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Queens’ most expensive homes (2005-2012)
BY Roxana Baiceanu | Aug 27, 2012
News about estates selling at record-breaking prices in New York is almost exclusively linked to Manhattan, and occasionally to Brooklyn. But a blockbuster $5.1 million sale in the upscale neighborhood of Neponsit has recently put Queens on the luxury real estate map of New York.
It was hailed as the most expensive home ever sold in Queens, but we tend to disagree. The borough saw an even larger sale in the boom year of 2007. Now let’s take a look at what other properties have made headlines over the past 7 and a half years.
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Roxana is an associate editor with Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive. In the past, she also created content for PropertyShark and Point2Homes’ blog pages. She also has 5 years of experience as a marketing copywriter.
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