Sure, NYC metro is up 10%, but the median price ($780k) is still far from LA/Orange County (an eye-watering $1.2 M median) and San Jose/Sunnyvale at $1.4 M.
Cleveland and Buffalo are at ~$250k median though...and they are technically "coastal" cities :)
Acreage in NYC isn't free, but in multistory condos where everyone is using the same acreage seems like that's not a fee that should even move the needle in prices. It's not like there's any acreage available for sale to even get a comp, so does $/acre even get discussed in NYC real estate?
In this regard, acre/$ only makes sense in countryside and suburbia, or maybe in suburbia that pretends to be a city, like much of Houston. It should not apply to cities with their apartment buildings.
Scroll down to the two tables at the bottom in this link to compare metro areas:
https://www.realtor.com/research/march-2025-data/
Sure, NYC metro is up 10%, but the median price ($780k) is still far from LA/Orange County (an eye-watering $1.2 M median) and San Jose/Sunnyvale at $1.4 M.
Cleveland and Buffalo are at ~$250k median though...and they are technically "coastal" cities :)