Harlem, NY Real Estate & Open Houses | Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties (2024)

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In a letter to shareholders in February, Buffett explained how his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, got into the real estate business by default in 2000 when Berkshire bought the energy company MidAmerican, which owned HomeServices. He then slowly built up the company.

The median sale price of a home in New York was $850K last month, up 6.3% since last year. The median sale price per square foot in New York is ¤623, down 4.7% since last year.…

1) Ed Sheeran - The British singer comes in at 1st place, with an impressive empire of over 25 properties, valued at over 126.9 million pounds. Most of Ed's properties are in his home county of Suffolk, with him also having properties in London, and even a pub in Notting Hill!

Columbia University is the largest private landowner in New York City. The school's 320 properties are valued at almost $4 billion, and it pays very little in property taxes thanks to an exemption written into the state constitution 200 years ago.

A Manhattan apartment has just been sold for $238m (£183m) - the most expensive home ever sold in the US. The property, in the luxury 220 Central Park South building, has four floors and - naturally - overlooks the famous New York park. The buyer is billionaire Ken Griffin, founder of the hedge fund Citadel.

Summary: New York housing prices by bedroom type for July 2024 compared to the previous year: The home price of 1 bedroom homes decreased by 5.5%, 2 bedroom homes decreased by 3.4%, 3 bedroom homes increased by 2.5%, 4 bedroom homes increased by 0.9%, and 5+ bedroom homes increased by 2.3%.

Recent Trends in NYC's Home Purchase Market

Based on data from StreetEasy, the median sales price for homes that sold in 2023 was $764K, down about 2% from a record high of $782K in 2022 but back up to $785K in early 2024.

To the surprise of nobody, the City of New York is the biggest property owner in the five boroughs — with a massive 362.1 million square feet to its name, according to TRD's analysis. Think 1 Police Plaza, Stuyvesant High School and the New York Public Library building on Fifth Avenue.

Fair Field is a large private house in Sagaponack, Long Island, in New York State in the United States. The main house is approximately 64,000 sq ft (5,900 m²), and the total floor area is 110,000 sq ft (10,000 m²). It is valued between $267 and $500 million for tax purposes. Built in 2003, it is owned by Ira Rennert.

Columbia University is the largest landowner in New York City by number of addresses by a long shot, owning 209 properties—twice the number owned properties as the next largest private property-holder, NYU, and almost three times the 72 addresses allotted to the New York Public Library, for comparison.