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Rental Market Report: Outer Boroughs Hold Their Own

So we know that NYC has the sixth highest rental market in the nation (technically, the Northern New Jersey-New York area ranked sixth); Samuel Miller’s December 2014 rental report provided more insight into what exactly it looks like, and long story short: median rent levels went up as mean levels went down.

Q3: NYC Rental Market Still Strong

The market for renting and buying in New York City is on the rise. Numbers for sales in Brooklyn and Queens and rentals in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens released by Douglas Elliman suggest this claim with record numbers for both rentals and sales in the boroughs.

B2 Stunted Until Further Notice

Stalls are feature of the development process, but with the back and forth going on around Atlantic Yards’s B2, it seems like this hiatus will be until further notice, since its two major parties are in opposition in State Supreme Court, each claiming a violation of contract.

Thinking Big: TF Cornerstone Bringing 3,000 New Apartments to NYC

33 Bond Street Brooklyn

TF Cornerstone is doing its part to alleviate the tight supply of apartments for rent across the city. In the upcoming years, the development company will add nearly 3,000 apartments spread across just three projects. Recently, YIMBY sat down with TF Cornerstone’s Jon McMillan and Sofia Estevez, discussing these upcoming projects.

May Rental Report: What Goes Up Keeps Going Up

Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan
Photo Courtesy Loic Lagarde / Flickr

For a moment, it appeared that rents in Manhattan were leveling out, but the latest report from Samuel Miller is in, and it’s back to business as usual in the borough, now marking three straight months of year-over price increases. The median rental price for an apartment in Manhattan was $3,300, up 1.6 percent from April to May, and 3.1 percent from May 2013.

Manhattan Rents Near Record Highs as Brooklyn Prices Continue to Rise

Midtown Manhattan
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The numbers are in, and this past April had some interesting happenings in the world of rentals. Using the year-over scale, when we look at the price of an apartment from the year before and compare it to this year’s, Manhattan median rental prices had been declining for six consecutive months until they increased by a minute 0.2 percent in March. This April, the median cost to rent an apartment in Manhattan again increased from the same month last year, now up to $3,247 per month, 1.6 percent higher than April 2013’s $3,195.

How Much are Apartments Renting for in NYC?

NYC Rental Apartments

As we expected to happen sooner rather than later, Manhattan rents have stabilized, bringing an end to the sixth month slide that began in August of 2013, according to a report by Jonathan Miller. Instead of the median rental price for the borough continuing to decline, March saw the median price rise by 0.2 percent from the same time last year, now sitting at $3,200 per month, nearly the same as last year’s median of $3,195. The median rental price for Manhattan last Februrary was $3,100.

Update: Dock Street Site In DUMBO

Big news in Brooklyn: Two Trees Management Company began building on the Dock Street site in DUMBO. This building had received plentiful opposition because it will be blocking views of the Brooklyn Bridge. Celebrities even chimed into the decided opposition with protesters including, Helen Hunt, Gabriel Byrne, Gary Sinise, Ana Gasteyer, and more. Surviving this opposition, the Dock Street mixed-use building is currently ascending into the rendering that was released late last year.

Manhattan Renters Take Stand for Concessions

Central Park UES

Landlords opted to grant concessions for tenants instead of lowering rents last month more than they have in the past two years, according to the latest market reports.