Sales Values = -49%
Queens
- Number of Sales in 2018 – 170
- Number of Sales in 2019 – 154
- 2018-2019 Change of Sales Numbers = -9%
- Total Sales Values in 2018 – $1.54B
- Total Sales Values in 2019 – $0.62B
- 2018-2019 Change of Sales Value = -60%
Bronx
- Number of Sales in 2018 – 247
- Number of Sales in 2019 – 155
- 2018-2019 Change of Sales Numbers = -37%
- Total Sales Value in 2018 – $1.13B
- Total Sales Value in 2019 – $0.89B
- 2018-2019 Change of Sales Value = -21%
Thanks to Property Shark and the New York Times’ Michael Kolomatsky for source data.
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