\ud83c\udfc6 Residential: The priciest home sale was in Brooklyn Heights, where a newly built, six-story townhouse at 299 Hicks Street<\/a> changed hands for $13.3 million. The seller was an LLC tied to developer Vadem Brodsky, and the buyer was Blackberry Meadow Holdings LLC. The home has six bedrooms, six and a half bathrooms, a finished basement, a private garden, a rooftop terrace and underground parking for six cars. It first went on the market in September 2024, for just under $18 million. Its most recent asking price was nearly $15 million. Douglas Elliman\u2019s Aran Scott, Anthony Robles, Peter Perez and Susan Lee had the listing.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcca Commercial: An affiliate of Lightsone Capital acquired seven office condo units at 32 West 39th Street in the Garment District for $14.6 million. The seller was an LLC tied to Montclair, New Jersey-based Trigild. The units measure about 33,600 square feet, pricing the sale at roughly $435 per square foot.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcca Residential: Also in Brooklyn Heights, Ellen Marrone and Phillip Rosen dropped $8.2 million on a townhouse at 10 Sidney Place. The seller was an LLC tied to Steven K. Chu, who had purchased the residence in the early 1990s. The six-bedroom brownstone went on the market in February for $8.5 million. Serhant\u2019s Ravi Kantha, Cameron LeCates and Nicole Kats represented the seller.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcca Residential: A trust sold a 2,700-square-foot co-op at 150 Central Park South for $8 million. The buyer was Koruma, Inc. The sale pencils out to more than $2,900 per square foot. The pad has three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. It also has a terrace. The residence first went on sale in September for $12.5 million. Douglas Elliman\u2019s Matthew Gulker and Sabrina Saltiel had the listing.<\/p>\n By the Numbers: Residential foreclosures soar in Sun Belt metros<\/p>\n The residential foreclosure rates are accelerating in several key Sun Belt cities, signaling that the wave of homeowners that purchased properties in booming cities may be struggling with affordability increases.<\/p>\n The issue is most apparent in Austin, which had the highest annual foreclosure growth rate in April \u2014 nearly 199 percent, according to a TRD Data analysis of foreclosure data of metropolitan statistical areas with at least 1 million residents from research firm Attom<\/a>. Austin\u2019s rate was the eighth highest of the markets studied, with about 1 in every 2,000 homes having some type of foreclosure filing.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-15-at-4.57.03-PM.png\")
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