Brooklyn Dominates List of NYC's Hottest Neighborhoods in 2017; Bronx's Kingsbridge Takes Top Spot

As the sales market slows and rents continue to rise, more New Yorkers will become homeowners in the coming year. Transportation shake-ups are anticipated around the city, including the temporary closure of the L-train and the long-awaited opening of the Second Avenue subway. These changes will transform neighborhoods' public transportation availability, playing an integral role in renters' and buyers' moving decisions over the next year.

According to the StreetEasy Hot Market Index, Kingsbridge in the Bronx will be the hottest neighborhood of 2017, but Brooklyn neighborhoods dominate the rest of the listⁱⁱ.

StreetEasy's 2017 Predictions

• Manhattan sales market will recalibrate. Manhattan's median resale price will have the slowest growth of all boroughs as oversupply in the luxury tier weighs down the market. The Bronx will be the only borough where resale prices will decline, falling 1.4 percent over the next 12 months.
• Little relief for NYC renters. Median rents are expected to rise across all boroughs and continue to outpace income growth in the coming year. Shrinking tipping points – the number of years it takes for buying to make more financial sense than renting - and rising rents will drive prospective buyers to evaluate homeownership.
• Transportation – or the lack thereof – will transform neighborhoods. Neighborhoods where transit options are being added – like Yorkville and Hudson Yards – and neighborhoods where transit is temporarily halting – like Williamsburg's L-train – will receive an influx of interest as New Yorkers seek either a more convenient commute or a bargain.
• Bronx's Kingsbridge tops StreetEasy's 2017 hottest neighborhoods list. According to the StreetEasy Hot Market Index, which ranks the city's neighborhoods using a series of key performance indicators, Kingsbridge came out on top. Brooklyn neighborhoods dominated the list, occupying six out of the 10 spots.

Statement from Krishna Rao, StreetEasy Economist:

"For Manhattan buyers, 2017 will be a year of increasingly slower price growth, as the market recalibrates after years of luxury inventory overload. On the rentals side, affordability will decline even further. We expect to see more people who have saved for a down payment – especially millennials and other first-time buyers – taking advantage of a slowing sales market and moving quickly to buy a home in the face of an impending mortgage rate increase. Especially for those who plan to live in an apartment for more than a few years, the investment could pay off sooner than it has in the past.

"Transportation will be top of mind for apartment hunters next year. Expect heightened competition in previously less accessible areas of Manhattan, as neighborhoods such as Yorkville and Hudson Yards enter the spotlight.

"This year's list of hot neighborhoods is all about trade-offs New Yorkers are willing to make, whether that means extending your search by one neighborhood in exchange for a nearby park or waterfront views, or extending your commute to find a relatively affordable single-family home." 

StreetEasy predicts 2017's hottest neighborhoods will be:

View the full report with additional analysis here: http://streeteasy.com/blog/2017-nyc-housing-predictions

About StreetEasy:
StreetEasy is New York City's leading local real estate marketplace on mobile and the web, providing accurate and comprehensive for-sale and for-rent listings from hundreds of real estate brokerages throughout New York City and the major NYC metropolitan area. StreetEasy adds layers of proprietary data and useful search tools to help home shoppers and real estate professionals navigate the complex real estate markets within the five boroughs of New York City, as well as Northern New Jersey and the Hamptons.

Launched in 2006, StreetEasy is based in the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan. StreetEasy is owned and operated by Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z and ZG).

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ⁱ Median resale price is forecast using the StreetEasy Price Forecast, a 12-month projection of resale prices derived from the StreetEasy Price Index. Median rent is forecast using the StreetEasy Rent Forecast, a 12-month projection of rent prices derived from the StreetEasy Rent Index. The StreetEasy Rent Indices are calculated for Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Rent data for Staten Island is insufficient and is therefore not included in this analysis. Full methodology for price and rent forecasts here: http://streeteasy.com/blog/methodology-streeteasy-price-indices-2/
ⁱⁱ We identified the hottest neighborhoods of 2016 using the StreetEasy Hot Market Index, which takes into account four key performance indicators: Annual change in sales price, annual change in rent price, recent population growth and annual change in StreetEasy page views per listing. Population growth is derived from 2011 and 2014 Census ACS data.

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