Sunday, April 4, 2010

Manhattan Apartment Sales Jump, Buyers Seek Bargains

By Oshrat Carmiel




April 2 (Bloomberg) -- Manhattan apartment sales doubled in the first quarter as bargain-hunting buyers scooped up co-ops and condos in a market where resale prices have fallen an average 29 percent since their peak.



The number of sales soared to 2,384 from 1,195 a year earlier, New York appraiser Miller Samuel Inc. and broker Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate said today. The median price for a co-op or condo slid 11 percent to $868,000. "

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