It’s been the busiest fall in four years, and it is not slowing down yet.

Sellers came off the sidelines in September. Across the city 4,951 homes were newly listed for sale, the most in a single month since March 2022 and 7.6 percent more than a year ago, with Manhattan resale condo listings up nearly 16 percent. Buyers absorbed them almost as fast as they arrived. Even after that wave, the total number of homes for sale ended the month 4.9 percent below last year, the ninth straight month of decline, and 21 percent of homes sold above their asking price.

It has felt that way on my end too. This week two of my buyer clients went into contract, one in Gramercy and one on the Upper East Side, and two of my own listings did as well: London Terrace Towers in Chelsea and Two Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village.

The window has a shape, though. As we approach Thanksgiving, sellers start getting skittish: some pull their listings until January, others hold the launch for spring. Buyers who move in the next few weeks get the widest choice in four years, with less company than they will find in the new year.

This week’s ten run from a $745,000 one-bedroom in the Osborne, across from Carnegie Hall, to a $25,000,000 full-floor Candela co-op on Park Avenue. Seven are in Manhattan and three in Brooklyn. If one pulls at you, reply and we’ll set up a private tour.