Certain listings do especially well on StreetEasy, racking up saves from our users and often getting featured here on One Block Over. But how do they do on the market? Here, we look at the closing prices of some recent popular listings. This roundup is unscientific — many other recent faves are in contract, or still available. But it shows that NYC sellers with attractive properties at fair prices can still see closings above ask, even in a struggling market.
Check ’em out below, and search for more NYC homes for sale on StreetEasy.
69 Fifth Ave. 6C/7C
Listing Price: $849,900
Closing Price: $849,900 on 4/4/2019
Days on Market: 142
StreetEasy Saves: 1,100
This 1-bedroom Flatiron duplex lingered on the market, despite ranking as one of the most popular Manhattan apartments on StreetEasy in 2018. Ultimately, it went for exactly asking price.
160 Lincoln Place #1B/C
Listing Price: $1.3 million
Closing Price: $1.4 million on 2/11/19
Days on Market: 46
StreetEasy Saves: 922
Users went gaga over this cottagelike 3-bed, 2-bath in Park Slope — who could blame them? — so of course the buyer who nabbed it paid $100,000 above asking.
Park Slope 1-3BRs Under $1 Million Article continues below
233 Park Place #38
Listing Price: $675,000
Closing Price: $698,704 on 4/1/19
Days on Market: 23
StreetEasy Saves: 403
This Prospect Heights 2-bedroom struck us as an ideal NYC starter apartment at asking price, and it still does at the 3.5% premium it closed for.
71 Barrow St. #2
Listing Price: $825,000
Closing Price: $861,439 on 4/11/19
Days on Market: 13
StreetEasy Saves: 138
Even in a down market, it’s not too surprising that a stylish brownstone 1-bedroom with a sleek renovation in the West Village commanded a 4.4% premium over asking.
274 St. Johns Place #2C
Listing Price: $795,000
Closing Price: $833,300 on 3/7/19
Days on Market: 17
StreetEasy Saves: 379
Another close-to-perfect Prospect Heights 2-bedroom — this one in a great location just off Grand Army Plaza — went for almost 5 percent above ask. We bet it was the custom kitchen that did it.
Manhattan 1-2BRs Under $1 Million Article continues below
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