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Elliman Report: Brooklyn Sales 2Q 2013
…The low inventory phenomenon continued through the Brooklyn spring market in 2013, driving the price indicators higher. Listing inventory hit the record low second quarter at 4,704, down 18.5% from the same period last year. This was also the third lowest quarterly inventory total in the five years we have been tracking this metric. The number of sales declined by 6.7% to 1,855 from the prior year quarter, restrained by limited supply. As inventory fell faster than sales, the pace of the market accelerated. The monthly absorption rate, defined as the number of months it took to sell all listing inventory at the current pace of sales, fell to 7.6 months from 8.7 months in the prior-year quarter…
