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Homes That Sold for Around $1.5 Million
New Jersey | $1,338,000
297 Oldwoods Road, Franklin Lakes
36 WEEKS on the market
$1,595,000 list price
16% BELOW list price
SIZE 6 bedrooms, 5½ baths
DETAILS A 33-year-old Tudor-style house on a 1.3-acre lot on a cul-de-sac, with a home theater, an in-ground pool and a living room with a stone fireplace.
COSTS $23,846 a year in taxes
LISTING BROKER Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty
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Westchester | $1,530,000
24 Ilinka Lane, Irvington
29 WEEKS on the market
$1,695,000 list price
10% BELOW list price
SIZE 5 bedrooms, 4 baths
DETAILS A 36-year-old cedar-sided contemporary on about a half-acre with a formal dining room, views of rock formations, and a deck with a hot tub.
COSTS $30,684 a year in taxes
LISTING BROKER Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty
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Brooklyn | $1,500,000
563 Quincy Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant
15 WEEKS on the market
$1,500,000 list price
0% ABOVE list price
SIZE 5 bedrooms, 3½ baths
DETAILS A 118-year-old gut-renovated two-family rowhouse with hardwood floors, exposed brick walls, a fenced-in backyard, two balconies and central air-conditioning.
COSTS $1,476 a year in taxes
LISTING BROKER Citi Habitats
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Long Island | $1,575,000
38 Woods Drive, East Hills
27 WEEKS on the market
$1,599,000 list price
2% BELOW list price
SIZE 5 bedrooms, 3½ baths
DETAILS A 37-year-old cedar-and-vinyl-sided colonial, remodeled last year, with a laundry room, a two-car garage and a kitchen with an island and granite counters.
COSTS $28,049 a year in taxes
LISTING BROKER Douglas Elliman Real Estate
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Manhattan | $1,450,000
161 West 75th Street, No. 8C, Upper West Side
18 WEEKS on the market
$1,395,000 list price
4% ABOVE list price
SIZE 2 bedrooms, 1 bath
DETAILS A prewar corner co-op with oak floors, a foyer, built-in bookshelves, and a washer and dryer, in a doorman building designed by Rosario Candela.
COSTS $1,858 a month in maintenance
LISTING BROKER DJK Residential
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Connecticut | $1,250,000
15 Fairview Terrace, Greenwich
14 WEEKS on the market
$1,275,000 list price
2% BELOW list price
SIZE 4 bedrooms, 2½ baths
DETAILS An eight-year-old colonial with granite counters, stainless-steel appliances and a heated two-car garage in a neighborhood by the New York border.
COSTS $8,820 a year in taxes
LISTING BROKER Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
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The list price is the asking price when the property came on the market with the most recent broker. The time on the market is from the most recent listing to the closing date.
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