DUMBO’s Q3 2026 median fell 10.5% to $1.6 million even as sales rose 68%, so a seller leaving New York should plan around closing costs and timing, not last year’s price.
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Joseph Ranola is a real estate broker and not an attorney or tax advisor. The transfer-tax and income-tax points below come from the official agency pages, and a CPA or attorney should confirm how they apply to your sale.
PropertyShark reports a DUMBO median sale price of $1.6 million for Q3 2026, down 10.5% year over year, from 37 sales, which is up 68.2% from a year earlier. Redfin, for the period shown as September 2026, reports a median of $1,527,072, down 11.2%. The two sources use different windows and methods, and both show a decline of roughly 10 to 11%, which gives Joseph Ranola a consistent signal to price against.
More sales at lower prices means buyers have leverage, so a relocating seller who needs a firm date should price to the current market and not to a past peak.
Yes. PropertyShark’s housing-stock table counts 1,964 condos among 1,972 residential units in DUMBO, which is 99.6% of the stock, with one co-op, four single-family homes and three other units. For a seller that means there is no co-op board interview to wait on, though condo boards can still hold a right of first refusal, and buyers compare your unit with the same few buildings.
PropertyShark’s risk table lists 18 of 30 DUMBO residential buildings in a hurricane evacuation zone and 11 in a flood zone. Those are building counts, not unit counts, but buyers and insurers ask about them, so Joseph Ranola prepares the answer before the listing goes live.
New York City’s real property transfer tax on a residential condo unit is 1% of the price when the price is $500,000 or less and 1.425% above that, according to NYC Finance. New York State’s transfer tax is $2 for each $500 of consideration, and the state describes the seller as the party who pays it. Residential conveyances in New York City at $3 million or more owe an additional state tax of $1.25 per $500.
NYC Finance does not say who pays the city tax, so the contract of sale controls that, and Joseph Ranola asks an attorney to confirm the allocation before you sign.
Possibly. New York requires nonresident individuals who sell New York real property to make an estimated income tax payment on Form IT-2663, filed with payment when the deed is presented for recording. The form says the sale is exempt if the property qualifies in total as the seller’s principal residence, and a seller who has already moved may not meet that test, so the timing of the move matters.
Joseph Ranola cannot determine your tax status. He raises the question at the start so your CPA can advise you before the move date and the closing date are set.
Joseph Ranola coordinates a Brooklyn sale around a move out of the area, including timing the closing against a purchase elsewhere, and explains the numbers plainly. Joseph Ranola serves every neighborhood across Staten Island and Brooklyn, from Tottenville to Williamsburg.
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