Sara Alessi

Ready to make a higher-end NYC apartment purchase, but not quite ready (or willing) to pay the one percent “mansion tax” attached to homes that sell for over $1 million? You can do the limbo under the $1 million mark by snagging a place for $999,000. And there are plenty to choose from across all five boroughs, from one-bedrooms in Manhattan to a five-bedroom house in Staten Island.

Scouring the sales market with a $625,000 budget? These one- and two-bedrooms in Manhattan, a studio in Brooklyn, and larger apartments  (or houses) in Queens, the Bronx or Staten Island, await.

If $420,000 is your budget ceiling as you start property-hunting across NYC, you’ll find plenty of apartments to choose from in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and some houses (single- and multi-family) in the Bronx and Staten Island.