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With inventory up citywide, pockets of Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan are suddenly giving buyers more options.

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For anyone who’s spent the last few years refreshing real estate listings like it’s a competitive sport, New York’s housing market is finally offering something new: options.

New data from StreetEasy shows that the number of homes for sale across the city is climbing and in a handful of neighborhoods, it’s jumping fast enough to seriously shift the mood of spring house hunting.

Citywide inventory is up by more than nine percent year over year, but the real story is in the pockets where growth has been explosive. Brighton Beach leads the charge, posting the largest increase in available homes across New York City, with inventory up nearly 49 percent in a single year. In a neighborhood that’s typically been known for slim pickings and fierce competition, that type of increase is rare—and creates an opportunity for buyers who have long been shut out of the area.

Queens is having a moment, too. Flushing follows close behind with a 48 percent jump in listings, while Rego Park and Long Island City are also seeing sharp climbs. In Brooklyn, the inventory spike stretches across very different corners of the borough, from Bushwick and Crown Heights to Midwood, East Flatbush and Sheepshead Bay. Even Manhattan makes an appearance, with the Financial District seeing one of the strongest gains in new listings anywhere in the city.

So why the sudden flood of for-sale signs? A big part of it is timing. Mortgage rates stabilized late last year, which led buyers back into the market—and sellers noticed. StreetEasy’s latest market report shows that more homes entered contract in December than usual for the season and new listings followed. Now, inventory is rising even as sales pick up, which is a rare combination in New York, where supply almost always trails demand.

Still, this doesn’t mean that we suddenly have housing to spare. The long-term shortage remains very real, especially in Manhattan, where new construction has lagged population growth for more than a decade. But in the short term, this wave of fresh listings is changing the tone, at least in the neighborhoods where inventory is climbing fastest.

For buyers, more homes on the market means fewer panic decisions, less bidding-war fatigue and, in a few cases, actual room to negotiate. For sellers, it raises the stakes to price realistically and move quickly.

In other words, this year isn’t exactly turning New York into a buyer’s paradise, but after years of sprinting just to keep up, house hunters may finally get to shop at a normal pace.

Been there, done that? Think again, my friend.

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