Jake Indursky

3 days ago | therealdeal.com | Jake Indursky

A restored Park Slope townhouse topped a busy week for the Brooklyn luxury market. The home, asking $8 million, was one of 29 contracts signed for homes asking at least $2 million from May 27 to June 1, according to Compass’ weekly report. The total contract volume was $87 million, up from $74 million last week. During the same week last year, there were 14 contracts signed for $45.5 million. The townhouse at 600 2nd Street spans 4,500 square feet and has six bedrooms and four full bathrooms.

4 days ago | therealdeal.com | Jake Indursky

A longtime New York City brokerage executive is taking a step back. Hall Willkie announced he will be stepping down as president of Brown Harris Stevens in an internal memo sent to the company on Monday, effective July 1. Willkie will start a six-year contract as a consultant with BHS residential sales. Willkie has been with the firm for 37 years and overseen its growth from a single office into one of the city’s top residential brokerages.

4 days ago | therealdeal.com | Jake Indursky

A two-home estate in an exclusive Aspen enclave rode a hot market to big off-market sale. The West End property sold for $52.5 million in an off-market deal, according to public records. Over 7,400 square feet of living space, spread across a main and guest home built in 1996, sit on two lots that cover more than 34,000 square feet of space. The homes have seven bedrooms and six bathrooms.

4 days ago | therealdeal.com | Jake Indursky

A deal for a $50 million historic double-wide mansion closed out one of the best months in nearly two decades for the Manhattan luxury market. The Gilded Age home was one of 29 properties asking at least $4 million with contracts — eight houses and 21 condos — signed last week in Manhattan, according to Olshan’s weekly report. The borough ended May with 183 luxury contracts, the second-highest total since tracking began in 2006.

4 days ago | therealdeal.com | Jake Indursky

Size does matter after all. That’s the message buyers have been sending with their recent purchases in Amagansett North. Here, in the spread-out, wooded area north of Route 27, Hamptonization has arrived for the estate-sized lots in an area that was once the all-but-forgotten stepchild of the ocean-side Amagansett Lanes. Buyers here seek acreage, brokers say, which may also help their properties solidify their value amid a zoning change conditioning home size to lot size.