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Homes That Sold for Around $600,000
New Jersey | $625,000
113 Circle Avenue, Ridgewood
7 WEEKS on the market
$599,900 list price
4% ABOVE list price
SIZE 3 bedrooms, 2 baths
DETAILS A 120-year-old side-hall colonial with vinyl siding, a front porch, hardwood floors, a first-floor bedroom that opens to a deck, and a detached one-car garage.
COSTS $12,239 a year in taxes
LISTING BROKER Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty
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Connecticut | $665,000
24 Old Orchard Road, Easton
6 WEEKS on the market
$675,000 list price
1% BELOW list price
SIZE 4 bedrooms, 3 baths
DETAILS A 66-year-old renovated colonial with two fireplaces, an eat-in kitchen with a granite-topped island and stainless-steel appliances, and a two-car garage.
COSTS $12,695 a year in taxes
LISTING BROKER Higgins Group Real Estate
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Long Island | $640,000
160 East Olive Street, Long Beach
17 WEEKS on the market
$678,000 list price
6% BELOW list price
SIZE 5 bedrooms, 3½ baths
DETAILS A 57-year-old colonial with an eat-in kitchen, a formal dining room, two first-floor master suites, and a living room with a vaulted ceiling and skylights.
Queens | $615,000
4 Dartmouth Street, No. 47, Forest Hills Gardens
22 WEEKS on the market
$589,000 list price
4% ABOVE list price
SIZE 2 bedrooms, 1 bath
DETAILS A prewar Tudor co-op with hardwood floors, an eat-in kitchen and a windowed bath, in a non-doorman elevator building.
COSTS $1,140 a month in maintenance
LISTING BROKER Terrace Sotheby’s International Realty
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Westchester | $650,000
213-215 Devoe Avenue, Yonkers
34 WEEKS on the market
$699,000 list price
7% BELOW list price
SIZE 4 bedrooms, 2 baths
DETAILS An 86-year-old Normandy Tudor with a living room with a vaulted ceiling and casement windows, an eat-in kitchen with stainless-steel appliances, and a stone patio.
Manhattan | $697,000
28 WEEKS on the market
$699,000 list price
LESS THAN 1% BELOW list price
SIZE 2 bedrooms, 1 bath
DETAILS A five-year-old co-op with a foyer, a kitchen with recycled glass counters, and a washer and dryer, in a non-doorman building.
COSTS $955 a month in maintenance
LISTING BROKER Bond New York
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The list price is the asking price when the property first 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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