Manhattan’s sales and rental markets are making up for the pandemic slowdown with some hyperactive activity in the last days of 2020.
According to a new UrbanDigs report, Manhattan’s sales and leasing activity is picking up and remains elevated over the same week in 2019, an indication that the suppressed demand is being released.
The report finds the number of new sales contracts increased again for the third week in a row. The number of deals, 238, is a 26 percent increase over the same week last year. In fact, the report finds the number of contracts signed for fall 2020 has already eclipsed fall 2019.
Deal activity is increasing into the holiday season, suggesting that the typically quiet weeks of late December and early January may be unexpectedly busy. New listings continued to fall in anticipation of the upcoming holidays.
In the Manhattan rental market, newly signed leases increased 16 percent over the previous week. Renters are looking for deals in the normally quiet late fall. The number of new rental listings dropped, and landlords may opt to hold some listings back for the more robust spring season.