Tis the season to be thankful falalala lalalala! 

Let me just start off by saying thanks to all of you! Friends, family, colleagues, clients and clients who are friends and family! This year not only was amazing just to be bouncing back from 2020 but my family added our beautiful daughter Bowie and our team, The Freiberg-Cella Team,  had our best year ever...

Thank you 

for talking with me, meeting with me, and trusting me/us with your real estate needs in 2021. Please let's keep talking and meeting as soon as you can. I would love to get a coffee in person or virtually.  Whatever works for you!  

Onto the NEWSLETTER! As we head into the holiday season, I want to share some interesting data (it's a bit of a long and dry read but really interesting) on the pandemic migration of 

New Yorkers, recap where the luxury market stands today and provide a sneak peek at what's coming 

soon to Compass. We'll round it out with a salute to the return of the Thanksgiving Day Parade and a 

rundown of my latest listings.

Everyone I hope you have the best and merriest Thanksgiving! 

                           DATA DATA DATA 

Much has been said about the moving patterns of New Yorkers during the pandemic, and a new report 

from the comptroller's office puts some hard data behind the bluster.

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• New York City typically shows a net loss migration of 90,532 people each year, according to 

  change-of-address requests. Between March 2020 and June 2021, however, a total of 130,837

  more residents left the city compared to pre-pandemic levels.

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• From March to May 2020, 60 percent of change-of-address forms were marked temporary, 

  indicating an early optimism about how long the pandemic would last. Between June 2020 and 

  September 2021, 79 percent of net move-outs have been submitted as permanent.

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• While net move-outs grew in every borough, they were particularly dramatic in Manhattan and 

  Brooklyn.

    

• Net out-migration in 2020 was worst in the Manhattan neighborhoods of Battery Park 

  City/Greenwich Village, Murray Hill/Gramercy and the Upper East Side. Brooklyn's 

  northern reaches, including the Brooklyn Heights/Fort Greene and Park Slope/Carroll 

  Gardens/Red Hook districts were the hardest hit in that borough.

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• It's not surprising that wealthier residents — those with the means to acquire transportation 

  and housing elsewhere and often with white-collar jobs amenable to work-from-home and 

  relocation — were the most likely to leave the city.

   

• Residents in the wealthiest 10 percent of neighborhoods, corresponding to the median 

  incomes above $110,000, were 4.6 times more likely to leave than other residents 

  during 2020.

   

• Moves from wealthier neighborhoods in 2020 were also more likely to be temporary.

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• Residents of denser neighborhoods were also more likely to leave. Flight from the densest 10

  percent of city neighborhoods was 3.3 times greater than the rest of the city during the entirety 

  of 2020.

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• Neighboring areas in Westchester, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut were primary 

  destinations for city residents, as were the states of Florida, Texas, Maine and Vermont

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• Between June and September 2021, the city saw fewer out-moves than in the same period in

  2019, before the pandemic.

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• If you are still reading see below for why the city feels so much busier and is back back back! 

• Since July 2021, the city has registered an estimated net gain of 6,332 permanent movers.

   

• Net gains were highest in many neighborhoods that saw the most departures, including 

  Chelsea/Midtown, Murray Hill/Gramercy, Battery Park City/Greenwich Village, 

  Chinatown/Lower East Side, and the Upper East Side.

The 95th annual parade kicks off from West 77th Street at 9 a.m. and heads down Central Park West 

before turning east West 59th Street. The route continues south on Sixth Avenue to 34th Street, ending 

in front of the Macy's flagship store around noon. 

To watch the parade in person, early birds will find the best views along the west side of Central Park 

West between 75th and 59th streets, where people often start assembling before 6 a.m. If you'd prefer 

to sleep in, the best vantage points are on Sixth Avenue between 59th and 38th. Best of all, you can stay 

in your jammies and watch it on NBC beginning at 9 a.m. with a rebroadcast at 2 p.m.