Market Notebook · Kensington
What Came to Market in Kensington This Week
3 new sale listings reached the Kensington market this week. Homes here typically take about 108 days to reach a signed contract, so this week's arrivals are genuinely fresh.
None of these are my listings. I track new inventory across Kensington every week because the first read on a building, how a unit prices against its own past sales, is the part a search portal will not assemble for you.
Kensington over the last 12 months
Median recorded sale prices from closings across the neighborhood.
- Co-ops · $605,500 · $621/sqft · 100% of ask · +35% YoY (44 sales)
- Condos · $617,000 · $1,013/sqft · 100% of ask · -9% YoY (46 sales)
- Houses · $1,765,000 · $617/sqft · 93% of ask · +3% YoY (10 sales)
Priced at the Median
1 listing came in within a few percent of the neighborhood median.
495 E 7th Street #6C, a 1-bedroom co-op, asks $475,000. That is effectively the neighborhood's $495,000 1-bedroom co-op median. The last 1-bedroom to close in the building, #4A, sold for $395,000.
Where Size and Light Set the Price
2 listings priced above the median, where square footage, floor, or exposure account for the number.
681 E 4TH Street, a house, asks $1,300,000. At 1,414 square feet, it is one of the larger 4-bedroom layouts on the market this week.
200 E 7TH Street, a house, is listed at $1,999,000. It sits in a building that went up in 1925.
Also This Week: Into Contract
3 listings in Kensington went into contract this week, a read on how fast the market is absorbing inventory.
- 135 Ocean Parkway #3R · $625,000 Listing courtesy of Compass
- 495 E 7TH Street #2B · $315,000 Listing courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate
- 370 Ocean Parkway #11A · $749,000 Listing courtesy of Corcoran Group
Questions buyers ask this week
How many homes came to market in Kensington this week?
3 sale listings came to market in Kensington in the last 7 days, with asking prices from $475,000 to $1,999,000.
How fast is Kensington selling right now?
3 listings in Kensington went into contract this week, a sign of active demand.
Are there open houses for new Kensington listings?
None of this week's new Kensington listings have a public open house scheduled yet; most are shown by appointment.
How often is this Kensington new-listings page updated?
It refreshes from the REBNY RLS feed every 15 minutes. This view was generated October 19, 2026.
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Milton Coste, Licensed Real Estate Associate Broker at Keller Williams NYC, has worked across all five boroughs for 25+ years.
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