New York Top Real Estate Deals: Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026
There were 251 transactions totaling $316 million filed in New York City records in the 24 hours before Tuesday, Aug. 18.
🏆Residential: Greenwich Village logged the highest-priced home sale in New York. Amy’s Winehouse LLC paid $17.5 million for two combined condos at 65 West 13th Street. The seller, EDHNY LLC, purchased one of the pads in 2018 for $7.6 million and the other in 2008 for $6.6 million. The combined spread spans 4,700 square feet across two floors. It also has a private rooftop terrace. Joshua Wesoky and Jonathan Banks with Compass had the listing.
📊Residential: Miki Naftali’s Naftali Group sold a sponsor unit at 255 East 77th Street in Lenox Hill for $9.6 million. The buyer was Water Creek LLC. The condo, which has four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms, spans 3,000 square feet, pricing the sale at $3,200 per square foot. Compass’ Alexa Lambert, Alison Black and Shelton Smith had the listing. Collin Bond, also with Compass, brought the buyer. The residence hit the market in March with an asking price of $9.4 million.
📊Residential: A trust in the name of the late Annaliese Soros, the ex-wife of billionaire George Soros, with her daughter Andrea Soros Colombel as its trustee, parted with two condos at 25 Central Park West in Lincoln Square for $8.4 million. Combined, the units measure 3,900 square feet and have four bedrooms and four bathrooms. The buyer was a company managed by Ron Gonen, who founded an investment firm. The condos went on the market in May with an asking price of just under $8 million. Corcoran’s Paul Kolbusz, Stephen Diamond and Carolina Germain had the listing.
📊Residential: Financier Henry D’Auria shed a condo at 230 West 78th Street on the Upper West Side for $7.1 million. The buyers were Miles Wixon, who also works in finance, and Jessie Wixon, a photographer. D’Auria had owned the 3,100-square-foot unit, a penthouse, since 2011, when he purchased it for $6.1 million. The unit has three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. Michael Bhagwandin with FIND Real Estate had the listing. The latest sale breaks down to roughly $2,300 per square foot.
By the Numbers: U.S. home sale cancellations hit highest level since 2023
The share of home sales that fall apart is growing nationwide, with Southern markets seeing the highest percentage of cancellations.
Buyers nixed just over 14 percent of pending home sales in July, the highest reading since June 2023, according to data from Redfin. Overall, the country recorded more than 47,000 home sale cancellations in July, a 4.8 percent year-over-year increase. However, the share of canceled deals was just 0.7 percent higher than in July 2025.
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