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Newly Signed Home Purchase Contracts Fall in New York

High mortgage rates are keeping would-be buyers out of the market as rents in New Yor🔜k r𒀰each records.

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Newly sig꧑ned home purchase contracts fell across New York in June, as high mortgage rates dampened the housing market across the country, according to a report on Thursday by appraiser Miller Samuel and♚ brokerage Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

In♑ the Manhattan co-op market, contracts fell 11.1% year-over𒈔-year, dropping to 466 from 524 in June of last year. 

High mortga🌜ge rates and record-breaking rents are dampening market movement in what would typically be months of peak activity.

Key Takeaways

  • High mortgage rates are keeping would-be buyers out of the New York homebuying market, with contract signings and new listings falling across the boroughs.
  • The median sales price of a home in Manhattan grew 11.6% from the first quarter of the year.
  • Contract signings grew slightly in Long Island in the single family market in May.

Listings dropped month-over-month, fallin🍰g to 605 from 779. Listings fell 29.5% year-over-yeꦐar.

In the condo market, contracts🍰 fell 11.1% year-over-year. Listings fell 26.5% year-over-year𝔉. 

Among all condo and co-op sales in Manhattan, the median sales price rose 11.6% in the second quarter to $1.2 million, up from $1.075 million in the first quarter. The median sales price fell 4% yeꦚa𓃲r-over-year. 

Listing inventory grew 10.3% over the first quarter, but fell 3.1% year-over-year. The market finished the quarter wಌith 10 months of supply, up 6.4% from the first quarter. 

Brooklyn Signed Contracts fall

In Brooklyn, newly signed contracts fell at their fastest rate this year on a month-over-month basis as 115 new contracts were signed in the co-op market, down from 135 in May. They dropped 19% year-over-year. Listings a♋lso fell in the Brooklyn co-op market, dropping 22.7% year-over-year. 

In the Brooklyn condo market, new contract signings fell 15.7% year-over-year, dropping to 182 contracts from 216 in June of last year. New listi🏅ngs also fell, dropping 27.8% year-over-year.

Long Island Activity Pick🥂s Up on a Monthly Basis

In Long Island, excluding the Hamptons and North Fork, newly signed contracts fell 15.4% year-over-year in the single-family market. On a month-over-month basis, contracts grew in the single-family market in Long Island, jumping to 1ﷺ,786 from 1,💦729 in May. 

Newly signed contracts are still below last year's levels. Still, the rate of decline among newly signed contracts was the lowest seen since last summer. 

Listings also dropped 32.7% year-over-year.

Hamptons Signed Contracts Fall

In the Hamptons, newly signed contr🤪acts fell, dropping to 54 from 87 in May.  Newly signed contracts in the single-family market fell 27% year-over-year, while new listings dropped 13% from June 2022. 

According to Miller, listings have fallen sharply on a year-over-year basis since February. 

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