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August 21, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Manhattan, NY Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Manhattan: a median closing price of $875,000 across 2,115 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Manhattan, NY Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

Manhattan's tracked sales are overwhelmingly condos, which changes how every number below should be read: the median tracks that segment, not a blend of property types. Here is what actually closed over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 2,115
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $875,000
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $972
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $550,000 and $1,645,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 2,115 closed sales in Manhattan over the last six months, with a median closing price of $875,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $550,000 and $1,645,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. The large tracked sample provides substantial market-level evidence. 99% of the Manhattan closings we track here are condos, so these figures describe that segment rather than every property type in the city, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 817 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $757 and $1,279 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Manhattan, NY (October 2026)

The median home price in Manhattan is $875,000, measured across the 2,115 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $550,000 and $1,645,000.

Where Manhattan sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Manhattan
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $550k to $1.65M
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$325k to $695k: 699 sales699sales$325k$695k to $1.07M: 440 sales$1.07M to $1.44M: 237 sales$1.07M$1.44M to $1.81M: 161 sales$1.81M to $2.18M: 98 sales$1.81M$2.18M to $2.55M: 97 sales$2.55M to $2.92M: 67 sales$2.55M$2.92M to $3.29M: 44 salesMedian $875k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Manhattan over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $550,000 and $1,645,000. Among the 47 New York markets with a published band, Manhattan's middle-half spread ($550,000 to $1,645,000) ranks 44th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 97th percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Manhattan monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $821 per square foot across 109 sales$821MayJun 2026: $955 per square foot across 216 sales$955JunJul 2026: $971 per square foot across 217 sales$971JulAug 2026: $1,086 per square foot across 138 sales$1,086AugSep 2026: $1,001 per square foot across 86 sales$1,001Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 53 days, across 472 Manhattan closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
This is measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own dates. That is why this count is smaller than the 2,115 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold the dates it needs.

The Manhattan angle

Manhattan combines one of the deepest sale records in our data with a middle range wider than most markets we track. Those pull against each other. Within the condo segment the tracked sample runs to 2,087 closings of which 806 have a usable living area recorded, while the other property types here are far thinner, so a subject outside that segment has a much smaller pool to work from. Property type does most of the work in a market like this, followed by size. The upper half of the band is the wider side, so the scatter concentrates above the midpoint, and an estimate built from higher priced closings should carry a wider stated range. Treat $550,000 and $1,645,000 as context for where a property sits, never as the estimate itself.

From market read to offer price

In a market this concentrated in condos, pricing any one property starts with its own segment, not the citywide line. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Manhattan address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Manhattan, NY
Geography: county subdivision, not an incorporated municipality, Census county subdivision 3606144919
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 2,115
Median sold price: $875,000
Median sold $/sqft: $972 (817 qualifying)
Property mix: 99% condos
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Manhattan over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track across Manhattan (a county subdivision) are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 41% of the 2,115 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone matched it at $875,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Manhattan?

The median sold price in Manhattan over the last 6 months is $875,000, measured across 2,115 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Manhattan last month?

Resideline has tracked 252 closed sales in Manhattan in September 2026 so far, out of 2,115 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Manhattan?

The middle half of Manhattan sales over the last six months closed between $550,000 and $1,645,000, with a median of $875,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Manhattan?

Among qualifying Manhattan closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $972, measured across 817 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Can a single citywide figure describe such a large market?

Not for pricing a specific home. It describes the centre of an enormous set of closings, and the middle half of those sales spans a range wider than most markets we track. That makes $875,000 useful for following the market over time and weak as an anchor for an address.

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