ELIKA REAL ESTATE · MARKET INTELLIGENCE
The ELIKA Barometer.
A monthly reading of market pressure.
Manhattan and Brooklyn, in historical context.
LATEST PUBLISHED READING · OCTOBER 2026
THE OCTOBER 2026 READING
What October showed.
Manhattan
October registered 37/100 across resales and New Developments and 35/100 for resales only. Supply ranked 10.0, activity 30.0 and negotiation 70.0 out of 100.
Read the supply, activity and negotiation components together; the headline combines their separate historical ranks.
Brooklyn
October registered 37/100 across resales and New Developments and 37/100 for resales only. Supply ranked 0.0, activity 30.0 and negotiation 80.0 out of 100.
Read the supply, activity and negotiation components together; the headline combines their separate historical ranks.
The score compares each borough with its own same-calendar-month history. It is not a price index or a measure of a specific property's negotiating leverage.
Manhattan
Mixed signals
Tilted toward buyers
- Supply
- 10.0
- Activity
- 30.0
- Negotiation
- 70.0
−33.3 points over three months
Component spread · 60.0 points
Brooklyn
Mixed signals
Tilted toward buyers
- Supply
- 0.0
- Activity
- 30.0
- Negotiation
- 80.0
−28.3 points over three months
Component spread · 80.0 points
Co-op and condominium apartments · Resales and New Developments · Through October 31, 2026 · Townhouses excluded.
OCTOBER 2026 · RESALE COMPARISON
Resales only.
Separate RealPlus Resale-filtered reports. New Developments and townhouses are excluded.
Manhattan
Tilted toward buyers
- Supply
- 10.0
- Activity
- 30.0
- Negotiation
- 65.0
−33.3 points over three months.
Brooklyn
Tilted toward buyers
- Supply
- 0.0
- Activity
- 50.0
- Negotiation
- 60.0
−25.0 points over three months.
Through October 31, 2026 · Retrieved November 4, 2026 · Lower readings suggest conditions more favorable to buyers; higher readings suggest conditions more favorable to sellers. 50 is a historical midpoint, not proof of equal negotiating power.
Past 12 months · Retrospective calculations
Unchanged seasonal methodology; no smoothing. Previously published historical observations are preserved.
Manhattan
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Brooklyn
| Month | Manhattan · All | Manhattan · Resales | Brooklyn · All | Brooklyn · Resales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 36.67 | 35.00 | 36.67 | 36.67 |
| Sep 2026 | 27.50 | 26.67 | 31.67 | 30.00 |
| Aug 2026 | 65.83 | 53.33 | 58.33 | 50.00 |
| Jul 2026 | 70.00 | 68.33 | 65.00 | 61.67 |
| Jun 2026 | 64.17 | 60.00 | 65.83 | 64.17 |
| May 2026 | 55.00 | 46.67 | 54.17 | 61.67 |
| Apr 2026 | 55.83 | 55.00 | 55.00 | 53.33 |
| Mar 2026 | 65.00 | 59.17 | 60.00 | 60.00 |
| Feb 2026 | 68.33 | 66.67 | 58.33 | 45.83 |
| Jan 2026 | 63.33 | 66.67 | 70.83 | 61.67 |
| Dec 2025 | 75.00 | 78.33 | 56.67 | 58.33 |
| Nov 2025 | Unavailable | 69.17 | 66.67 | 67.50 |
METHODOLOGY
One method. Fixed weights.
Each input is ranked against the same calendar month in the ten preceding years. Supply and activity each carry one-third of the score; negotiation is the equal average of last-ask discount and contract-cohort DOM ranks and carries one-third. Supply, discount and DOM ranks are reversed. Activity uses contracts divided by new listings over the trailing three months. The headline is rounded only after calculation.
Method realplus-seasonal-rank-1.2.2. All and Resale-only universes remain separate. Mortgage rates do not change the score. A score of 50 is a historical midpoint, not proven equilibrium, an appraisal, or a price forecast.
Source observations
| Scope | Months supply | Three-month flow | Last-ask discount | Contract DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan · All | 10.49 | 0.433 | 2.62% | 84 |
| Brooklyn · All | 8.06 | 0.476 | 0.35% | 73 |
| Manhattan · Resales | 10.44 | 0.420 | 2.87% | 80 |
| Brooklyn · Resales | 7.55 | 0.468 | 0.09% | 73 |
Source: RealPlus Market Analytics · Through October 31, 2026 · Retrieved November 4, 2026. Latest observations are preliminary and subject to revision. Original-ask discounts and closed-sale DOM in the sales snapshots are different measures.
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