The Soundings (280 Rector Place)Recorded sales & closing prices

280 Rector Place, New York, NY 10280

71 recorded closings, 2004–2024. Sortable and searchable below.

Recorded closings
71
Date range
2004–2024
Median $/sf
$860
2024 · adjusted
Listing discount
2.9%
median, from last ask
Price range
$500K – $1.85M
Price shift · median $/sf
Since 2004
+9.6%
10-Year
+8.1%
Since 2022
+3.4%
1-Year
+4.6%

Change in the building’s median $/sf over each window, adjusted to a constant-quality (average-floor) unit so it reflects price — not which floors happened to sell. (2022 marks the rate-shock inflection.) Like-for-like repeat-sale figures to follow.

The complete recorded-sale history for The Soundings, compiled from NYC Department of Finance transfer records and verified listing data, then enriched apartment-by-apartment by The Roebling Team research desk. Across sales with a public asking price, the building carries a median listing discount of 2.9% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy here.

Price per square foot over time

61 sales with a known square footage, by closing date.

$531$1,181$1,830'04'08'12'16'20'247K · $719/sf · 20047N · $681/sf · 20074C · $962/sf · 20079N · $674/sf · 20083K · $869/sf · 20087C · $601/sf · 20084J · $844/sf · 20097F · $814/sf · 20098N · $674/sf · 20107F · $814/sf · 20102FG · $714/sf · 20132F · $1,760/sf · 20133K · $927/sf · 20134F · $1,142/sf · 20153J · $840/sf · 20157H · $884/sf · 20153D · $968/sf · 20169K · $1,180/sf · 20164A · $864/sf · 20165H · $882/sf · 20164H · $960/sf · 20168A · $981/sf · 20162H · $896/sf · 20166P · $876/sf · 20165B · $857/sf · 20168B · $1,006/sf · 20168KL · $1,141/sf · 20179M · $887/sf · 20173I · $928/sf · 20179N · $1,005/sf · 20175P · $1,058/sf · 20177I · $1,054/sf · 20174M · $1,037/sf · 20179H · $849/sf · 20181G · $771/sf · 20185C · $1,076/sf · 20188IJ · $1,088/sf · 20192J · $936/sf · 20195G · $916/sf · 20196H · $944/sf · 20198G · $840/sf · 20203G · $769/sf · 20207D · $800/sf · 20213C · $1,016/sf · 20217N · $884/sf · 20213M · $860/sf · 20216D · $852/sf · 20223A · $816/sf · 20224D · $781/sf · 20229M · $887/sf · 20225O · $792/sf · 20224K · $1,079/sf · 20224F · $1,257/sf · 20226J · $896/sf · 20237I · $1,080/sf · 20239C · $1,202/sf · 20232I · $832/sf · 20245A · $888/sf · 20246EF · $1,031/sf · 20245IJ · $1,024/sf · 20247O · $845/sf · 2024
Each dot is one recorded sale with a known interior square footage, plotted by closing date against price per square foot. The line is the median $/sf each year, adjusted to a constant-quality (average-floor) unit — so it reflects price movement, not which floors happened to sell that year. Individual sale prices in the table below are unadjusted — and you can click any dot to jump straight to that sale.
Building average$860/sfevery bar sits above or below this · 0%

The vertical premium

The climb in price per square foot as you rise through the building — light and views included, time-adjusted to today’s market.

Floors 7–9 7 sales
$860/sf+0%
Floors 4–6 9 sales
$860/sf+0%
Floors 2–3 5 sales
$791/sf-8%

Premium by line

What each line’s exposure is worth — its light, outlook, and orientation — measured against the building’s average sale.

Line D 3 sales
$807/sf-6%

Recent closings

The building’s 10 most recent market sales.

DateUnitApartmentPrice$/sfvs. Ask
Aug 28, 20247O1 BR · 1 BA · 625 sf$528,000$845-3.1%
Aug 21, 20245IJ2 BR · 2 BA · 1,269 sf$1,300,000$1,024
Jul 17, 20246EF3 BR · 3 BA · 1,469 sf$1,515,000$1,031-1.0%
Jul 8, 20245A1 BR · 1 BA · 625 sf$555,000$888-1.8%
Jul 2, 20247L1 BR · 1 BA$550,000
May 24, 20242I1 BR · 1 BA · 625 sf$520,000$832-8.0%
Oct 24, 20239C2 BR · 2 BA · 832 sf$999,999$1,202
Sep 22, 20237I1 BR · 625 sf$675,000$1,080
Mar 15, 20236J1 BR · 1 BA · 625 sf$560,000$896-6.7%
Mar 3, 20236P1 BA$612,000-0.5%

The retrade record

Lines that have changed hands more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.

4F · 915 sf+53%
$750,000 ($820/sf) 2007$1,045,000 ($1,142/sf) 2015$1,150,000 ($1,257/sf) 2022
9N · 764 sf+49%
$515,000 ($674/sf) 2008$768,000 ($1,005/sf) 2017
7F · 915 sf+33%
$745,000 ($814/sf) 2009$745,000 ($814/sf) 2010$990,000 ($1,082/sf) 2020
6P · 582 sf+20%
$510,000 ($876/sf) 2016$612,000 ($1,052/sf) 2023
9C · 832 sf+8%
$926,500 ($1,114/sf) 2021$999,999 ($1,202/sf) 2023
3K · 890 sf+7%
$773,000 ($869/sf) 2008$825,000 ($927/sf) 2013
7I · 625 sf+3%
$658,500 ($1,054/sf) 2017$675,000 ($1,080/sf) 2023
9M · 622 sf+0%
$552,000 ($887/sf) 2017$552,000 ($887/sf) 2022

Every recorded sale

Sort any column; filter by unit or keyword. Prices are the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.

71 recorded sales
Apartment
Aug 28, 20247O1 BR · 1 BA625$528,000$845-3.1%
Aug 21, 20245IJ2 BR · 2 BA1,269$1,300,000$1,024
Jul 17, 20246EF3 BR · 3 BA1,469$1,515,000$1,031-1.0%
Jul 8, 20245A1 BR · 1 BA625$555,000$888-1.8%
Jul 2, 20247L1 BR · 1 BA$550,000
May 24, 20242I1 BR · 1 BA625$520,000$832-8.0%
Oct 24, 20239C2 BR · 2 BA832$999,999$1,202
Sep 22, 20237I1 BR625$675,000$1,080
Mar 15, 20236J1 BR · 1 BA625$560,000$896-6.7%
Mar 3, 20236P1 BA$612,000-0.5%
Sep 20, 20224F2 BR915$1,150,000$1,257
Aug 3, 20224K2 BR · 2 BA890$960,000$1,079-1.5%
Jul 20, 20225O1 BR · 1 BA631$500,000$792-2.9%
Jul 15, 20229M1 BR622$552,000$887
Jun 16, 20224D1 BR · 1 BA645$504,000$781-4.0%
Jun 2, 20223A1 BR · 1 BA625$510,000$816-2.9%
Mar 25, 20226D1 BR · 1 BA622$530,000$852-3.6%
Dec 29, 20219C2 BR · 2 BA$926,500-2.5%
Dec 15, 20213M1 BR · 1 BA622$535,000$860
Aug 31, 20217N2 BR · 1 BA764$675,000$884-3.4%
Aug 3, 20213C2 BR832$845,000$1,016
Feb 19, 20217D1 BR · 1 BA625$500,000$800-8.3%
Oct 21, 20207F2 BR · 2 BA$990,000-0.9%
Oct 2, 20203G1 BR · 1 BA683$525,000$769-4.4%
Feb 27, 20208G1 BR · 1 BA625$525,000$840
Aug 29, 20196H1 BR · 1 BA625$590,000$944-5.6%
Aug 23, 20195G1 BR · 1 BA622$570,000$916
May 24, 20192J1 BR625$585,000$936-2.3%
Feb 8, 20198IJ3 BR · 2 BA1,250$1,360,000$1,088
Nov 5, 20185C2 BR832$895,000$1,076-5.8%
Oct 5, 20181G1 BR · 1 BA681$525,000$771-6.3%
Jan 30, 20189H1 BR · 1 BA625$530,915$849-3.3%
Nov 13, 20174M1 BR · 1 BA622$645,000$1,037-2.1%
Oct 2, 20177I1 BR625$658,500$1,054+1.6%
Sep 26, 20179L1 BR$618,000
Sep 15, 20175P1 BR515$545,000$1,058+1.9%
Jun 14, 20179N1 BR764$768,000$1,005
Apr 25, 20173I1 BR625$580,000$928-1.4%
Jan 31, 20179M1 BR622$552,000$887+3.2%
Jan 4, 20178KL3 BR1,621$1,850,000$1,141-2.5%
Dec 22, 20168B1 BR · 1 BA636$640,000$1,006-5.2%
Dec 13, 20165B636$545,000$857
Oct 20, 20166P582$510,000$876
Sep 22, 20162H1 BR625$560,000$896-3.3%
Aug 12, 20168A1 BR · 1 BA622$610,000$981
Jun 23, 20164H625$600,000$960
May 26, 20165H1 BR625$551,000$882-4.2%
May 2, 20164A1 BR625$540,000$864
Mar 23, 20169K890$1,050,000$1,180
Feb 18, 20163D1 BR · 1 BA625$605,000$968
Dec 10, 20157H1 BR · 1 BA625$552,500$884+5.2%
Sep 29, 20153J1 BR · 1 BA625$525,100$840
Aug 17, 20154F2 BR915$1,045,000$1,142
Sep 20, 20139DE3 BR · 2 BA$1,075,000-1.8%
Jul 11, 20133K2 BR890$825,000$927
Jun 10, 20132F625$1,100,000$1,760
Apr 1, 20132FG4 BR1,540$1,100,000$714
Sep 6, 20107F2 BR915$745,000$814-3.9%
Jun 22, 20108N1 BR764$515,000$674
Dec 7, 20097F2 BR915$745,000$814-3.9%
Jan 8, 20094J1 BR650$548,500$844-2.1%
Nov 7, 20087C832$500,000$601
Aug 13, 20083K2 BR890$773,000$869-2.0%
Jun 11, 20089N1 BR764$515,000$674
Sep 18, 20074C2 BR832$800,000$962
Apr 13, 20077N1 BR764$520,000$681-4.6%
Mar 27, 20074F2 BR$750,000-9.1%
Apr 12, 20068C2 BR$650,000-7.8%
Jul 14, 20045K2 BR$665,000
Jul 6, 20047K2 BR890$640,000$719-1.4%
8M1 BR · 1 BA650$550,000$846

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00016-7506) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. 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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