Recently the industry has reported Q4 sales for the Manhattan residential market. The Manhattan Market Overview reported here and summarized below was prepared by Miller Samuel for Prudential Douglas Elliman.

• Q4 continues the surge of activity seen in Q3 with 2473  sales up 10.9% from 2230 last quarter and up 8.4% from 2282 prior year quarter.
• By far, the most activity and shortest Days On Market were seen in the under $1 million category
• Inventroy Down 18.3% from last quarter and down 24.6% from prior year quarter
• Average sales price per square foot up 5.5% over last quarter ($1051/sf) but down 11.2% over the prior year quarter ($1183/sf)
• Median sales price $810 down 4.7% over last quarter and down 10% from  $900 in the prior year quarter.
• Days on Market up 28.3% from last year quarter
• Inventory down 24.6% form last year quarter

Reporting and analysis of  the Q4Market Survey were consolidated on the Miller Samuel website and shown below.

01/07/2010  -NuWire Investor- Manhattan Property Prices Plummet In Fourth Quarter

01/07/2010  -Before it’s News- Manhattan Residential Market Slowly Clambering Out of Hole

01/07/2010 -Epoch Times- Manhattan Residential Market Slowly Clambering Out of Hole

01/06/2010 -PropertyWire- Reports reveal the devastating effect of the Wall Street decline on apartment prices in Manhattan

01/05/2010 -Earth Times- 4th Quarter 2009 Manhattan Residential Market Report – Prepared by Miller Samuel

01/05/2010 -PR Newswire- 4th Quarter 2009 Manhattan Residential Market Report – Prepared by Miller Samuel

01/05/2010 – Reuters- Plunging home prices pull Manhattan buyers back in

01/05/2010  -ABCNews.com- Manhattan Home Sales Rise in 4Q, but Prices Vary

01/05/2010 -Bloomberg.com- Manhattan Apartment Prices Fall as New York Loses Finance Jobs

01/05/2010 -TheStreet.com- 4th Quarter 2009 Manhattan Residential Market Report – Prepared By Miller Samuel

01/05/2010 -The Real Deal- Manhattan home sales market on the mend, but is a double-dip ahead?

01/05/2010 -Fox Business- 4th Quarter 2009 Manhattan Residential Market Report – Prepared by Miller Samuel

01/05/2010 -Crain’s New York Business- Manhattan residential market ends year on up note 01/05/2010- New York Magazine- Manhattan Real Estate: Sales Recovering and Inventory Shrinking

01/05/2010 –Business Week-  Manhattan Apartment Prices Fall as New York Loses Finance Jobs

01/05/2010 -1010Wins.com-  Manhattan Home Sales Rise in 4Q, but Prices Vary Website

01/05/2010 -CNNMoney.com- Will bonuses save the day for Manhattan real estate?

01/05/2010 -The New York Times-  Manhattan Home Sales Rise in 4Q, but Prices Vary 01/05/2010 -New York Post- Manhattan housing slide slows

01/05/2010 -Air America Beta-  Manhattan home sales rise in 4Q, but prices vary

01/05/2010 -Inman News-  Manhattan closings up, prices down

01/05/2010 Top News Fall in Prices Recorded by Manhattan Residential Real Estate

01/05/2010 -The Money Times- Manhattan records slide in home prices Website

01/05/2010 -WNYC.com- 2009: A Buyer’s Market For Manhattan Real Estate Website

01/05/2010 -Curbed.com-  State o’ the Market Reports: The Manhattan Bleeding Slows!

01/05/2010 -Daily News- Housing on rebound: Manhattan condo, co-op sales climb at end of last year

01/05/2010  -Scottrade- 4th Quarter 2009 Manhattan Residential Market Report – Prepared by Miller Samuel

01/04/2010  -The New York Times Sales Spur Optimism in Manhattan Real Estate

01/04/2010 The Seattle Times Manhattan home sales rise in 4Q, but prices vary

In addition to the Prudential Douglas Elliman report, some of the articles above mention these other 4Q market reports:

Corcoran, Brown Harris Stevens and Halstead Property