NYC condo · co-op · townhouse

Know your numbersbefore you buy.

New York real estate has more line items than anywhere else in the country — mansion tax, flip tax, mortgage recording tax, two transfer taxes, board packages, common charges, maintenance. Six calculators built specifically for NYC, so you walk into a contract knowing exactly what you'll pay and what you'll keep.

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Surprises at the closing table
Sample · $1.85M Chelsea condo
Purchase price$1,850,000
Down payment (25%)$462,500
Loan @ 6.625% / 30yr$1,387,500
Principal & Interest$8,883 / mo
Common charges$1,420 / mo
Property tax (abated)$612 / mo
Homeowners insurance$95 / mo
True monthly
$11,010
Mansion tax
$18,500
Mortgage rec. tax
$23,409
Title insurance
$8,325
Total closing
~$78,400
The Five

Built for New York,
not for anywhere else.

Why NYC is different

Three property types.
Three different math problems.

A generic mortgage calculator will miss 20–30% of your true cost in New York. Ours doesn't.

Condos

Common charges, real estate tax (often with 421-a abatement), mortgage recording tax, title insurance, and CEMA opportunities on refi.

Co-ops

Maintenance includes your share of building taxes. No mortgage recording tax. Building-specific flip tax can take 1–3% of your sale price.

Townhouses

Full property tax, full title insurance, full mortgage recording tax, plus the operating cost of running your own building.

Sophia Lin — NYC Real Estate Advisor
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