Market Notebook · Midtown
What Came to Market in Midtown This Week
4 new sale listings reached the Midtown market this week. Homes here typically take about 126 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 Midtown 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.
Midtown over the last 12 months
Median recorded sale prices from closings across the neighborhood.
- Co-ops · $640,000 · $881/sqft · 95% of ask · -15% YoY (34 sales)
- Condos · $2,247,500 · $2,355/sqft · 97% of ask · +32% YoY (195 sales)
Priced at the Median
1 listing came in within a few percent of the neighborhood median.
20 W 53rd Street #42A, a 4-bedroom condo in a doorman building, asks $15,950,000. That is effectively the neighborhood's $15,375,000 4-bedroom condo median. The last 4-bedroom to close in the building, #44, sold for $17,500,000.
Below the Benchmark
1 arrival priced below the neighborhood median.
1600 BROADWAY #20A, a 1-bedroom condo in a doorman building, a short walk from the 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W and S trains, asks $930,000. That runs below the neighborhood's $1,095,000 1-bedroom condo median. The last 1-bedroom to close in the building, #17A, sold for $900,000.
Where Size and Light Set the Price
2 listings priced above the median, where square footage, floor, or exposure account for the number.
50 W 47TH Street #1808, a 1-bedroom condo, asks $4,450,000. At 3,170 square feet, it is one of the larger 1-bedroom layouts on the market this week. The last 1-bedroom to close in the building, #1520, sold for $775,000.
150 W 56TH Street #2810, a 1-bedroom in a doorman building, is listed at $1,249,000. The 784-square-foot floor plan runs generous for a 1-bedroom condo. In the same building, #6205 last traded at $1,125,000.
Also This Week: Into Contract
2 listings in Midtown went into contract this week, a read on how fast the market is absorbing inventory.
- 445 5TH Avenue #15A · $1,000,000 Listing courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate
- 150 W 56TH Street #2802 · $1,399,000 Listing courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Questions buyers ask this week
How many homes came to market in Midtown this week?
4 sale listings came to market in Midtown in the last 7 days, with asking prices from $930,000 to $15,950,000.
How fast is Midtown selling right now?
2 listings in Midtown went into contract this week, a sign of active demand.
Are there open houses for new Midtown listings?
None of this week's new Midtown listings have a public open house scheduled yet; most are shown by appointment.
How often is this Midtown new-listings page updated?
It refreshes from the REBNY RLS feed every 15 minutes. This view was generated August 26, 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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