05/17/2021
APRIL 2021 RENTAL MARKET REPORT!
The highest number of Manhattan lease signings on record, spurred on by continued price declines. Month over month net effective median rent declined for the first time in five months and at the highest annual rate in a decade. Landlord concessions rose to their second-highest level, falling just short of the record set back in January. Both doorman and non-doorman rentals saw their largest year-over-year declines in nearly a decade of tracking. Existing rentals saw their largest annual decline in six and a half years and fell at twice the rate of new development rentals. Consistent with new development, the market share of luxury market concessions continued to be less than the remainder of the market.
The Brooklyn market saw record new lease signings combined with a record annual decline in net effective median rent. Landlord concessions rose to their second-highest level, falling just short of the record set back in January. While median rent for all apartment sizes fell year over year, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms fell annually at record rates.