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NEW YORK CITY—The condominium/cooperative housing market in Manhattan posted record sale prices in 2017 and even sales activity, which had been on a downward spiral the past three years, increased 4.1% as compared to 2016 sales volume.

Residential brokerage firm Douglas Elliman released Thursday sales reports on the condo-co-op markets, as well as the niche townhouse sales market in 2017. The firm also released comparative statistics on the Manhattan residential market for the past decade.

“In Manhattan, the co-op and condo market showed strength and despite the decline of closings in the new development pipeline of legacy sales, market-wide price trend indicators all set record highs,” says Steven James, CEO of New York City, Douglas Elliman. “As for quantity of sales, after three years of declines, numbers rose year-over-year as the market rebounded from the doldrums of 2016.”

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John Jordan

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