The supply of new apartments for sale in Manhattan supports the fact it is a sound property investment market. Supply fell significantly last month, slipping 17.2% to 1,185 from August of last year. The result reinforces the belief that a lack of inventory will force prices higher across all segments of the market.
“New development inventory has continued to decline, year over year’ said Sofia Song Vice President of Streeteasy.com who commented on the market there. She added that declines have now occurred for twelve consecutive months.
The median price in Manhattan has certainly shown improvement rising 11.1% to US$1.45m. ‘With tight inventory, sponsors have been standing firm on prices’ said Ms Song. This is supported by the fact there were only 128 price cuts on listings in August, 28% fewer than a year ago.
Buyers do not seem deterred by the firmer prices with signed contracts up 26.3%. ‘With inventory being tight everywhere and as pent up demand grows, the new development projects currently in the pipe line are becoming more and more highly anticipated’ she said.
Whilst the above comments refer to new developments, it echoes what is happening in the larger established homes market. Manhattan did not experience the crash markets such as Orlando experienced and has maintained its status as a ‘safe haven’ location. With strong rental demand and prices forcasted to rise it should also be considered as a sound property investment location which will show good returns over the medium term.
