LOWER EAST SIDE

210 East Broadway
One-bedroom, one-bath cooperative
Asking price: $375,000
Selling price: $377,500
Monthly cost: $389
Time on the market: Ten days

SHE’S IN THE MONEY It’s no folly to look into real estate in the Seward Park area of the Lower East Side. The buyer, a photographer who is moving from Brooklyn, and her broker, Louis Russac of Century 21 William B. May, had been scouring the Manhattan market for a year, and kept getting outbid. Then Mr. Russac stumbled on this apartment. “I went to the open house on a lark, and she put in an offer that day.”

The 650-square-foot apartment, which is on the 10th floor of an 18-story building, has good-size windows, and “really nice light,” Mr. Russac said.The large eat-in-kitchen is so big, Mr. Russac said, that the buyer plans to take it apart and create a space for her photography equipment.

The apartment is a great bargain, because of the low maintenance fees and the convenience of the subway. “It’s really coming up,” Mr. Russac said. “You can see it in some of the prices and the people moving down there. It’s very close to the F train around the corner. It’s an interesting little spot.The whole area is being gentrified.”

Mr. Russac said that the buyer had been looking for over a year for the perfect one-bedroom, but lost three places, mostly on the Upper West Side, because the apartments eventually sold for between $30,000 and $50,000 over the asking price. She finally offered a little bit more than the asking price for the Seward Park apartment and got it. Her willingness to pay a bit more may have already paid off, as a similar apartment in the same building, but on a lower floor, recently went for $405,000. “She might be in the money already,” Mr. Russac said. Gina Tramontano of Halstead represented the seller in this estate sale.

WEST VILLAGE

509 Hudson St.
One-bedroom, one-bath cooperative
Asking price: $845,000
Selling price: $925,500
Monthly cost: $990
Time on the market: Three days

JUST LOVELY This 900-square-foot apartment is packed with pre-war charm, including a decorative fireplace and a wood-burning fireplace, hardwood floors, and plenty of sunlight flooding through soundproof windows overlooking a landscaped courtyard. Large glass doors lead to a terrace. There is an upgraded open kitchen. This historic building also offers a roof deck.

According to Alex Nicholas, of the Corcoran Group, the buyer was attracted to the apartment’s fantastic location in a West Village townhouse. “It’s just a lovely apartment,” he said. “It was really nicely renovated and has a lot of light.”

Mr. Nicholas said that the selling price, which was well over the asking price, was on par for the West Village, and reflected the desirability of the neighborhood. Gabriella Winter, also of Corcoran, represented the seller along with Mr. Nicholas. The buyer’s broker was Joe Monteleone of Benjamin James.