Clinton Hill recorded 58 home sales in Q3 2026 at a $985,000 median, and its stock is mostly co-ops and condos, so an inherited Clinton Hill home is usually shares or a unit and not a house.
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Joseph Ranola is a real estate broker and not an attorney or a tax advisor. An estate attorney handles probate and the authority to sell, a CPA handles taxes, and Joseph Ranola prices and sells the property.
PropertyShark shows a Clinton Hill median sale price of $985,000 for Q3 2026, down 16.9% year over year, on 58 sales. The decline is largely a mix effect. Co-ops were the largest group of sales at 27, with a $725,000 median, while 21 condo sales had a $1.6 million median. A heavier share of co-op sales pulls the blended median below the condo median. Joseph Ranola prices an inherited home against sales of the same home type.
PropertyShark counts 4,381 residential units in Clinton Hill: 1,549 co-ops, 1,442 condos, 1,212 two-to-four family homes, 163 single-family homes and 2 townhouses. Co-ops and condos together are about 68% of the stock. An heir who inherits a co-op owns shares and a proprietary lease, so the building’s board approval process shapes the sale timeline.
New York Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act section 1302 states that the small estate article is not applicable to any interest in real property in this state owned by a decedent. That means a Clinton Hill house, condo unit or the real property interest in an estate does not use the small estate shortcut, however modest its value. An executor or administrator typically needs court-issued letters to convey the property, and an estate attorney confirms the process.
IRS Publication 551 states that the basis of inherited property is generally the fair market value at the date of the owner’s death, or at an alternate valuation date if the personal representative elects it. A sale near that value often produces little taxable gain, but a CPA confirms the numbers for a specific estate. Joseph Ranola supplies a market value opinion for the date of death and for the listing price.
PropertyShark counts 0 Clinton Hill buildings in a flood zone and 18 of 1,569 buildings in a hurricane evacuation zone, about 1%. That is a count of buildings, not units, and PropertyShark does not state which flood map it uses. Joseph Ranola still checks the exact address before listing.
Joseph Ranola coordinates with the estate attorney, the building’s managing agent and the other heirs, and keeps a sale moving at a patient pace. Joseph Ranola serves every neighborhood across Staten Island and Brooklyn, from Tottenville to Williamsburg.
“Very professional and extremely knowledgeable with all of our questions regarding the sale of our beloved parents home. Made us feel very comfortable and I will refer him to all my friends.” — Marge Pugliese, verified Google review
Source: PropertyShark Clinton Hill market trends, Q3 2026, including housing stock and risk tables; NY SCPA section 1302 (nysenate.gov); IRS Publication 551.
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