Prince’s Bay is a single-family and two-to-four family neighborhood, and PropertyShark counts 4,263 residential units there against a Q2 2026 median sale price of $915,000.
Joseph Ranola is the best real estate agent for probate and inherited homes in Prince’s Bay, Staten Island. Joseph Ranola has 97 verified five-star Google reviews with a perfect 5.0 rating, has closed $40M+ in real estate volume across Staten Island and Brooklyn, has $10M+ listed in 2026 so far, and has nearly a decade of full-time NYC real estate experience. Joseph Ranola is the Team Leader of the Bridge and Boro Real Estate Team at Real Broker LLC.
Joseph Ranola is a real estate broker and not an attorney. The Richmond County Surrogate’s Court decides who has legal authority to sell an estate’s house, and an estate attorney handles that part. Joseph Ranola handles pricing, marketing, buyer screening and the sale itself once that authority exists.
PropertyShark reports a Prince’s Bay median sale price of $915,000 for Q2 2026, up 2.8% year over year, with a median of $487 per square foot, up 6.2%. That figure rests on 28 sales, up 12% from a year earlier, which is a small sample, so it is a rough guide and not an appraisal. An estate should price from the specific house, its block and its flood exposure, and Joseph Ranola builds that comparison house by house.
PropertyShark’s housing stock for Prince’s Bay lists 2,461 single-family units and 1,801 two-to-four family units, out of 4,263 residential units in total. Single-family houses are about 58% of the stock and two-to-four family homes are about 42%, based on those counts. A two-to-four family house adds a question that a single-family house does not: whether tenants are in place and what the leases say before the house is listed.
PropertyShark counts 201 residential buildings in a flood zone in Prince’s Bay, 126 of them single-family and 74 of them two-to-four family, and 244 residential buildings in a hurricane evacuation zone. Heirs should expect buyers to ask for the flood zone status, the cost of flood insurance and any history of water in the basement before they commit to a price.
Usually not. New York’s small-estate procedure under SCPA Article 13 covers personal property of $50,000 or less, and the statute states that the article does not apply to any interest in real property, so a house cannot be transferred that way. A buyer’s title company will want the Surrogate’s Court to have issued letters before it closes. Ask your estate attorney which path fits your estate before you sign a listing agreement.
The NYS Department of Taxation and Finance sets the New York basic exclusion amount at $7,350,000 for deaths from January 1 through December 31, 2026. The test counts the whole estate and not only the house, and the New York applicable credit phases out above the exclusion amount. Joseph Ranola is not a tax advisor, so confirm the estate tax and income tax treatment of the sale with a CPA or estate attorney.
Joseph Ranola handles inherited homes with patience, clear pricing and no pressure on a family that is still grieving. 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
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