Rents in Midtown reached a record average $70.77 a square foot, with some surpassing $150 a square foot, Cushman & Wakefield said.
However, Nationwide said the data disguised wide regional variations, with average prices in London reaching a record high of £401,000, taking them 31% above their 2007 peak.
Meanwhile, the government's own house survey, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), said earlier this month that prices were only 5.5% higher than a year ago - but that they had already reached a record national average of £250,000.
Natural gas prices reached a record in 2003, averaging $5.40 per million British thermal units and were expected to remain above $5 per million B.T.U.'s this year as electric utilities rebuild inventories to meet air-conditioning demand over the summer, according to Energy and Environmental Analysis, an economic research company in Arlington, Va.
House prices leapt by 9.7% year-on-year in October to reach a record high of £205,240 on average, Halifax has reported.
They point out that bonuses for Venezuelan prospects reached a record high this year, with the average about $292,000, up nearly $100,000 from 2009.
In America the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly reached a record high.
New York City rents have also reached a record high this month, with an average of $4,081 a month.
The volume of oil imports reached a record 301 million barrels, and the average price rose to $27.76 a barrel.
Diesel fuel prices reached a record $4.20 a gallon on Monday, on average, compared with $2.93 a gallon a year earlier.
