John Cicero, MAI [1] provides commentary on issues affecting real estate appraisers, with specific focus on commercial valuation. John is a partner of mine in our commercial real estate valuation concern [Miller Cicero, LLC](http://www.millercicero.com) and he is, depending on what day of the week it is, one of the smartest guys I know.
…Jonathan Miller
The Massey Knakal Income Property Report that I prepare on behalf of the brokerage firm was just released for the second half of 2008 [2]. The report is the only one of its kind that tracks cap rates, income multipliers, price per square foot and number of sales for the New York City multi-family market. As this report included only those sales (above $500,000) that closed from July 1 through December 31, it includes sales closed before and after the market turn in mid-September, when Lehman collapsed and the credit markets seized.
An excerpt:
The number of sales dropped 45% from the second half of 2007 to the second half of 2008. Relative to the prior year the greatest declines were in Manhattan and Northern Manhattan, both down 54%, and the Bronx, down 60%. Year over year there were 37% fewer sales in 2008. This suggests a turnover rate of 1.9%, down from 3.0% in 2007 (of the categories tracked).
Massey Knakal [3] will distribute nearly 300,000 hard copies of the report over the next few months.
Massey Knakal New York City Income Property Market Report [2H08] [2]
Report Methodology [Miller Cicero] [4]