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Upper West side townhouse market report Fall 2018

The Upper West side townhouse market has been in a buyer’s market for the entirety of 2018. The last 4 months had 11 sales ranging from $3.8 million for a rent stabilized multi-family to a park block renovated 5 story townhouse at 31 W 89th street which sold during August for $13.3 million.

Current inventory stands at 60 townhouses/multi-family properties with the least expensive being for sale at $3.1 million for a 9 unit rent stabilized building on West 108th street near Riverside Park to 25.9 million for a townhouse at 248 Central Park west. Average days on the market for all Upper West townhouses is 230 days.

At the current pace it will take 22 months to sell off all of the existing inventory.

Below are the list of all the sales between August 1st and November 30th, 2018.

Number Street Apt_No NYC GLA Calc GLA Bldg Size Stories Units Lot Size Sale Price PPSFT Sale Date
310 W 82 ST 5100 17′ X 74′ 4 9 17′ X 102.17′ $3,800,000 $745 9/6/2018
219 W 78 ST 4692 20′ X 68′ 3 7 20′ X 102.17′ $4,100,000 $874 11/1/2018
117 W 78 ST 3400 16′ X 50′ 3 2 16′ X 102.17′ $5,000,000 $1,471 8/28/2018
49 W 94 ST 6060 20′ X 68′ 4 6 20′ X 100.67′ $5,900,000 $974 8/22/2018
220 W 83 ST 4500 25′ X 69′ 2 1 25′ X 73.58′ IRR $6,600,000 $1,467 8/16/2018
22 W 90 ST 5570 20′ X 67′ 4 10 20′ X 100.67′ $6,700,000 $1,203 11/9/2018
60 W 89 ST 6630 20′ X 67′ 4 9 20′ X 100.67′ $7,100,000 $1,071 9/13/2018
52 W 85 ST 6266 20′ X 70′ 4 1 20′ X 102.17′ $9,395,000 $1,499 11/7/2018
57 W 88 ST 7170 20′ X 72′ 4 7 20′ X 100′ $9,750,000 $1,360 8/30/2018
18 W 75 ST 6673 21′ X 80′ 5 10 21′ X 102.17′ $12,250,000 $1,836 11/20/2018
31 W 89 ST 6535 20′ X 70′ 4 10 20′ X 100.67′ $13,300,000 $2,035 8/7/2018

August Upper West side townhouse market report

The Author-  Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.

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23 Harlem townhouse open houses set for tomorrow

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23 Open houses are set for tomorrow Sunday December 9th. 5 of the 23 offerings are for $2.5 million and less. 2 of the offerings are for $4 million and up. Very few properties have sold this year for $4 million and up. 

As of just days ago, the number of listings available for <$2 million hit double digits. List of open houses for Sunday December 9th

Harlem townhouse November report

West 147th street near St.Nicholas avenue

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 Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.

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Harlem starter townhouse inventory increasing

The last two months showed inventory for below $ 2 million in the Central Harlem, Hamilton Heights market stay steady at 9 townhouses. This is nearly double the amount that was present in the market only two months ago of 5 properties. In the last 2 months, 2 sales were recorded under $2 million and one was an off market deal on Astor Row. If you take a closer look at the inventory under $2 million, you are seeing a fair amount of SROs: some with a certificate of no harassment and some without it. You are also seeing inventory with rent stabilized tenants or other tenancy that would complicate the conversion of a building.

With several townhouses on the cusp of asking under $2 million, it can be expected that these properties will lower their asking price and will see even more attractive offers in the coming months under $2 million. Now and in 2019, might be the most attractive time for a buyer to purchase their first townhouse in the Harlem market at a discount.

The Author-  Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.

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146 West 121 street listed showings start today

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146 West 121 street, a Harlem SRO building with 13 B rooms and 1 class A apartment is now back in the market after a deal had fallen through. The building comes with the certificate of non harassment, obtained in September of this year and 1 tenant who occupies 2 rooms on the 5th floor. The property is located in the Mount Morris Historic district and is 18′ wide with 5 stories.

Listing details

The Author-  Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.

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18 Harlem townhouse open houses set for Marathon Sunday

18 Harlem townhouses will be holding open houses tomorrow on Marathon Sunday with the hopes that not everyone will be looking for the best place to see one of the 50,000 or so runners tomorrow.

Prices range from $2,250,000 for an intact 3 family home to just north of $5mm so there seems to be an offering for all ranges.

Sunday November 4th Open houses

The Author-  Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.

 

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Certificate of no harassment process bogged down

Recently, I applied for a certificate of no harassment(CNH) for one of my listings in the Mount Morris section of Harlem . It was a pretty straight forward process since there had only been only one tenant in the last many years. However, due to the shortage of staff at HPD it took more than 9 months to receive it.  In comparison, I went through the same process for another owner and was able to get an approval in 5.5 months. According to reps at HPD, they have many applications and lack the needed staff. Thankfully it was approved and the owner now has it and it’s valid for the next 3 years.

Upon approval of the application, they made the owner sign an affidavit of no future harassment. This is the owner’s statement that they will not harass the tenants in the future either. A future buyer will need to take the CNH along with the affidavit of no future harassment to the Buildings Department in order to get a permit to alter the building.

Previous coverage about CNH

The Author-  Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every Manhattan market from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.

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Harlem townhouse August market report

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In the month of August the Central Harlem,Hamilton Heights market was quiet with only 4 new listings coming to the market.

Among the 4 new listings, there is an SRO sold without the certificate of no harassment for $2.1 million looking for cash buyers according to the listing which is the least expensive listing. Also listed this month is a home at 210 W 122nd street which appears to be renovated though the DOB records indicate SRO as well asking $3.995 million. Rounding out the new listings are an 8 unit for sale near Fifth avenue and a 3 family with side yard at 517 W 152nd street which was listed previously.

On the sale side(see table below), there were 5 sales and some properties went to contract or were removed from the market which resulted in a decrease of inventory from 82 available listings in July to 70 in August. This led to a corresponding decrease in inventory levels to only 14 months from 21 months in July.

Sold properties for August
Sale Price # Units
160 W 130 ST $2,400,000 8
37 W 126 ST $2,544,000 4
127 W 120 ST $3,451,000 3
106 W 120 ST $3,375,000 3
17 W 120 ST $3,750,000 6
# Active listings Inventory (months)
70 14
<$2mm 5
$2mm-$2.99mm 33
$3mm-$3.99 mm 25
$4mm + 8

July Harlem townhouse report

June Harlem townhouse report

The Author-  Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.

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361 West 116 street in contract

361 West 116th, an SRO building sold occupied without the certificate of no harassment has entered contract. The last asking price was $1,699,000 for this South Harlem townhouse. It had a renovated ground and 1st floor and 4 total bathrooms.

The Author-  Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.

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Upper West Side townhouse report

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The Upper West side townhouse market has seen increasing inventory over the last several months and fewer and fewer sales. In the last 3 months, 22 new listings have come on the market.

Last 3 months
# Sales Average/month Low price High price Inventory
8 2.7 3.9 million 9.25 million 24 months

The next table shows all 8 sales in the last 3 months, with sale price and price per square foot.

Address Sale Price PPSFT
308 W 90 ST $3,900,000 $955
112 W 75 ST $4,500,000 $649
113 W 75 ST $5,000,000 $789
47 W 95 ST $5,399,157 $1,342
16 W 88 ST $8,000,000 $1,399
161 W 91 ST $8,072,000 $2,026
316 W 88 ST $8,375,000 $1,560
43 W 76 ST $9,250,000 $1,357

Interestingly enough half of the sale recorded in the last 3 months for Upper West side townhouses were for <$5.5 million and the other half roughly between $8 million to $9.3 million. No sales were recorded above $10 million in the last 3 months and only 2 this year.

Currently at $10 million and up, there are 25 listings available which confirms that this segment of the market is deeply in a buyers market.

Below $10 million, there are 40 listings available on Manhattan’s upper west side. So if you segment the market to below $10 mm then the inventory level looks more like it will last about 15 months which is still a buyer’s market.

Spring 2018 Upper west side townhouse report

The Author-  Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every neighborhood from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.

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Thinking of buying a Harlem townhouse around $2 million?

Though inventory has increased in the Harlem townhouse market in the last few months, the under $ 2 million range is still experiencing  a shortage of inventory. Currently, there are 12 townhouses priced at $2.25 million or less but all but 4 of them are SROs. The four houses that are not SROs are all 4 family homes and the two that are priced at $2.25 million and $2 million  are excellent values. One of the other 4 family homes has a contract out and the other one has a rent controlled tenant in place in one unit paying $200.

At the next level of price, between $2.25 million and $2.5 million you will find 11 townhouses for sale and only one with major issues. The rest are more or less intact townhouses close to move in condition but in most cases not renovated. As days on the market increases the lower tier of the price may become more crowded as some of prices are lowered over the next few months.

June Harlem townhouse report

July mid month Harlem townhouse report

The Author-  Brian Silvestry , a licensed real estate broker, has been selling residential and commercial real estate since 1999. He has sold in every Manhattan market from Battery Park City to Washington Heights.