New York Nearly Triples Affordable Housing Output, Far Outpacing U.S. Growth – Nearly A Third Of All New Units Qualify As Affordable
New York Nearly Triples Affordable Housing Output, Far Outpacing U.S. Growth – Nearly A Third…
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New York’s 2026 Livability Outlook: Strong Quality of Life, High Costs, Community, Amenities Among Metros
New York’s 2026 Livability Outlook: Strong Quality of Life, High Costs, Community, Amenities Among Metros…
Property Shark Releases Top 10 Highest-Priced NYC Homes Sold Last Year – Staten Island Came Close With Todt Hill Sale
Property Shark Releases Top 10 Highest-Priced NYC Homes Sold Last Year – Staten Island Came…
HPD and Center for NYC Neighborhoods Launch Comprehensive Campaign to Protect and Empower At-Risk Homeowners in Jamaica Queens
HPD and Center for NYC Neighborhoods Launch Comprehensive Campaign to Protect and Empower At-Risk Homeowners in…
NYC Under-Represented This Time Among Rankings For Most Expensive Zip Codes – Staten Island’s Affordability Makes It Even Lower On List
Editor’s note: We asked the following of Property Shark with regard to this study. Questions…
Staten Island, NYC Homebuyers In 2025: Who Are They? Are They Local Residents, Corporate Owners/ LLCs, Other Borough Movers, Or From Out Of State? New Study Digs Deeper
Staten Island, NYC Homebuyers In 2025: Who Are They? Are They Local Residents, Corporate Owners/…
How To Thaw America’s Frozen Housing Market
How To Thaw America’s Frozen Housing Market Chief Economist, and Richard Aster Fellow, Hermann Center…
Renters 65+ Increased by Nearly 30% in a Decade, More Than Any Other Age Group
Renters 65+ Increased by Nearly 30% in a Decade, More Than Any Other Age Group…
Staten Island Home Prices Have Surged, Some Areas Doubling Or More In Last Decade
Staten Island Home Prices Have Surged, Some Areas Doubling Or More In Last Decade Editor’s…
NYC’s Surrounding Suburban Communities Becoming Majority Renter Occupied Areas
NYC’s Surrounding Suburban Communities Becoming Majority Renter Occupied Areas Editor’s note: It is likely there…
Leaving NYC? 352K New Yorkers Say Goodbye to City, While Just 174K Moved In
Leaving NYC? 352K New Yorkers Say Goodbye to the City, While Just 174K Moved In…
Year-End Report: 2024’s Hottest Rental Market and What’s Next for 2025 – Brooklyn Tops List Of Most Competitive Rental Locations Followed By Manhattan
Year-End Report: 2024’s Hottest Rental Market and What’s Next for 2025 Editor’s note: The below…
While MultiFamily Dwellings Surged By 54%, Overall Housing Shortage Persists Nationwide; Fixer-Uppers Gain Traction; Exurbs, Suburbs Outpaced Urban Centers In New Inventory Growth: 2024 Year-In-Review
While MultiFamily Dwellings Surged By 54%, Overall Housing Shortage Persists Nationwide; Fixer-Uppers Gain Traction; Exurbs,…
Staten Island Homes Affordable When Ranked Nationally, But NYC Remains Most Expensive City In US: Brooklyn Zip Code Hits Record $2.2M!
NYC remains #1 most expensive city, multiple contributions to Top 100 Home Price Sales The…
Staten Island Accounted For Nearly 3/4’s Of All Single-Family Housing Permits Issued In NYC From 1980-2023 – Main Residential Powerhouse For Suburban Charm Within Urban Limits
Staten Island is NYC’s Main Residential Powerhouse, with three fourths of all single-family housing permits…
Most Affordable Metro Areas Within 30 Minutes Of New York – Staten Island, Newark, Bayonne Among Best-Priced Options
Editor’s note: Staten Island home prices rose 43% in previous years, while Manhattan’s median sale…
How Much Living Space Can You Get Across New York For $1500 Per Month? Results May Be Surprising, But Moving To Wichita, KS Provides 6X Amount Of Space Of NYC
What do you think about the fact that in cities like Wichita, KS, you can…
Nearly Half Of Out-Of-State Buyers Coming To NYC Are From New Jersey, California, Florida
Who is buying NYC: New Jersey, California and Florida residents make up almost half of…
Latest Housing Trends: Moving Away From Urban Living Toward Exurbs, Suburban Alternatives To City Living
Among all NYC boroughs, Staten Island has experienced the slowest increase in its total…
Staten Island’s Downtown Appreciated In Value Along With Other Neighborhoods: Home Values In Downtown Area Priced Higher Than Other Areas
The following Staten Island downtown info was provided by Property Shark: In both 2014 and…
Staten Island’s Foreclosure Activity Largest Year Over Year Slowdown In NYC – But Still Trending Higher By Quarter
Staten Island posted steepest Y-o-Y decline in foreclosures for Q2 [PropertyShark report] Editors note: Staten…
Protecting Homeowners Against Squatters
SENATOR SCARCELLA-SPANTON AND COUNCILWOMAN HANKS MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS AGAINST SQUATTERS Editor’s note: Staten…
Squatters Rights About To Be Significantly Curtailed: No Longer Non-Paying ‘Tenants’ – New Legislation Seeks To Restore Ownership, Allow Trespass, Burglary Charges
Senator Scarcella-Spanton Announces Legislation to Combat Squatting Included In State Budget Editor’s note: Staten Islander…
Property Rights As An Exercise Of Human Will – Not Privileges Granted By State
Property Rights and the Will to Own Editor’s note: Staten Islander has recently covered issues…
Staten Island Home Prices Rose 43% In Recent Years While Manhattan Median Sale Price Under $1 Million For First Time Since Pandemic
Manhattan median sale price under $1M for the first-time since the start of the pandemic…
Staten Island Opposes Yet Another Real Estate Trend: Owner-Occupied vs. Renter-Occupied Reverse Of Other Boroughs In NYC, As Well As National Trends
U.S. homeownership rates continue to decline – updated resource from PropertyShark. By this it is…
Condos In NYC: Staten Island Offers Largest Median Size With Arrochar Having Borough’s Biggest
NYC Condos: From minimalist 235 sq. ft. to nearly 3 basketball courts in size, plus Staten…
Property Taxes Ranked By State County: Where Does Staten Island Fall? Plus, NYC Specific Tax Assessment Discussion
PropertyShark created a resource about property taxes by state. Our piece contains property taxes ranked by state, specifics for the states…
Where Is Homeownership Most Affordable For Gen Z Buyers: How Does NYC, Including Staten Island, Rank?
Gen Z’s Home Sweet Home: Large U.S. Cities to Make It Happen These are insights…
Loss Of Real Estate Purchasing Power Around US – But Staten Island, Queens Brooklyn Bucking This Trend, Seeing Increased Buying Power
Staten Islander Exclusive Staten Island almost always goes against negative real estate trends, which is…
Most Expensive Home For Sale In Each Of 50 States
Point2Homes latest study is on the most expensive home for sale in each of the 50 states…
Real Estate Market Corrections: Except For Staten Island, Which Saw Gains Or Flat Value, Some Homeowners In NYC Losing $223 Per Day In Market Value Over Last Year
In the American housing market, homeowners are facing big financial challenges in this last year….
Top Zip Codes In NYC Metro Area, Nationwide, Powering Apartment Construction Surge
Top Zip Codes Powering the New Apartment Surge: DC’s 20002 Spearheads the Trend Apartment construction…
Post-Covid Home-Buying Trends Reflect Reevaluation Of Spaces, Including Prioritizing Outdoor Space, Creating Permanent Work Areas, Leading To Demand For Larger Homes
Go big and go home. Lingering after the pandemic is the reevaluation of our spaces,…
Starter Homes In Major Cities Out Of Reach Of Most Renters Seeking Their First Home Amid Vanishing Inventory
First-Time Buyers, Second Thoughts: Starter Homes Long Past Affordability, Even in Secondary Markets Amid vanishing…
RentCafe’s June Rental Activity Report Shows Interesting Shift In Renters’ Preferences In NYC, NJ, Including High Interest In the Bronx, Queens, Jersey City, Newark During This Peak Rental Season
Our recent June Rental Activity Report showcases an interesting shift in renters’ preferences in NYC…
While Completed Homes Are Still On The Rise, New Permit Applications Have Dropped In Many States, With New York Staying Strong With More New Permits Than Other Metros
A Decade in Residential Construction: Completed Homes Still on the Rise, but Permits Drop Rising…
Study Reveals Housing Markets Most Vulnerable To Declines, Communities At Risk Of Loan Defaults, Foreclosures, Income To Mortgage Ratio Imbalances, Unemployment, Unaffordable Housing For Current Residents
HOUSING MARKETS IN CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, AND EAST COAST STILL TOP LIST OF AREAS AROUND U.S….
Homeowner Tenure In NYC Is Up 1 Year Since 2019, Meaning New Yorkers Stay In Their Homes Longer Before Selling
At a time when many home seekers were looking to secure larger homes or more…
Asm. Charles Fall Appointed Ass’t Majority Leader For NYS Assembly By Assembly Speaker Heastie
ASSEMBLYMAN CHARLES D. FALL IS APPOINTED ASSISTANT MAJORITY LEADER This week, Assemblyman Fall (D-Richmond, Manhattan…
Record-High Housing Prices Fueled By Pandemic Are Beginning To Cool – But Condo Prices Contracted More Slowly Than Single-Family Homes
Price Correction: Condos Go Down Slower than Single Family Homes Record-low mortgage rates, remote work…
Home Buying Descriptions Have Moments To Grab Attention, Also Show Trends In Buying Behavior – This Study Ranked Most Popular Home Buying Search Terms In 2022
With online house hunting being the norm lately, listing descriptions have mere seconds to grab…
Latest Interest Rate Hike Decreased Home Purchasing Power, Translated Into Square Footage Losses For Easy Visualization In New Study
Affordability Crisis Update: Current Homebuyers Lost More Than Just Buying Power The housing market keeps…
Building Generational Wealth Series Forum Hosted By Asm. Charles Fall
ASSEMBLYMAN CHARLES D. FALL HOSTS A BUILDING GENERATIONAL WEALTH SERIES FORUM Friday evening, Assemblyman…
Starter Homes In 46 Out Of 50 Largest Cities Are Out Of Reach For Most Renters Looking To Move To Home Ownership
Rising mortgage rates and a shortage of newly built single-family homes have made the dream…
Renters In 46 Of 50 Largest Cities Can’t Afford Starter Homes
Rising mortgage rates and a shortage of newly built single-family homes have made the dream…
10 Year Home Price Evolution, Some Became Property Millionaires, For Others, Home Ownership Out Of Reach
Up until a few months ago, homeownership really seemed attainable due to the low mortgage…
Everything You Must Know About Home Down Payments
How much is a down payment on a house, and what will I need to…
More Homeowners Have College Degrees Than 10 Years Ago, While Number Of Those Without High School Education Drops
In this study, New York actually places 9th in the top 10 list of states…
What Generations Can Actually Afford The Median Home Prices In The Largest U.S. Counties?
Median homes in America’s 100 largest counties have become unaffordable for most Gen Zers, Millennials…
Recent Research Shows Changing Homebuying Trends, Including New Priorities, Interests, Fostered By Pandemic
Editor’s Note: The following study was published by Point2Homes. The data for New York City…
Buying a Home in NYC: Exploring the Generational Differences. How Much Time Is Required To Save For The Down Payment?
A recent study carried out by real estate platform Point2Homes.com analyzed the generational differences between…