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Is New York a Good Place to Invest in Real Estate?

The median tracked New York ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 21.0, and that ratio varies more between New York ZIPs than it does between metros. The home-value-to-annual-rent ratio runs from 8.3 in 10462 to 47.8 in 10013, so the same metro contains both ends of the range. 80 of 174 ZIPs (46%) show faster rent growth. The median tracked ZIP in New York has a typical home value of $780,921 and typical rent of $3,100 per month.

Key stats

  • The home-value-to-annual-rent ratio runs from 8.3 in 10462 to 47.8 in 10013, so the same metro contains both ends of the range.
  • The median tracked ZIP in New York has a typical home value of $780,921 and typical rent of $3,100 per month.
  • 9 of 174 ZIPs (5%) show faster inventory growth.
  • 80 of 174 ZIPs (46%) show faster rent growth.
Tracked ZIP markets
174
Median ZIP home value
$780,921
Median ZIP rent
$3,100
yield spread
The home-value-to-annual-rent ratio runs from 8.3 in 10462 to 47.8 in 10013, so the same metro contains both ends of the range.
rent acceleration share
80 of 174 ZIPs (46%) show faster rent growth.
inventory growth share
9 of 174 ZIPs (5%) show faster inventory growth.

The measurable part of the question

The median tracked New York ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 21.0, and that ratio varies more between New York ZIPs than it does between metros.

Price-to-rent is a yield proxy and nothing more: it carries no financing cost, no tax, no insurance, no vacancy and no management, so it ranks opportunities rather than pricing them.

Where the yield actually differs

The home-value-to-annual-rent ratio runs from 8.3 in 10462 to 47.8 in 10013, so the same metro contains both ends of the range.

A metro-level ratio is an average of neighborhoods that behave differently; the decision is made inside that range, not at its midpoint.

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