{"id":198,"date":"2017-08-23T17:50:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T17:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?post_type=studies&p=6555"},"modified":"2017-08-23T17:51:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T21:51:13","slug":"building-age-and-rents-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/building-age-and-rents-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Ages and Rents in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the past few years, New York has been experiencing a residential building boom. In 2016 alone, over 23 thousand new dwelling units<\/a> (6,900 in Manhattan) were completed. If you\u2019ve been looking for a new apartment, you\u2019ve probably noticed some of the new high-rises that have popped up around the city. Rife with amenities and modern designs, these newer buildings typically charge a premium (especially for units that have never been occupied). But how much of a premium is it to live in newer building vs an older one? What if the building is very old<\/strong> (pre-war)? We explore building age trends across the city to see how they impact rent. We use data from NYC\u2019s PLUTO<\/a> database along with prevailing market rents (from RentHop [from Q2 2017]).<\/p>\n We find that:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ***<\/strong><\/p>\n To better understand how a building\u2019s age affects rental prices, we first look at the distribution of building age across the city. We also isolate the \u201coldest\u201d and \u201cnewest\u201d neighborhoods (by the median age of their residential buildings). To better compare data across neighborhoods\/boroughs, we only consider multi-dwelling buildings (3 or more units). It\u2019s important to note that NYC is a pretty old city. The median age of a surviving residential building is nearly 90 years old (obviously, with some renovations along the way). The city\u2019s massive population growth of nearly 63% between 1900 and 1920, contributed to high levels of residential construction during that era.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n