What the data in this briefing cannot fully capture is the degree to which Downtown’s townhouse market has bifurcated. The listed market shows low inventory and strong demand. What it does not show is the parallel market operating alongside it — serious buyers at the ultra-luxury tier who have effectively stopped waiting for inventory that isn’t coming and are pursuing properties that will never appear in the data. That dynamic has its own pricing logic, its own negotiating conditions, and its own timeline, none of which are visible in the numbers. For an owner in Greenwich Village or the West Village, the relevant market may not be the one this briefing measures.
What the data cannot resolve is whether that parallel market serves your specific situation — whether your property belongs in it, whether the conditions favor moving now, and whether the buyer for your home is already looking off-market. Those questions depend on factors no briefing can answer. If you are thinking through either side of that decision, a conversation starts here.