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Corcoran Group launches new downtown residential report.


The Corcoran Group, the New York New York, state, United States
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 residential brokerage firm known for its Upper West Side and Upper East Side reports, has produced its first report on Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North . Called Corcoran's Lower Manhattan Market Report: A Semi-Annual Analysis of the Residential Market South of Canal Street Canal Street may refer to:
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  • Canal Street (Manhattan), New York City, New York, USA
," the data indicates that overall sale and rental prices are rising in Lower Manhattan.

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 the report, Tribeca prices are very strong and in some categories higher than Upper Manhattan Upper Manhattan denotes the more northerly region of the New York City Borough of Manhattan. Its southern boundary may be defined anywhere between 59th Street and 155th Street.  prices. Emerging Wall Street represents the best value among the Manhattan neighborhoods tracked by The Corcoran Group.

Lower Manhattan condominium condominium

In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common.
 prices per square foot spiked 8 percent in the first quarter of 1996 versus the same quarter one year ago. Downtown loft prices per square foot also showed greater gains, up 9 percent over the same time period. One-bedroom rentals followed with an increase of 2 percent to $1,600 per month.

The number of days a Lower Manhattan residential property stayed on the market from January through June 1996 dropped 4 percent to 164 days from 171 days during the same six-month period in 1995. The negotiability ne·go·tia·ble  
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1. Easy or possible to negotiate or be negotiated: negotiable demands; a negotiable road.

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 of an apartment also fell in 1996 by 2 percent to 7.5 percent.

Lower Manhattan Sales by Neighborhood

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Conditions under which a firm proposes to sell its goods or services for cash or credit.
 prices during the first quarter of 1996 in Lower Manhattan, Tribeca led the way with average sale prices that posted $129,000 for a studio; $181,000 for a one-bedroom; $282,000 for a two-bedroom, and $560,000 for a three-bedroom. Average sale prices for Tribeca lofts were even higher: 1,200 to 1,500 square-foot lofts fetched $383,000; 1,501 to 2,000 square-foot lofts went for $419,000; and 2,001 to 2,500 square-foot lofts sold for an average of $877,000.

When compared to Upper Manhattan prices, Tribeca is more expensive for one-and three-bedroom residences ($181,000 for a one-bedroom apartment in Tribeca versus $151,000 on the Upper East Side and $144,000 on the Upper West Side.) Since a 2,000 + square-foot loft is typically a three-bedroom residence, three-bedroom Tribeca lofts go for more than Upper Manhattan three-bedrooms ($877,000 versus $826,000 on the Upper East Side and $795,000 on the Upper West Side.)

The Corcoran Group recently completed the sales effort for The Dietz Lantern lantern

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 Building at 429 Greenwich, which sold out for record prices of $300 per square foot. The firm will soon market two new high-profile Tribeca loft conversions for which they expect brisk Brisk as a proper name may refer to:
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 sales.

Battery Park was next after Tribeca among Lower Manhattan districts, with average sale prices of $81,000 for a studio, $172,000 for a one-bedroom, $275,000 for a two-bedroom and $545,000 for a three-bedroom.

Wall Street - where the tax-aided conversion of office buildings to residential use is still in the pioneer stages - posted average sale prices of $66,000 for a studio, $140,000 for a one-bedroom, $239,000 for a two-bedroom and $310,000 for a three-bedroom. These prices make Wall Street apartments the least expensive housing among the three major residential neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan, the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side.

Lower Manhattan Rentals

Lower Manhattan rentals followed the same pattern as for-sale apartments, with Tribeca residences posting the strongest monthly rates. Starting prices In horse racing, starting prices (SP) are the odds prevailing in the on-course fixed-odds betting market at the time a race begins. The method by which they are set for each runner varies in different countries but is generally by consensus of an appointed panel on the basis of  for Tribeca rentals were: studio NA; one-bedroom $1,900; two-bedroom $3,500; three-bedroom $4,000.

Battery Park rentals were slightly lower: $1,300 for a studio, $1,800 for a one-bedroom, $2,800 for a two-bedroom and $3,200 for a three-bedroom.

The emerging Wall Street area posted rental starting prices of: $950 for a studio, $1,300 for a one-bedroom, $1,800 for a two-bedroom and $2,300 for a three-bedroom.

Rental prices in The Downtown Alliance Business Improvement District could only be estimated as follows: $800 for a studio, $1,100 for a one-bedroom, $1,500 for a two-bedroom and $2,000 for a three-bedroom.
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Date:Dec 4, 1996
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