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238 West 108th Street (The Columbia House)Recorded sales & closing prices
238 West 108th Street, New York, NY 10025
13 recorded closings, 2006–2023. Sortable and searchable below.
- Recorded closings
- 13
- Date range
- 2006–2023
- Median $/sf
- $1,079
- Listing discount
- 4.3%
- Monthly carry/sf
- $2.01
- Price range
- $1.11M – $2.58M
Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, from the raw yearly medians — too few standardized single-line units here to adjust to an average-floor basis, so which apartments happened to trade moves these alongside price. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.
The Columbia House prices as boutique full-floor new-construction condominium product in a submarket whose inventory is overwhelmingly prewar cooperative. That is the positioning: condominium rules, full-floor plans, private outdoor space and direct elevator access, on a block where the alternative is a share purchase, a board package and an interview in a building from the 1910s or 1920s.
Two things should be priced explicitly. The cited 421-a benefit has expired, removing that specific future phaseout. Compare current unit bills and total costs with alternatives; future assessments, rates, other benefit eligibility, charges and capital costs can change in either direction. And with six residences and roughly a dozen recorded transfers across the building's entire life, there is no meaningful same-building comparable set — pricing has to be built floor by floor against the small pool of new-construction condominiums on the surrounding blocks, not from a building average that six sales cannot support. Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
The complete recorded-sale history for The Columbia House, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records, with apartment-by-apartment detail from The Roebling Research Library. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 4.3% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.
Price per square foot over time
11 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.
Recent closings
The building’s 10 most recent market sales.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | $/sf | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2023 | 2 | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,854 sf | $2,000,000 | $1,079 | — |
| Jul 21, 2022 | PH | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,810 sf | $2,450,000 | $1,354 | -5.6% |
| Jul 11, 2022 | 4 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,810 sf | $1,900,000 | $1,050 | -4.3% |
| Feb 10, 2022 | 3 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,810 sf | $1,875,000 | $1,036 | -3.8% |
| Jun 25, 2019 | PH | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,789 sf | $2,575,000 | $1,439 | -7.4% |
| Jun 10, 2016 | 5 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,789 sf | $2,095,000 | $1,171 | -2.6% |
| Jan 6, 2012 | 3 | 3 BR · 1,857 sf | $1,110,323 | $598 | — |
| Dec 16, 2009 | 4 | 3 BR · 1,300 sf | $1,210,950 | $932 | -4.3% |
| Aug 28, 2009 | 6 | 1,961 sf | $1,375,000 | $701 | — |
| Aug 26, 2009 | 2 | 2 BR · 1,810 sf | $1,221,900 | $675 | -1.9% |
The retrade record
Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Every recorded sale
Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance. Every sale sits in one of three states: counted in the building’s medians and trend; shown but excluded as a non-arms-length or nominal transfer; or shown and ⚑ flagged for review — a possible duplicate filing or an extreme $/sf outlier, held out of the statistics pending manual verification rather than allowed to move them.
| Apartment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2023 | 2 | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,854 | $2,000,000 | $1,079 | — |
| Jul 21, 2022 | PH | 2 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,810 | $2,450,000 | $1,354 | -5.6% |
| Jul 11, 2022 | 4 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,810 | $1,900,000 | $1,050 | -4.3% |
| Feb 10, 2022 | 3 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,810 | $1,875,000 | $1,036 | -3.8% |
| Jun 25, 2019 | PH | 2 BR · 2 BA | 1,789 | $2,575,000 | $1,439 | -7.4% |
| Jun 10, 2016 | 5 | 3 BR · 2.5 BA | 1,789 | $2,095,000 | $1,171 | -2.6% |
| Jan 6, 2012 | 3 | 3 BR | 1,857 | $1,110,323 | $598 | — |
| Dec 16, 2009 | 4Sponsor Sale | 3 BR | 1,300 | $1,210,950 | $932 | -4.3% |
| Oct 15, 2009 | 3Sponsor Sale | 3 BR⚑ Flagged for review — recorded 1,300 sf disagrees with this line's 1,834 sf across other sales — the square footage looks mis-recorded; pending manual review | 1,300 | $1,215,000 | $935 | -3.2% |
| Aug 28, 2009 | 6Sponsor Sale | 1,961 | $1,375,000 | $701 | — | |
| Aug 26, 2009 | 2Sponsor Sale | 2 BR | 1,810 | $1,221,900 | $675 | -1.9% |
| Aug 21, 2009 | 5Sponsor Sale | 3 BR | 1,789 | $1,229,000 | $687 | — |
| Sep 15, 2006 | —Sponsor Sale | 1 BRoutside the market statistics (eligibility screen) | — | $2,800,000 | — | -9.7% |
The latest qualifying transfer in our compiled records for this building is from 2023. The dataset is current through September 2026; that does not by itself establish that no later sale occurred.
Sources, exclusions and how these figures are computed
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01879-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans. Storage, parking, and commercial units are excluded from all figures. Floor- and line-level $/sf are time-controlled (each sale measured against the building’s going rate at the time of sale) and expressed at today’s pricing, so they isolate the floor or line premium rather than blend two decades of market movement.
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