The average price for residential real estate in Manhattan, New York increased for luxury, new developments, and condos. Conversely, prices for re-sale and co-op properties declined slightly. In the third quarter of 2024, the average square footage price for a re-sale property was 1,404 U.S. dollars per square foot.

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In 2024, the average square footage price of condos and new development condos in Brooklyn, NY declined slightly. Prices of one-to-three family homes, on the other hand, increased from 635 U.S. dollars per square foot in the third quarter of 2023 to 795 U.S. dollars in the third quarter of 2024.

Between 2020 and 2022, the average square footage price of one-to-three family homes in Queens, New York increased. Existing condo prices, on the other hand, fell from 1,084 U.S. dollars per square foot in the third quarter of 2020 to 844 U.S. dollars per square foot in the third quarter of 2022.

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The average asking rent for Class A office space in Midtown Manhattan was 82.74 U.S. dollars per square foot in the first quarter of 2024. It was above the Manhattan average of 80.38 U.S. dollars, but below that of Midtown South, which was the most expensive district at 103.42 U.S. dollars per square foot. What is Class A real estate?Class A real estate refers to the best properties in terms of appearance, age, quality of infrastructure and location. These properties usually command the highest rental rates, due to their high quality. In the U.S., Manhattan has the most expensive rents for Class A offices.Midtown vs Midtown SouthMidtown Manhattan contains the Empire State Building, MoMA, Grand Central Station, and the United Nations Headquarters. The most expensive submarket there was Plaza District in 2024. Meanwhile, Midtown South is home to Madison Square Garden, Pennsylvania Station, Hudson Yards, and Koreatown. In 2024, the most expensive submarket there was Hudson Yards, followed by Chelsea and Hudson Square.

The average price per square foot of floor space in new single-family housing in the United States decreased after the great financial crisis, followed by several years of stagnation. Since 2012, the price has continuously risen, hitting 168 U.S. dollars per square foot in 2022. In 2024, the average sales price of a new home exceeded 500,000 U.S. dollars. Development of house sales in the U.S. One of the reasons for rising property prices is the gradual growth of house sales between 2011 and 2020. This period was marked by the gradual recovery following the subprime mortgage crisis and a growing housing sentiment. Another significant factor for the housing demand was the growing number of new household formations each year. Despite this trend, housing transactions plummeted in 2021, amid soaring prices and borrowing costs. In 2021, the average construction cost for single-family housing rose by nearly 12 percent year-on-year, and in 2022, the increase was even higher, at close to 17 percent. Financing a house purchase Mortgage interest rates in the U.S. rose dramatically in 2022 and remained elevated until 2024. In 2020, a homebuyer could lock in a 30-year fixed interest rate of under three percent, whereas in 2024, the average rate for the same mortgage type was more than twice higher. That has led to a decline in homebuyer sentiment, and an increasing share of the population pessimistic about buying a home in the current market.

New York had one of the highest construction costs for prime offices in the United States, at over 660 U.S. dollars per square foot on average. In addition to the 541-meter One World Trade Center building, New York City also has some of the tallest skyscrapers in the United States. What element affect construction costs? Location and topography have a big impact on construction costs, for example, earthquake-prone zones have more stringent building requirements which will affect cost of materials, supplies, and labor. Increased interest in sustainability has also prompted sustainable certification across the country, most noticeably as LEED-registered offices. Slow growth of the office construction segmentThe value of new private office construction in the U.S. has kept rising in the past years, but at a slower rate than before 2019. The changes in the way people work, with part of the workforce working from home at least part of their week might have hindered investment in office real estate.

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The average Class B asking rent for office real estate in Manhattan in the fourth quarter of 2023 was 67.81 U.S. dollars per square foot. The district that reported the highest average Class B rent was Midtown South, where a square foot of space cost 74.02 U.S. dollars. Between the fourth quarter of 2022 and the fourth quarter of 2023, rents in Midtown South increased, while in Midtown and Downtown, they declined.

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Mechanical, plumbing, fire protection was the most expensive cost category in a complete office fit-out in New York City in 2023. The square foot cost of an office fit-out was approximately 213 U.S. dollars, with the mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection works comprising about one-fifth of the total cost. In the U.S., New York City was the market with the third-highest fit out cost for offices, after San Jose and San Francisco.

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In the last quarter of 2024, San Francisco, New York, and Honolulu were some of the U.S. cities with the highest housing construction costs. Meanwhile, Phoenix had one of the lowest construction costs for high-end multifamily homes at 280 U.S. dollars per square foot and Las Vegas for single-family homes between 235 and 470 U.S. dollars per square foot. Construction cost disparities As seen here, the construction cost for a high-end multi-family home in San Francisco in the first quarter of 2024 was over twice more expensive than in Phoenix. Meanwhile, there were also great differences in the cost of building a single-family house in New York and in Portland or Seattle. Some factors that may cause these disparities are the construction materials, installation, and composite costs, differing land values, wages, etc. For example, although the price of construction materials in the U.S. was rising at a slower level than in 2022 and 2023, several materials that are essential in most construction projects had growth rates of over five percent in 2024. Growing industry revenue Despite the economic uncertainty and other challenges, the size of the private construction market in the U.S. rose during the past years. It is important to consider that supply and demand for housing influences the revenue of this segment of the construction market. On the supply side, single-family home construction fell in 2023, but it is expected to rise in 2024 and 2025. On the demand side, some of the U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest sale prices of single-family homes were located in California, with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara at the top of the ranking.

The amount of office space in Midtown Manhattan amounted to 241.3 million square feet in the first quarter of 2024. This was the largest district in terms of office inventory, followed by Midtown South and Downtown Manhattan. Importance of New York for office spaceManhattan is the most famous borough of New York City, and is home to the headquarters of many international organizations as well as multinational corporations, such as the United Nations, Citi and Pfizer. The borough is also located on an island in the middle of the city, which means that the volume of space is limited in supply and that real estate is in high demand there. Asking rents in the borough are, consequently, very high. Availability of office spaceThe availability rate of office space in Manhattan varies between the districts, but is almost 17 percent on average. This means that roughly 17 percent of total rentable space is available.

In District of Columbia, the average rent per square foot was 2.95 U.S. dollars in 2018, whereas renters in Oregon were expected to pay half as much in rent per square foot. DC was the most expensive state for renters, followed by New York, Hawaii, Massachusetts and California.

Why is DC so expensive?

District of Columbia is the center of the U.S. political system with all three branches of federal government sitting there: Congress (legislative), President (executive) and the Supreme Court (judicial). The above average household incomes of its residents mean that high rents are still sustainable for the rental market.

Limited space in DC

DC has the largest share of apartment dwellers in the country. This is most likely due to limited space, as the federal district has a much higher population density than the states. The political importance of DC and the high population density suggest that the federal district is likely to retain its spot as the most expensive rental market in the future.

After peaking in 2023, the average rent for industrial real estate for warehouse distribution use in New York City Metro declined. In the first quarter of 2024, the average rent was 17.01 U.S. dollars per square foot. Despite the decrease, this was notably higher than 2017, when it amounted to 7.79 U.S. dollars. New York City Metro is one of the leading markets in the U.S. in terms of industrial and logistic state inventory.

Home of the New York Stock Exchange, Times Square, the Theater District, and countless other landmarks, Manhattan is undoubtedly among the most expensive commercial real estate markets in the United States. On 5th Ave (49th St. - 59th St.), the annual asking rent of retail space reached 2,750 U.S. dollars per square foot in the first half of 2023. Broadway & 7th Ave (42nd St. - 47th St.) had the second highest rent among Manhattan corridors, with a median asking rent of 980 U.S. dollars.