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New York, New York Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Rumson Waterfront Compound Sells for $18 Million

A four-residence waterfront compound on the Navesink River in Rumson sold for $18 million, the highest reported home sale in the New York metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.

New York, New York Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Rumson Waterfront Compound Sells for $18 Million

The compound at 100/98 W River Road covers approximately 5.4 acres on two separately addressed parcels, and the transaction record counts 10 bedrooms and 19 baths across its four residences. Its September 25, 2026 closing led five reported home sales that combined for $54.92 million across the New York metro area during the week ending September 27, 2026.

The five sales span Rumson on the Navesink River and Manhattan addresses in Hudson Square, West Chelsea, Tribeca and Lenox Hill, with build years from 1927 to 2022 where the record states them. A duplex at 565 Broome Street in Hudson Square followed at $14.85 million.

No. 1 — $18,000,000 · 100/98 W River Road, Rumson, New Jersey

Top home sale No. 1 in the New York, New York metro area β€” 100/98 W River Road, Rumson, New Jersey, week ending September 27, 2026

Mario Venancio of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach – Rumson was the listing agent. The $18 million closing put Venancio on the listing side of the highest-priced reported home sale in RealtyWire’s New York Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending September 27, 2026. Charles Puth of Charles Puth Realty, LLC represented the buyer.

A four-residence waterfront compound set on two separately addressed parcels at 100/98 W River Road in Rumson, New Jersey, sold for $18 million and closed on September 25, 2026. The property runs to approximately 5.4 acres along the Navesink River, and because each parcel carries its own address, no subdivision was required. Across the compound the record counts 10 bedrooms and 19 baths. A gated entry opens onto a winding drive through the grounds.

The main residence at 100 W. River was custom built and rises four floors, with river views, a private elevator, radiant heat, wide-plank hardwood floors, custom millwork and Venetian plaster wall and ceiling treatments. A grand entry foyer leads to the principal rooms, and the kitchen is finished in statuary marble with Sub-Zero, Gaggenau, Wolf and Miele appliances. Multiple fireplaces, a screened porch facing the river and a finished lower level with a cedar sauna, exercise room and hot tub are part of the house, and the primary suite has a gas fireplace, a private sitting room and library, and a bath with Perrin & Rowe fixtures and Ann Sacks tile. The guest residence at 98 W. River stands on its own parcel and has four finished floors.

A staff house and a carriage house, each self-contained, complete the group of four residences. At the water’s edge, a boathouse with a fiberglass rooftop deck and an Ipe dock with a boat lift open onto the Navesink, while the irrigated grounds hold an infinity-edge pool with a travertine surround, hedged gardens, a mature apple orchard, a greenhouse and bluestone walkways. Garage capacity runs to eight cars. Listing materials place the compound near Jersey Shore beaches, yacht and country clubs, and ferry service to New York City.

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No. 2 — $14,850,000 · 565 Broome St #S16b, New York, New York

Top home sale No. 2 in the New York, New York metro area β€” 565 Broome St #S16b, New York, New York, week ending September 27, 2026

A duplex at 565 Broome Street in Hudson Square traded at $14.85 million, with the closing recorded September 22, 2026. Built in 2016, the residence holds four bedrooms and four baths over two levels and a reported 3,576 square feet. It previously changed hands for $12,453,150 in 2021.

Listing materials identify the building as Renzo Piano’s first residential project in New York City. A keyed elevator opens into a great room with floor-to-ceiling windows running the length and width of the space, and the room gives onto a wraparound private terrace with a heated pool, an outdoor grill and a wet bar. The kitchen faces its own stretch of the terrace and carries a six-burner gas range, a wine refrigerator and an island with a breakfast bar. A wide spiral staircase rises to the bedroom wing, where the primary suite has a deep soaking tub and a glass-enclosed shower and two further bedrooms have en suite baths; the upper level is also reachable by elevator and includes a full-size laundry room. Building amenities include a double-height attended lobby with 24-hour doorman and concierge service, a landscaped glass conservatory with two libraries, a dining area and a catering kitchen, an indoor heated lap pool, a landscaped terrace, a steam room and sauna, a fitness center with a yoga studio, and a children’s playroom.

The closing took the No. 2 position in RealtyWire’s New York Metro Area Top 5 for the week. The listing agent for the sale could not be verified.

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No. 3 — $8,000,000 · 500 W 18th St #W25b, New York, New York

Top home sale No. 3 in the New York, New York metro area β€” 500 W 18th St #W25b, New York, New York, week ending September 27, 2026

An apartment at 500 West 18th Street in West Chelsea sold for $8 million, the closing dated September 22, 2026, in a building completed in 2022. The transaction record carries no bedroom, bathroom or square-footage detail for the residence.

The sale ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s New York Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending September 27, 2026. The listing agent for the sale could not be verified.

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No. 4 — $7,175,000 · 140 West St #20C, New York, New York

Top home sale No. 4 in the New York, New York metro area β€” 140 West St #20C, New York, New York, week ending September 27, 2026

At 140 West Street in Tribeca, a four-bedroom residence with five baths and a reported 3,216 square feet closed on September 22, 2026 for $7,175,000. The building dates to 1927.

The residence previously changed hands for $6,650,000 in 2024, and the current sale holds the No. 4 position in RealtyWire’s New York Metro Area Top 5 for the week. The listing agent for the sale could not be verified.

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No. 5 — $6,900,000 · 35 E 75th St #11DE, Manhattan, New York

Top home sale No. 5 in the New York, New York metro area β€” 35 E 75th St #11DE, Manhattan, New York, week ending September 27, 2026

A residence at 35 East 75th Street, Unit 11DE, in Lenox Hill brought $6.9 million in a sale completed September 24, 2026. The building dates to 1959, and the record carries no bedroom, bathroom or square-footage figures for the apartment.

The transaction ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s New York Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending September 27, 2026. The listing agent for the sale could not be verified.

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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 27, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.

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