“We have a classic stand-off between buyers and sellers in New York,” said Miller Samuel CEO Jonathan Miller. “Housing inventory is at the highest level since the late 1980s and demand has cooled off.”
Is this true? Has demand cooled off (are there less closings, over the past couple of months?), or is the increase in supply purely a result of new condo developments coming on the market?
Jonathan J. Miller
August 22, 2006 at 8:47 pm
Yes demand cooled as evidenced by the lower number of sales. Without the new developments, inventory (re-sales) is up by about a third over last year.
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“We have a classic stand-off between buyers and sellers in New York,” said Miller Samuel CEO Jonathan Miller. “Housing inventory is at the highest level since the late 1980s and demand has cooled off.”
Is this true? Has demand cooled off (are there less closings, over the past couple of months?), or is the increase in supply purely a result of new condo developments coming on the market?
Yes demand cooled as evidenced by the lower number of sales. Without the new developments, inventory (re-sales) is up by about a third over last year.