There were 215 transactions totaling $392 million filed in New York City records in the 24 hours before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026.
🏆 Residential: The top residential transaction was for a penthouse at the Charlotte at 470 Columbus Avenue, developed by New York-based Roe Corporation, in the Upper West Side that sold for $15 million. The buyer of the sponsor unit was The Yonatan THC LLC. The more than 4,000-square-foot pad is a duplex with four bedrooms, four and a half baths, a 3,200-square-foot landscaped private roof terrace and another more than 850-square-foot terrace off the living and dining rooms. Core’s Emily Beare, Beth Doud and Lexi Alper had the listing, which had a most recent asking price of just under $17 million.
🏆 Commercial: Among the top commercial real estate deals was in Soho, where neighboring mixed-use properties at 159-161 Prince Street sold for $18 million — a 40 percent discount from their prior sale price. The seller was an LLC tied to JSRE Management and the buyer was an LLC tied to Flatiron Realty Capital. The buildings stand five stories tall and have a combined 40 apartments. They last traded in 2014 for a total of $30 million.
📊 Residential: Former newspaper publisher Peter Barbey and his wife, Pamela Barbey, scooped up a condo at the Reuben Brothers’ 20 East 76th Street, the redeveloped Surrey Residences, in the Upper East Side for $11 million — the unit’s asking price. The two-bedroom pad spans more than 2,100 square feet, pricing the deal at about $5,200 per square foot. It also has a private terrace. Douglas Elliman’s Michelle Griffith and Lauren Muss had the listing.
📊 Residential: In Chelsea, a trust tied to Austin-based developer Perry Lorenz parted with a 20-foot-wide, four-story townhouse at 125 West 15th Street which he had owned for decades for $7.5 million. The buyer was Furnival LLC. The property is configured as a two-family home, with five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a 28-foot garden. It measures nearly 4,600 square feet. The home has been on the market since March, going for just under $10 million. Compass’ Nick Gavin, Allie Fraza and Ugo Russino represented the seller.
By the Numbers: Where are institutional investors buying homes in the US?
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that seeks to place guardrails on institutional investors buying single-family homes.
But do big buyers really compete with the average American who is looking to buy a home, and where are they most active?
The states with the greatest shares of investor-buyers in the second quarter were: Missouri (18.9 percent), Mississippi (17.1 percent) and Nevada (15.4 percent). The states with the lowest share were: Oregon (5.3 percent), Washington (5.7 percent) and New Hampshire (6.2 percent).
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