Apartment rentals New York with October Rentals

Rental Market Warming Up for Winter

That wonderful layer of leaves piled on the sidewalks is so charming that it's easy to forget what comes next. We might not want to think about it, but after the leaves fall, so do renter’s moving ambitions--it seems that nothing could possibly be worse than packing a U-Haul in the snow. But for NYC dwellers, there are some strong reasons to go searching during the winter months of November to February, when the Manhattan real-estate market slows down and is on the cusp of change. From couples to discretionary movers to higher-earning business professionals, now is the opportunity for Manhattanites to shop for NYC rentals.

Luxury Rentals Manhattan Stathead Special: October's NYC Rental Apartment Stats In Context

It's the nature of things, both here at Luxury Rentals Manhattan and elsewhere in the world, to see things out of context. After all, what's happening right now generally seems more important because of that right-nowness. But when it comes to Manhattan apartment rental figures -- heck, when it comes to anything at all -- context is the thing. Slight fluctuations from month to month are meaningful as far as they go -- that is, 30-odd days -- but not so meaningful beyond that. Which, besides the fact that we're kind of into anything having to do with Manhattan apartment rentals, is why we so dig UrbanDigs' multi-year, context-rich NYC real estate rental chart. So, what are we looking at, here?