Record 163 homes in NYC priced at $10M+ sold in 2021, a 426% y/y increase.
New York Market in Trophy Homes Exploding
In New York City, the trophy home market is defined by homes priced at $10M+.
So far this year, the number of trophy homes sold in Manhattan and Brooklyn has increased +426% y/y. Granted, 2020 was a lost year in real estate around the country but in New York City, real estate action, let alone trophy home real estate action, in 2020 was almost non-existent.
That said, a total of 163 trophy homes priced at $10M+ have been sold in Manhattan and Brooklyn so far this year! This is an unprecedented record high number of super-luxury contracts in an unprecedented fast amount of time.
Past Trophy Home Contract Comparisons
According to the Mid-Year Luxury Report by SERHANT, a brokerage founded by the real estate celebrity Ryan Serhant, 163 contracts were signed for super-luxury properties priced at $10M+.
The previous record of contract signings for super-luxury homes priced at $10M+ in New York was set in 2015 when 137 contracts were signed.
Garrett Derderian, SERHANT’s director of market intelligence, said, “The desire to purchase super-prime homes at a reecord pace speaks to the greater desirability of New York. We expect this momentum to continue as a greater number of international buyers are able to reenter the marketplace.”
Specifics of Super-Prime Sales
The SERHANT report indicated that there were 70 closed sales priced at or above $10M in Manhattan and Brooklyn at the end of June. The median sales price was $14M while the average price of these super-prime sales came in at $18M.
Condominium sales represented 61 of these 70 finalized sales, an increase of +27.1% from the first half of 2020. The median price of these condo sales dropped -7% y/y to $14.45M.
Sales of super-prime coops totaled nine, the same as last year. The median price of super-prime condos came in at $12.1M, down -5% from the first half of 2020.
Geographically, Manhattan came out on top of Brooklyn in these super-prime sales. Of the total 135 contracts priced above $10M, 65 of the properties were downtown (considered by SERHANT to be areas below 14th Street plus the neighborhoods of Chelsea, Flatiron, NoMad, and Gramercy below 30th Street.) 26 of the 61 condominium sales were located downtown.
Thanks to SERHANT and MansionGlobal
