New York enters 2026 with prices still advancing — annual prime growth of +3.0% on our Index, against a twelve-market average of +3.2%. Deep demand and a deepening branded pipeline, in the city that mints new wealth fastest.
At roughly $32,000 per square metre at the top decile, New York sits near the top of the global table. Branded stock commands a premium of about +22% over comparable property here, and the very best assets take a median 162 days to sell.
The drivers are familiar and durable: scarcity of genuinely prime stock, an internationally mobile buyer base, and a flight to assets that hold value when the mainstream wobbles. Read New York alongside the other eleven markets in the full LPM Prime Index.