• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

New York City Realtor KAREN KOSTIW

  • Login / Register
  • (917) 524-4152
  • NY Fair Housing Notice
  • Email
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Home
  • About
    • Karen’s Profile
    • Karen’s Testimonials
    • In the News
  • Search
    • Search All Properties
    • Search by Map
    • Featured Listings
    • Sold & Rented Properties
    • New Listing Notifications
    • Login / Register
  • Neighborhoods
  • Buyers
    • For Buyers
    • Market Reports
    • Mortgage Calculator
    • Buying Guidance
    • New Development Guidance
    • Rental Guidance
  • Sellers
    • For Sellers
    • What’s My Home Worth
    • Market Reports
    • Selling Guidance
    • Rental Guidance
  • Commentary
    • Karen’s Blog Articles
    • Culturally Inclined
    • In the News
    • Market Reports
    • Luxury Market Insights
    • CB Trend Report
    • My Videos
  • Contact

MarketProof

Manhattan Weekly Snapshot: Confusion at the Bottom, Confidence at the Top

This week’s split personality market Manhattan’s spring market is not frozen, but the personality split is sharpening. The city sits between steady demand and macro‑driven hesitation. War‑driven oil shocks are pushing inflation expectations and mortgage rates higher again, and that volatility is flowing straight into buyer psychology. Co‑ops and condos under $1M, where financing and job security Continue Reading

Manhattan’s Spring Market: Sought-After Legacy Properties in a Volatile Week

  Sought-after legacy properties in a volatile week Manhattan’s market is trading through the headlines. This week’s data show a city where volume, pricing, and sentiment are rising together. The Iran war keeps credit markets and mortgage rates jittery rather than settled. At the high end, capital is looking past the noise and choosing assets with history, architecture, and long-term Continue Reading

Weekly Market Snapshot: Snow, Scarcity and a New‑Development Power Play

  As March arrives and warmer weather melts the last of the snow, Manhattan's market starts to move out of its winter holding pattern. At the same time, buyers and sellers weigh a more complicated backdrop, from talk of higher city property taxes to questions about the job market and recent geopolitical tension with Iran that could influence confidence and timing.    New Continue Reading

Manhattan Market In Holding Pattern

  A Winter‑Bound Start To The Spring Market This Manhattan weekly market update examines a spring season trying to start amid six consecutive snowy weekends. Buyers talk about “starting the search next weekend.” That next weekend keeps slipping as open houses feel less practical and neighborhood tours turn into slush walks, not discovery walks. Sellers feel the same constraint and delay Continue Reading

Weekly Market Snapshot: Contracts in the Clouds: Manhattan New Development Finds Its Next Gear

Manhattan’s new development market is not tiptoeing into spring; it is sprinting. The Manhattan luxury market just delivered another standout week.  Contract activity outpaced recent benchmarks. The ultra-luxury tier rose again, reminding everyone who is setting the tone for 2026. As Kael Goodman of Marketproof notes, it was a “standout week” for new developments.  Contracts surged, Continue Reading

The Executioner’s Market: When Vision Meets Velocity in Manhattan

    The Executioner’s Market: When Vision Meets Velocity in Manhattan The Manhattan luxury real estate market in February 2026 is an executioner’s market, where vision meets velocity. Manhattan entered the second week of February with a market that feels decisive rather than tentative. It is the kind of momentum that reminds us that real estate is never just about a transaction; Continue Reading

Manhattan Market Snapshot | Week of January 12, 2026

Manhattan real estate January | Week of January 12, 2026 The Manhattan real estate market in January starts the year with buyers active and supply still tight. Co-ops and condos under $3M see the most movement. At the same time, the luxury market records 22 contracts at $4M and above in a single week, including major co-op and townhouse sales on the Upper East Side and Upper West Continue Reading

Manhattan Weekly Market Snapshot: A Selective Start to 2026 (Week of January 5)

  The Manhattan real estate market stepped into the first full week of 2026 with a clear message for buyers and sellers. This is a selective, price-sensitive environment. Good product at the right number of moves, while everything else has to work harder. That selectivity is not happening in a vacuum. Mortgage rates are trending lower from their 2023 peak. Inventory remains unusually tight Continue Reading

Culturally Inclined Midtown West

  A Serene Interlude As the hustle and bustle of the holidays approaches, Midtown West offers a brief interlude—a serene yet vibrant pause before the city's festive frenzy. The crisp autumn air brings warmth to the heart as sunlight dances through the trees and glistens off the iconic buildings, creating an enchanting interplay of light and shadow. A Testament to Transformation Midtown Continue Reading

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Go to Next Page »
  • Email
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest

Footer


logo

124 Hudson Street
New York NY, 10013


Karen Kostiw
(917) 524-4152 Cell
(212) 327-9622 Office
(646) 422-4083 Fax

Contact Karen

Join MyNewsletter

Sign up and stay informed about what is going on with the local market.

Standard Operating Procedures   •   sitemap   •   admin   •   ©2026 All Rights Reserved  •  Real Estate Website Design by IDXCentral.com  •  Terms of Use