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title: "171 West 131st Street #309, New York City, NY 10027"
description: "171 West 131st Street #309, New York City, NY 10027 — Central Harlem, New York City, NY. Listing Price $850,000. 2 bed, 2 bath Illustrative Buyer Commission Share of $12,750 at closing, based on a 3% buyer-broker commission."
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dateModified: "2026-09-11T21:26:49.957Z"
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# 171 West 131st Street #309, New York City, NY 10027

Central Harlem, New York City, NY

Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Last updated: September 11, 2026, 5:26 PM

## At a Glance

- **Listing Price**: $850,000
- **Beds**: 2
- **Baths**: 2
- **Common Charges**: $1,448 / mo
- **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**: $850,000
- **Illustrative Buyer Commission Share**: -$12,750*
- **Illustrative Net Cost**: $837,250

*Illustrative Buyer Savings of $12,750 — 50% of a 3% buyer-broker commission, shared at closing.*

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## Photos (10)

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## Property Overview

Spacious and bright, this two-bedroom, two-bathroom residence offers a modern layout with fantastic natural light through west-facing windows overlooking Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. The open kitchen is beautifully designed with white cabinetry, under-cabinet LED lighting, Caesarstone countertops, a large breakfast island, and a sleek white glass tile backsplash. High-end appliances include an LG refrigerator and a full Electrolux stainless steel package with range, microwave, and dishwasher.

 The primary bedroom features an en-suite bath with a stall shower and custom glazed porcelain tile, while the second bathroom includes a full bathtub. Additional highlights include an exterior-vented washer/dryer and generous closet space throughout.

 Located in the heart of vibrant Harlem,  The Aurum is a contemporary, environmentally conscious condominium offering upscale amenities: a 24-hour attended lobby, bike storage, top-floor fitness center, residents lounge with media room, landscaped courtyard, and a furnished roof deck with grilling stations and seating. The attached garage provides added convenience.

 Close to major transportation options (2, 3, B & C trains), you can reach Midtown in under 30 minutes. Enjoy nearby favorites such as St. Nicholas Park, Whole Foods, Renaissance Harlem, Sylvia's, Red Rooster, Corner Social, Harlem Shake, and Sottocasa Pizzeria.

   A major added bonus: this home benefits from a 25-year 421-A Tax Abatement in place until 2043, offering exceptional long-term savings and making it an outstanding value-especially for investors.

   NOTE: The apartment is currently rented until  March 1st, 2026, providing dependable rental income and excellent investment potential.

## Property Details

- **Property Type**: Condominium
- **Beds**: 2
- **Baths**: 2
- **Rooms**: 4
- **Stories**: 8
- **Year Built**: 2015
- **Common Charges**: $1,448 / Monthly
- **Listed On**: Nov 21, 2025
- **Days on Market**: 296 Days

### Residence Features

- Central Air
- Building Other
- In Unit
- Building Roof Deck

## Sales Evidence

### Recent closed sales

20 apartments at Aurum have recorded sales since September 2021, the most recent for $1,050,000 in August 2026. Prices are the figures recorded with the City, not asking prices.

| Unit | Beds | Sq Ft | Sold Price | $/ft² | Sold | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [PH16](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10027/171-west-131st-street-ph16-ny-10027) (Apartment) | 2 | 944 | $1,050,000 | $1,112/ft² | August 10, 2026 | MLS |
| 603 (Apartment) | 1 | 650 | $450,000 | $692/ft² | March 31, 2026 | City record · MLS |
| 604 (Apartment) | — | 635 | $499,999 | $787/ft² | March 10, 2026 | City record |
| 317 (Apartment) | 1 | 645 | $490,000 | $760/ft² | January 29, 2026 | City record |
| 620 (Apartment) | 1 | 611 | $590,000 | $966/ft² | December 5, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 407 (Apartment) | 2 | 966 | $890,000 | $921/ft² | November 5, 2025 | City record · MLS |
| 203 (Apartment) | 1 | 650 | $660,000 | $1,015/ft² | December 12, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| PH9 (Apartment) | — | 856 | $799,000 | $933/ft² | October 15, 2024 | City record |
| 415 (Apartment) | 2 | 912 | $800,000 | $877/ft² | October 3, 2024 | City record · MLS |
| 311 (Apartment) | 2 | 938 | $745,000 | $794/ft² | October 6, 2023 | City record |
| PH19 (Apartment) | Studio | 421 | $425,000 | $1,010/ft² | August 1, 2023 | City record |
| 314 (Apartment) | — | 649 | $625,000 | $963/ft² | July 28, 2023 | City record |
| 610 (Apartment) | 2 | 971 | $940,000 | $968/ft² | June 26, 2023 | City record · MLS |
| 610 (Apartment) | 2 | 971 | $940,000 | $968/ft² | June 26, 2023 | City record |
| 505 (Apartment) | 1 | 635 | $630,000 | $992/ft² | December 9, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| PH2 (Apartment) | 3 | 1,057 | $1,075,000 | $1,017/ft² | September 27, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| PH11 (Apartment) | 2 | 851 | $837,500 | $984/ft² | September 16, 2022 | City record · MLS |
| 321 (Apartment) | — | 851 | $413,604 | $486/ft² | February 24, 2022 | City record |
| 403 (Apartment) | — | 679 | $680,000 | $1,001/ft² | February 10, 2022 | City record |
| 307 (Apartment) | — | 965 | $885,000 | $917/ft² | January 10, 2022 | City record |

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 two-bedroom sales at Aurum is $863,750, based on 6 sales between September 2022 and November 2025. This home is asking $850,000, $13,750 below that median. The middle half of those sales closed between $809,375 and $927,500.

- **Median closed price**: $863,750
- **Middle half**: $809,375 – $927,500
- **Based on**: 6 two-bedroom sales at Aurum
- **Period**: September 2022 – November 2025
- **Median $/ft²**: $945/ft²

Across the 4 of these sales with a published asking price, the median closed at 98.7% of what it originally asked. 75% of them closed below the original ask.

### How these sales were negotiated

- **Sold vs original ask**: 98.7% of the original ask
- **Closed below ask**: 75% of 4 sales
- **Listed → in contract**: 62 days (about 9 weeks)
- **In contract → closed**: 86 days (about 12 weeks)

Across the 4 of these sales with a published asking price, the median closed at 98.7% of what it originally asked. 75% of them closed below the original ask.

Half of these homes were in contract within 62 days (about 9 weeks) of coming to market, based on the 4 with a recorded listing date.

Once a deal was agreed, closing took a further 86 days (about 12 weeks), based on the 4 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 6 two-bedroom sales at Aurum, September 2022 – November 2025. Each figure counts only the sales that recorded the dates it needs, which is why the denominators differ.

### Price trend

Median price per square foot for sales at Aurum, 2016 to 2026. Price per square foot is used rather than sale price so the line follows the market rather than whichever apartments happened to change hands that year.

| Year | Median $/ft² | Sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | $1,077/ft² | 40 |
| 2017 | $1,048/ft² | 57 |
| 2018 | $580/ft² | 8 |
| 2022 | $988/ft² | 6 |
| 2023 | $968/ft² | 5 |
| 2024 | $933/ft² | 3 (thin) |
| 2026 | $760/ft² | 3 (thin) |

Years marked "thin" rest on fewer than 5 sales, where a single unusual apartment moves the median a long way. Read those points as the small samples they are rather than as the market turning.

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 Aurum](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/aurum)

## Price and Property History for 171 West 131ST Street, Unit 309

Review the recorded listing activity for 171 West 131ST Street, Unit 309, including asking-price changes and prior market dates.

- **Latest price change**: Reduced by $20,000, or 2.3%, on September 11, 2026
- **Originally listed**: November 21, 2025 at $898,000
- **Current asking price**: $850,000
- **Last sold (recorded)**: $981,000 on May 9, 2017

| Date | Price | Listing event |
| --- | --- | --- |
| September 11, 2026 | $850,000 | Asking price reduced by $20,000, or 2.3% |
| September 1, 2026 | $870,000 | Listing removed from the market |
| June 25, 2026 | $870,000 | Asking price reduced by $20,000, or 2.2% |
| June 22, 2026 | $870,000 | Returned to the market |
| November 21, 2025 | $898,000 | Listed for sale by Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
| May 9, 2017 | $981,000 | Sold — recorded sale price |
| January 19, 2017 | $981,000 | Listed for sale by Halstead dba Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales LLC |

## Property Tax History

Taxes at 171 West 131st Street #309 were $1,664 in 2026.

| Year | Tax Assessment | Land | Additions | Billable Value | Property Tax | Tax Rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 (FY 2026/27) | $98,797 | $9,892 | $88,905 | $98,797 | $1,664 | 12.5% (estimated) |
| 2025 (FY 2025/26) | $87,583 | $9,892 | $77,691 | $87,583 | $1,664 | 12.5% (estimated) |
| 2024 (FY 2024/25) | $82,378 | $9,892 | $72,486 | $82,378 | $1,664 | 12.5% |
| 2023 (FY 2023/24) | $80,416 | $9,892 | $70,524 | $80,416 | $1,664 | 12.502% |
| 2022 (FY 2022/23) | $80,236 | $9,892 | $70,344 | $80,236 | $1,632 | 12.267% |
| 2021 (FY 2021/22) | $78,480 | $9,892 | $68,588 | $78,480 | $1,628 | 12.235% |
| 2020 (FY 2020/21) | $88,232 | $9,892 | $78,340 | $88,232 | $1,632 | 12.267% |
| 2019 (FY 2019/20) | $84,127 | $9,892 | $74,235 | $77,457 | $1,660 | 12.473% |
| 2018 (FY 2018/19) | $76,718 | $9,893 | $66,825 | $75,729 | $1,678 | 12.612% |
| 2017 (FY 2017/18) | $75,482 | $9,893 | $65,589 | $74,575 | $1,693 | 12.719% |

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.

Figures are the New York City Department of Finance assessment roll for tax lot 1019161224. 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

### Aurum

Central Harlem · Condominium

171 West 131st Street, New York, NY 10027

A building in Central Harlem, currently featuring 7 active listings.

- **Year Built**: 2015
- **Total Units**: 7
- **Floors**: 8

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

### Available Residences — For Sale (7)

| Unit | Beds | Baths | Size | Price / Ft² | Price | Listing Office | Listed Date | Days on Market |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [309](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10027/171-west-131st-street-309-ny-10027) | 2 | 2 | — | — | $850,000 (-2.3%) | Douglas Elliman Real Estate | Nov 21, 2025 | 295 days |
| [317](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10027/171-west-131st-street-317-ny-10027) | 1 | 1 | 663 sqft | $739 | $490,000 (-2.0%) — In contract | Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales LLC | Sep 30, 2025 | 347 days |
| [PH16](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10027/171-west-131st-street-ph16-ny-10027) | 2 | 2 | 944 sqft | $1,112 | $1,050,000 (-4.1%) | Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales LLC | Apr 30, 2026 | 135 days |
| [510](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10027/171-west-131st-street-510-ny-10027) | 2 | 2 | 971 sqft | $885 | $859,000 — In contract | Platinum Forbes Global Properties | Jun 26, 2026 | 78 days |
| [619](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10027/171-west-131st-street-619-ny-10027) | 1 | 1 | 777 sqft | $835 | $649,000 — In contract | ALTA Real Estate | Jul 10, 2026 | 64 days |
| [607](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10027/171-west-131st-street-607-ny-10027) | 2 | 2 | 966 sqft | $895 | $865,000 | Corcoran Group | Aug 19, 2026 | 24 days |
| [411](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buy/newyorkcity/manhattan/10027/171-west-131st-street-411-ny-10027) | 2 | 2 | 938 sqft | $916 | $859,000 | Compass | Sep 9, 2026 | 3 days |

## Estimated Monthly Payment

**$5,746 / month**, assuming a 20% down payment ($170,000), a 6.5% interest rate and a 30-year term. The page's calculator lets a buyer change all three.

- **Principal & Interest**: $4,298
- **Common Charges**: $1,448

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

## Central Harlem

Overview of Central Harlem

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## Related Links

- [Aurum — building page](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/buildings/new-york-city/manhattan/aurum)
- [Central Harlem neighborhood guide](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/neighborhoods/new-york-city/manhattan/central-harlem)
- [Estimate your Buyer Commission Share and closing costs](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/calculators/buyer-closing-cost-calculator)
- [Contact Régis Roumila](https://realestaterebatesnewyork.com/contact)

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