71 homes closed in Clinton Hill between April and June. The median sale landed at $950,000, the median listing reached contract in 26 days, and 58% of sales closed at or above asking (Compass closed-sales records, Q2 2026). The average was $1,713,051, and the gap between those two numbers is the most interesting thing on this page. This is the monthly Clinton Hill market report, refreshed as new closings record; the borough-wide picture lives in our Brooklyn market report.
What sold, and for how much
About that gap. One sale did most of it. 419 Vanderbilt Avenue, a 60,720-square-foot apartment building, closed at $13,500,000 in May. Take that single transaction out and the neighborhood average drops to roughly $1,545,000. It's a real sale and it stays in the numbers, but you shouldn't read it as a signal about what a two-bedroom is worth.
Property type | Sales (Q2) | Median sale price | Average sale price | Avg. price per sq ft | Median days on market | Avg. vs ask | At or above ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Condos | 31 | $899,000 | $1,090,423 | $1,182 (29 reporting) | 26 (27 reporting) | -1.5% | 48% (27 reporting) |
Co-ops | 27 | $881,000 | $949,556 | $1,104 (10 reporting) | 25 (20 reporting) | +2.9% | 75% (20 reporting) |
Houses | 13 | $3,800,000 | $4,783,500 | $862 | 78 (8 reporting) | -2.3% | 50% (8 reporting) |
Reporting counts sit beside every figure that rests on a subset. The house rates cover 8 of 13 sales and the co-op price per square foot covers 10 of 27, so treat those as directional rather than precise.
Apartments are the market. 58 of the 71 sales were condos or co-ops, and the two ran neck and neck on price: an $899,000 condo median against $881,000 for co-ops. Where they split is on negotiation. Co-ops closed 2.9% over ask on average with 75% clearing it, while condos came in 1.5% under with 48% clearing. Houses are a different neighborhood entirely, 13 sales at a $3,800,000 median.
Where the money went
Half the quarter, 49% of sales, closed between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Another 18% landed between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000, 10% between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000, 6% between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, and 14% cleared $3,000,000 (Compass closed-sales records, Q2 2026). That's a barbell. A deep apartment market at the bottom, a townhouse market at the top, and not much connecting them. By bedroom count, across the 64 sales reporting one, one-bedrooms ran a $745,868 median across 26 sales and two-bedrooms $1,299,000 across 25. Above two bedrooms you're into the house market and the counts drop to a handful.
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Pace and negotiation
The apartments move and the houses wait. Among the 55 sales reporting marketing time, 58% went to contract inside 30 days and only 15% ran past 90, which is one of the tightest spreads in the borough. Break it out by type and the reason shows: 70% of co-ops and 56% of condos hit contract inside a month, against 38% of houses. At the other end, 50% of the house sales reporting time sat past 90 days, against 7% of condos (Compass closed-sales records, Q2 2026). The median sale closed exactly at ask, and 10 of the 55 landed on the number precisely.
For buyers right now
In the apartment lane, be ready before you look. Co-ops here cleared ask three times out of four, so a lowball is a wasted weekend, and the board package matters as much as the offer. Have it assembled. The leverage sits on the house side, where half of everything that reported marketing time was still on the market past 90 days and the typical closing came in a couple of percent under ask. If you're shopping a townhouse, aging inventory is your friend and there's no reason to rush.
For sellers right now
Apartment sellers are in a good position and should be pricing to compete rather than to test, since more than half went to contract inside a month and co-ops routinely closed over ask. House sellers need a harder conversation. Half the townhouse sales that reported marketing time ran past 90 days, and the first two weeks of exposure are where that gets decided. Come prepared, photographed, and priced to what closed rather than to what a neighbor listed at, because in this neighborhood the difference between those two numbers is roughly a season.
Questions buyers and sellers ask
Quick answers on the Clinton Hill housing market, straight from the Q2 closed-sales record.
How much does a home in Clinton Hill cost?
The median Q2 2026 sale was $950,000 across 71 closings. Condos ran an $899,000 median, co-ops $881,000, and houses $3,800,000 (Compass closed-sales records, Q2 2026).
Why is the average Clinton Hill sale price so much higher than the median?
One transaction. 419 Vanderbilt Avenue, a 60,720-square-foot apartment building, closed at $13,500,000 in May. Without it the neighborhood average falls from $1,713,051 to roughly $1,545,000. The median of $950,000 is the better guide to what a typical home traded for.
How long does it take to sell a home in Clinton Hill?
The median Q2 listing reached contract in 26 days among the 55 sales reporting marketing time. It splits sharply by type: 70% of co-ops and 56% of condos went to contract inside 30 days, against 38% of houses.
Do Clinton Hill homes sell over asking price?
58% of the Q2 sales reporting an asking price closed at or above it, and the median sale landed exactly at ask. Co-ops cleared ask most often at 75%, against 48% for condos.
What are property taxes like in Clinton Hill?
Among Q2 sales recording a tax bill, the median was about $763 a month on condos across 30 sales and about $590 a month on houses across 10. Co-op taxes are paid through the building and sit inside monthly maintenance rather than arriving as a separate bill. Tax treatment varies by property class, assessment history, and any abatement on the building, so check the actual bill on any specific address.
Fouad Rahmé
Founder, the Rahmé Team at Compass
The Rahmé Team advises buyers, sellers, investors, and developers across Brooklyn, with 40 years of combined experience, more than 1,000 clients and transactions, and over $800 million in career sales, $167 million of it since 2020. RealTrends Verified ranks the team in the top 1.5% of real estate professionals nationwide. Every number on this page comes from closed-sales records the team pulls and computes itself.
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What would your home sell for right now?
The Rahmé Team at Compass tracks Clinton Hill closings block by block, and a neighborhood median that spans an $881,000 co-op and a $13,500,000 apartment building can't price yours. Call (718) 233-3365 or contact us with the address. The borough-wide numbers live in the Brooklyn market report.
All figures Q2 2026, computed from Compass closed-sales records pulled August 5, one record per sale, condos, co-ops, and houses only. Days on market and at-or-above shares cover the 55 sales reporting an asking price: 27 condos, 20 co-ops, 8 houses. Price per square foot covers the 52 sales reporting size. Bedroom medians cover the 64 sales reporting a bedroom count. Borough-wide, sales at or under $50,000, sales 90% or more below ask, and recorded parking or storage units sit out of the averages while still counting toward every median and sale count; no Clinton Hill sale met any of those conditions this quarter.
Next update: September 2026, once August's closings post.
