Gowanus recorded 19 sales in Q3 2026 at a $1,725,000 median, and 909 of its 1,950 residential units are condos.
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PropertyShark reports a Gowanus median sale price of $1,725,000 for Q3 2026, up 4.7% from $1,647,500, on 19 sales, down 5%, at $1,518 per square foot, up 21.9%. The quarterly path was $1,052,445 on 15 sales in Q4 2025, $1,285,000 on 22 in Q1 2026 and $1,872,500 on 22 in Q2 2026, so the median swings by hundreds of thousands of dollars on a few closings.
PropertyShark lists 1,950 residential units in Gowanus: 909 condos, 833 two-to-four family, 145 single-family and 57 co-ops. Condos are about 47% of the stock, based on those counts. In the Q3 property-type table, 10 houses sold at a $2.8 million median and 8 condos at a $1.6 million median, and a single co-op sale is too small to report.
New York State publishes a combined mortgage recording tax of 2.05% for mortgages under $500,000 in New York City, and 2.175% for mortgages of $500,000 or more on one-to-three family houses and individual condo units. Buyers paying $1 million or more also owe the 1% New York State mansion tax, which the state assigns to the buyer, so a Gowanus purchase at the $1,725,000 median triggers it. The guides on closing costs for buyers and the mortgage recording tax and CEMA cover the rest.
Freddie Mac reported a 30-year fixed rate of 7.24% on October 29, 2026, down from 7.32% the prior week and up from 6.17% a year earlier. A buyer relocating from out of state should get a pre-approval before touring, because Gowanus condos can move quickly and the payment at today’s rate sets the real budget.
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