A gorgeous, modern building still has availability in the West Village, an area of Manhattan known for it's beautiful, rarely available brownstone apartments. 160 Leroy offers possibly one of the last chances to own a home on the waterfront in this iconic neighborhood, so the homes inside that are still available a sure to move fast.

While the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan will always be known for classic luxury, downtown is more popular than ever, and there are some beautiful apartment options in the three downtown villages of Manhattan - West Village, Greenwich Village, and East Village.

If we were to look at its architecture alone, 150 Charles Street in the West Village may not be as glitzy or glamorous as some of the other new buildings coming up in New York City. But while its exterior may be low profile, its interior is anything but ordinary—the luxury apartments being offered at 150 Charles Street have been selling like hot cakes ever since they came into the market in February. People have been lining up to snap up the homes at 150 Charles Street, and nearly half of the building’s 91 condos have already been sold.

The real estate firm Prudential Douglas Elliman released a report recently that looked at real estate prices and figures over the past ten years, and DNA Info noticed that the numbers pointed to an interesting new trend in the Manhattan condo market. More families are moving into condos in Manhattan than ever before. Traditionally, New Yorkers move out to the suburbs once they decide to have children, but judging from the number of three- and four-bedroom condos that sold in Manhattan from 2002 to 2011, those families are now eager to be in the city itself.

Earlier this month we wrote about how the Real Deal asked a group of real estate experts how they thought the luxury Manhattan condo market would play out in 2012. AM New York has written a similar story that analyzes what various real insiders are banking on in the new year. Some of the predictions from the two articles overlap, but AM New York also found some interesting new ideas, that could be meaningful to New Yorkers looking for luxury condos in Manhattan. We’ve compiled an overview of what exactly the experts say you should look for in the real estate market in 2012.