NewYork
A turn-of-the-century 4 story, 3 bedroom 3 bath townhouse at 209 East 72nd Street lists for $7.85 million. The 20-ft-wide townhouse is home to a prominent art gallery and was renovated by architect Peter Pennoyer in 1996. The gallery on the first floor has 15 ft ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a landscaped garden. [NY Post]
For the seven days through Sunday June 13, there were 36 contracts signed in Manhattan for properties priced for $4 million and above, marking 19 weeks of more than 30 luxury sales. This pace shatters the previous record of 6 weeks set in the spring of 2015. [Mansion Global]
Manhattan home sales totaled more than $3.5 billion in April, the highest amount on record, and 4.5% more than July 2014, the previous highest total going back to 2004 when the data began to be compiled. May had nearly $3.4 billion in Manhattan home sales for another strong month. [Mansion Global]