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title: "203 West 81st Street #9B, New York City, NY 10024"
description: "203 West 81st Street #9B, New York City, NY 10024 — Upper West Side, New York City, NY. Listing Price $2,350,000. 3 bed, 2 bath, 1,270 sqft Illustrative Buyer Commission Share of $35,250 at closing, based on a 3% buyer-broker commission."
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source: "Real Estate Rebate Team"
dateModified: "2026-08-28T16:57:28.605Z"
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# 203 West 81st Street #9B, New York City, NY 10024

Upper West Side, New York City, NY

Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Last updated: August 28, 2026, 12:57 PM

## At a Glance

- **Listing Price**: $2,350,000
- **Beds**: 3
- **Baths**: 2
- **Sqft**: 1,270
- **Common Charges**: $2,633 / mo
- **Price per Sqft**: $1,850
- **Brokerage Fee**: Share Eligible

## The Private Brokerage Advantage

As an independent luxury buyer representative, Régis shares 50% of the buyer-side commission he actually receives on your purchase. Eligible buyers receive that Buyer Commission Share directly at closing to offset closing costs, down payments, or renovations. The figures below are illustrative, based on a **3% buyer-broker commission**; your share follows the commission offered on the transaction.

- **Contract Purchase Price**: $2,350,000
- **Illustrative Buyer Commission Share**: -$35,250*
- **Illustrative Net Cost**: $2,314,750

*Illustrative Buyer Savings of $35,250 — 50% of a 3% buyer-broker commission, shared at closing.*

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## Property Overview

Meticulously reimagined from the studs up, Residence 9B at The Barrington is a top-floor home where thoughtful design, premium materials, and exceptional craftsmanship come together to create a truly turnkey Upper West Side residence.

 A complete renovation transformed the home with new subflooring, upgraded 120-amp electrical service, white oak herringbone flooring, and custom acoustic and thermal-insulated Skyline windows featuring an additional exterior glass layer. The result is a remarkably quiet and comfortable living environment filled with natural light.

 The beautifully designed kitchen was created for both serious cooking and everyday living. Custom Alvic Zenit cabinetry is paired with honed Calacatta Miraggio Cove quartz countertops and a suite of premium appliances including a Miele oven, Miele steam oven, Miele dishwasher, and a KitchenAid/BORA downdraft induction cooktop. Additional features include 208V kitchen power and a three-stage water filtration system.

 The primary and secondary bedrooms offer exceptional comfort with fully electronic blackout shades and pre-installed ducting for future central air conditioning. Throughout the home, carefully selected lighting includes Lotus LED recessed fixtures with outstanding color accuracy, a statement FLOS Smithfield Suspension Pro fixture in the living room, and a Leviton smart lighting system.

 The bathrooms were designed with the same attention to detail, featuring Kohler Maxstow vanities and mirrors, Toto Legato one-piece toilets, a Kohler Stoneridge shower, and an American Standard Americast soaking tub.

 A dedicated laundry room includes a Miele washer with TwinDos automatic detergent dispensing and a Miele heat-pump dryer.

 Situated on the top floor of The Barrington, a full-service prewar condominium, Residence 9B offers a rare combination of historic Upper West Side character and modern construction-quality rarely found in Manhattan renovations. Residents enjoy a full-time doorman, storage, bike room, and an exceptional location moments from Riverside Park, Central Park, neighborhood dining, shopping, and transportation.

 The images were virtually staged.

## Property Details

- **Property Type**: Condominium
- **Beds**: 3
- **Baths**: 2
- **Rooms**: 6
- **Sqft**: 1,270 sqft
- **Stories**: 9
- **Year Built**: 1911
- **Price per Sqft**: $1,850
- **Common Charges**: $2,633 / Monthly
- **Listed On**: Jun 17, 2026
- **Days on Market**: 84 Days

### Residence Features

- Building In Basement
- Washer Hookup
- In Unit
- City Lights
- City

## Sales Evidence

### Recent closed sales

10 apartments at Barrington, The have recorded sales since September 2021, the most recent for $789,000 in July 2026. Prices are the figures recorded with the City, not asking prices.

| Unit | Beds | Sq Ft | Sold Price | $/ft² | Sold | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2F](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10024/203-west-81st-street-f-2F-ny-10024) (Apartment) | 1 | 600 | $789,000 | $1,315/ft² | July 28, 2026 | MLS |
| 3A (Apartment) | 3 | 1,409 | $2,190,000 | $1,554/ft² | May 14, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 2A (Apartment) | 3 | — | $1,700,000 | — | April 19, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 5E (Apartment) | 2 | 780 | $1,035,000 | $1,327/ft² | December 6, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 4F (Apartment) | 1 | 750 | $775,000 | $1,033/ft² | November 13, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 8A (Apartment) | 3 | 1,409 | $2,250,000 | $1,597/ft² | August 30, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 2-E (Apartment) | 2 | — | $1,200,000 | — | July 6, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 3C (Apartment) | 2 | 1,305 | $2,299,995 | $1,762/ft² | April 18, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 6C (Apartment) | 2 | 1,305 | $1,650,000 | $1,264/ft² | December 30, 2021 | City record · MLS |
| 6D (Apartment) | 2 | 1,409 | $2,225,000 | $1,579/ft² | December 3, 2021 | City record · MLS |

Every row is a recorded transaction, including ancillary spaces such as storage and staff rooms where they were sold separately. Those are excluded from the benchmark below.

### How this price compares

The median closed price for comparable three-bedroom sales at Barrington, The is $2,190,000, based on 3 sales between August 2023 and May 2025. This home is asking $2,350,000, $160,000 above that median. The middle half of those sales closed between $1,945,000 and $2,220,000.

- **Median closed price**: $2,190,000
- **Middle half**: $1,945,000 – $2,220,000
- **Based on**: 3 three-bedroom sales at Barrington, The
- **Period**: August 2023 – May 2025

Square footage is recorded for only 2 of these 3 sales (67%), so no price per square foot is shown for this group. Co-op sales rarely carry a floor area, and a figure drawn from a handful of them would not describe the rest.

Across the 3 of these sales with a published asking price, the median closed at 97.3% of what it originally asked. 67% of them closed below the original ask.

### How these sales were negotiated

- **Sold vs original ask**: 97.3% of the original ask
- **Closed below ask**: 67% of 3 sales
- **Listed → in contract**: 86 days (about 12 weeks)
- **In contract → closed**: 76 days (about 11 weeks)

Across the 3 of these sales with a published asking price, the median closed at 97.3% of what it originally asked. 67% of them closed below the original ask.

Half of these homes were in contract within 86 days (about 12 weeks) of coming to market, based on the 3 with a recorded listing date.

Once a deal was agreed, closing took a further 76 days (about 11 weeks), based on the 3 with both dates recorded.

These are two separate periods measured on different clocks — time to find a buyer, and time from agreed deal to closing. They are medians of different sets of sales and do not add together into a single "days on market" figure.

Based on 3 three-bedroom sales at Barrington, The, August 2023 – May 2025. Each figure counts only the sales that recorded the dates it needs, which is why the denominators differ.

### Price trend

Median sold price for condo and house three-bedroom sales in Upper West Side, 2017 to 2026. The series is held to one bedroom count and one ownership type for the same reason: an unfiltered median tracks which apartments sold, not what they were worth.

| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | $4,000,000 | 31 |
| 2018 | $3,429,453 | 46 |
| 2019 | $3,175,000 | 41 |
| 2020 | $2,700,000 | 37 |
| 2021 | $2,800,000 | 69 |
| 2022 | $3,400,000 | 67 |
| 2023 | $3,550,000 | 56 |
| 2024 | $3,375,000 | 64 |
| 2025 | $3,600,000 | 55 |
| 2026 | $3,587,500 | 54 |

This building does not have enough sales with a recorded floor area to chart its own price per square foot, which is usual for a co-op. The series above follows comparable homes across Upper West Side instead.

Sale prices are the consideration recorded with the City in ACRIS, and each sale is dated by the day the City recorded it. A closing date reported to the MLS typically falls one to two weeks earlier. Recorded sales describe what has already happened and are not an appraisal, a valuation, or an estimate of what this home will sell for.

[See every recorded sale at Barrington, The](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/the-barrington)

## Price and Property History for 203 West 81ST Street, Unit 9B

Review the recorded listing activity for 203 West 81ST Street, Unit 9B, including asking-price changes and prior market dates.

- **Latest price change**: Reduced by $100,000, or 4.1%, on August 28, 2026
- **Originally listed**: June 17, 2026 at $2,450,000
- **Current asking price**: $2,350,000

| Date | Price | Listing event |
| --- | --- | --- |
| August 28, 2026 | $2,350,000 | Asking price reduced by $100,000, or 4.1% |
| June 17, 2026 | $2,450,000 | Listed for sale by Douglas Elliman Real Estate |

## Property Tax History

Taxes at 203 West 81st Street #9B were $24,302 in 2026, up 5.4% from 2025.

| Year | Tax Assessment | Land | Additions | Billable Value | Property Tax | Tax Rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 (FY 2026/27) | $228,514 | $33,668 | $194,846 | $194,417 | $24,302 | 12.5% (estimated) |
| 2025 (FY 2025/26) | $219,563 | $33,668 | $185,895 | $184,382 | $23,048 | 12.5% (estimated) |
| 2024 (FY 2024/25) | $186,001 | $33,668 | $152,333 | $176,145 | $22,018 | 12.5% |
| 2023 (FY 2023/24) | $189,365 | $33,668 | $155,697 | $179,446 | $18,582 after $3,852 abatement | 12.502% |
| 2022 (FY 2022/23) | $184,860 | $33,668 | $151,192 | $173,150 | $21,240 | 12.267% |
| 2021 (FY 2021/22) | $161,990 | $33,668 | $128,322 | $161,990 | $19,819 | 12.235% |
| 2020 (FY 2020/21) | $178,374 | $33,668 | $144,706 | $166,984 | $20,484 | 12.267% |
| 2019 (FY 2019/20) | $182,647 | $33,668 | $148,979 | $158,972 | $19,829 | 12.473% |
| 2018 (FY 2018/19) | $157,882 | $33,668 | $124,214 | $148,006 | $18,667 | 12.612% |
| 2017 (FY 2017/18) | $160,289 | $33,668 | $126,621 | $139,871 | $17,790 | 12.719% |
| 2016 (FY 2016/17) | $162,338 | $33,668 | $128,670 | $129,137 | $16,648 | 12.892% |
| 2015 (FY 2015/16) | $138,307 | $33,668 | $104,639 | $115,130 | $14,832 | 12.883% |
| 2014 (FY 2014/15) | $127,829 | $33,668 | $94,161 | $104,250 | $13,401 | 12.855% |
| 2013 (FY 2013/14) | $110,603 | $33,668 | $76,935 | $96,279 | $12,656 | 13.145% |
| 2012 (FY 2012/13) | $106,630 | $33,668 | $72,962 | $91,577 | $12,071 | 13.181% |
| 2011 (FY 2011/12) | $92,295 | $33,668 | $58,627 | $87,867 | $11,803 | 13.433% |
| 2010 (FY 2010/11) | $83,904 | $33,668 | $50,236 | $85,367 | $11,399 | 13.353% |

The City has not published the official FY2026/27 and FY2025/26 tax rates yet. We calculated the tax for those years using the prior year’s rate, so treat them as an estimate rather than a figure the City has adopted. Every rate without the Estimated marker is the published one.

Tax Assessment is the assessed value on the City’s roll, and it is the figure other listing sites publish. It is not what the bill is calculated on. New York phases assessment changes in gradually for some tax classes, so the City bills the Billable Value shown beside it, less any exemption the owner holds. It usually trails the assessment, and it can sit above it for a few years after an assessment falls.

Where an abatement applies, Property Tax is the amount owed after it. Abatements are granted to the property and do not necessarily transfer to a new owner.

Figures are the New York City Department of Finance assessment roll for tax lot 1012291018. Assessed and billable values are determined by the City for tax purposes and are not an appraisal or an estimate of market value. Tax classes and rates are set annually and can change.

[How we source and calculate NYC property tax data](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/nyc-property-tax-data-methodology)

## About The Building

### Barrington, The

Upper West Side · Condominium

203 West 81st Street, New York, NY 10024

A building in Upper West Side, currently featuring 2 active listings.

- **Year Built**: 1911
- **Total Units**: 2
- **Floors**: 9

[View the building page](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/the-barrington)

### Available Residences — For Sale (2)

| Unit | Beds | Baths | Size | Price / Ft² | Price | Listing Office | Listed Date | Days on Market |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [9B](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10024/203-west-81st-street-b-9B-ny-10024) | 3 | 2 | 1,270 sqft | $1,850 | $2,350,000 (-4.1%) | Douglas Elliman Real Estate | Jun 17, 2026 | 83 days |
| [2F](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10024/203-west-81st-street-f-2F-ny-10024) | 1 | 1 | 600 sqft | $1,315 | $789,000 | Reserve Partners | Apr 30, 2026 | 131 days |

## Estimated Monthly Payment

**$14,516 / month**, assuming a 20% down payment ($470,000), a 6.5% interest rate and a 30-year term. The page's calculator lets a buyer change all three.

- **Principal & Interest**: $11,883
- **Common Charges**: $2,633

Estimates only. Actual payments may vary. Confirm terms with your lender.

## Potential NYC Second-Home Tax

This property may be subject to New York City’s non-primary residence surcharge if it is not used as a qualifying primary residence. The surcharge is based on the NYC Department of Finance market value, not the listing price.

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## Related Links

- [Barrington, The — building page](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/the-barrington)
- [Upper West Side neighborhood guide](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods/new-york-city/manhattan/upper-west-side)
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