NYC's best-selling buildings and priciest contracts in November 2024

Shortly after the presidential election was called in early November 2024, Kirsten Jordan of Douglas Elliman told CityRealty, “[Buyers] got the answer to their biggest question and now they’re making moves.” That was something of an understatement: Nearly 850 residential deals were signed in Manhattan in November 2024, a volume high enough to push the incomplete year's total contracts signed above the entire 2023 tally of contracts signed.

If all the units sold for their last asking price, it would total over $2.2 billion. The average asking price of all units signed in November 2024 was $2.63 million.

Below, see our list of the 10 priciest contracts by their last reported asking price and the 10 best-selling buildings (excluding townhouses) of November 2024. For the latter, each building must have had two or more contracts reported; as such, while a single $60 million contract at 960 Fifth Avenue would make it the fourth best-selling building by aggregate sales, it was the only contract that took place, rendering it ineligible for this top ten.

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