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Russian-steered supertall 262 Fifth Avenue rises to disrupt Empire State Building views; Cladding on the way up

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Today, April 24, 2024

On the southwest corner of 29th Street, 262 Fifth Avenue spent a few years sitting fallow, including at the height of the pandemic. However, the site is anything but quiet now: The concrete structure is fully up, cladding is on the rise, and both professional and armchair architecture critics the...

Closing Costs 101: A guide for NYC buyers + Buildings and listings with closing cost incentives

By Cait Etherington | From Get To Know Today, April 24, 2024

Buying a home is already an expensive endeavor. To make matters worse, buying invariably comes with closing costs. Closing costs run the gamut from transfer taxes and bank fees to attorney and appraiser fees. The actual tally for closing costs is difficult to determine, since it varies widely dep...

Price Cuts: No mansion tax on these newly reduced homes; Flatiron House penthouse slashed by $1.95M

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Today, April 24, 2024

July 2024 will mark five years since New York's mansion tax was passed in the wake of a wave of super-luxe apartment listings with equally jaw-dropping prices. New York City buyers had already had to pay a 1% luxury tax on all home purchases of $1 million or more, but this added a series of progr...

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CityRealty's Q3 2022 Manhattan Residential Market Report + Best-Selling Residential Buildings

By CityRealty Staff | From Monthly Market Reports Wednesday, December 14, 2022

One for the books: Beautiful apartment listings with built-in shelving from $450K

By CityRealty Staff | From Great Listings Tuesday, April 23, 2024

World Book Day celebrations take place all over the world on April 23, but there may be no better place for it than New York City. Not only is the city home to major publishing houses, but more than one public library has been declared a New York City Landmark – the New York Public Library’s Step...

Brooklyn Bargains: Great new listings in Park Slope, South Slope, and Greenwood Heights from $580K

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Park Slope is renowned for its family-friendly atmosphere that caters to diverse lifestyles and interests. Many will appreciate its proximity to Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Central Library while appreciating the neighborhood's elegant brownstones and stately architecture. Food connoisseurs can...

Manhattan Sales: $34M in sales at 220 Central Park South; "General Slocum" house sells

By CityRealty Staff | From Great Listings Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Manhattan Sales: For the week ending April 19, 2024, $384,887,728 worth of transactions across 210 condo, condop, and cooperative deals were recorded 101 condo sales came to an aggregate price of $273,518,357 10 condop sales came to an aggregate price of $10,405,597 99 co-op sales came to a...

New developments with private dining rooms to host holiday gatherings and celebrations all year

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Monday, April 22, 2024

Between Easter (which fell on March 31 this year), Eid al-Fitr (which fell on April 10), and Passover (which starts at sundown on April 22), spring is a busy time for entertaining that shows no sign of slowing down with the forthcoming Mother’s Day and Memorial Day holidays on May 12 and May 27, ...

Luxury in green living: Explore NYC's eco-friendly homes under $2.7M

By Cait Etherington | From Get To Know Monday, April 22, 2024

If you want to live in a zero-waste building or a building that derives one hundred percent of its energy from green power sources, the city’s newest developments are a great place to start your search. Built in compliance with increasingly strict environmental standards, including the soon-to-be...

Manhattan Contracts: Divine 5th Avenue co-op by Rosario Candela finds buyer; $45M in contracts signed at One High Line

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Monday, April 22, 2024

As Manhattan contract data shows, the week of April 15-21, 2024 was an especially good one for West Chelsea condos, highlighted by a total of $44,975,000 in contracts at skyline standout One High Line. And yet, for all the excitement surrounding newly hip Downtown neighborhoods, the elegance of p...

From $599K: Freshly-listed parkside homes available around NYC

By CityRealty Staff | From Great Listings Saturday, April 20, 2024

Spring is finally here and our appreciation of our city's leafy breathing spaces grows stronger by the weekend. According to the Trust for Public Land's most recent report, some 39,859 acres of New York City land area is dedicated park space — that's an impressive 20.6% of the city. Though well b...

For Car-Free Earth Day, see listings on lovely walkable streets

By CityRealty Staff | From Future New York Friday, April 19, 2024

On Saturday, April 20, New York City will close 53 streets to car traffic throughout the five boroughs for Car-Free Earth Day. This will be the city's largest Car-Free Earth Day celebration to date, with over 75% more car-free streets than last year and the streets closed an hour longer than in p...

Sustainable living in NYC: LEED and Passive House buildings + Beautiful availabilities inside

By CityRealty Staff | From DUMBO Friday, April 19, 2024

It has long been assumed that the only way to go green is to go off the grid, build a house out of recycled materials, and set up a field of windmills and solar panels on an upstate plot of land. However, some could argue that New York City is a great place to go green. A number of shops are devo...