The deal for the Carroll Gardens home, asking $7.3 million, was the most expensive of 20 contracts — eight condos, one co-op and 11 houses — signed between Jan. 20 and 25 for a total contract volume of $69 million, according to Compass’ weekly report of contracts for homes asking at least $2 million.
Last week, ten deals were signed in the Brooklyn luxury market for a total contract volume of $33 million.
Allen and Harbor bought the house in 2021 for $3.4 million and listed it for $8 million on October 26, 2025, two days after Allen released “West End Girl,” an album that chronicled the dissolution of her relationship with Harbor. The couple lowered the price to $7.3 million earlier this year.
Compass’ Carl Gambino had the listing and Compass’ Todd Lewin brought in the buyer.
The late 19th century brownstone is 20 feet wide and has five bedrooms, three bathrooms, three fireplaces and a gym in the finished basement. The full-floor primary suite has a fireplace and dual walk-in closets, while the garden level features another guest suite.
The private backyard has a sauna and a cold plunge pool.
The second most expensive contract signed last week was for a townhouse in Carroll Gardens at 16 2nd Street, asking $5.5 million.
The house has only been on the market for a fortnight, an apparent testament to more than two decades of adjustments and renovations that the seller, architect James Biber, had carried out since 2002.
Biber and his late wife Carin Goldberg, known for designing Madonna’s debut album cover, renovated the house, which Biber described in an interview with Biber as “kind of a wreck” Robb Report about work.
They later converted the top floor into an open living space and renovated the facade and landscaping of the front and backyard. Two more renewal rounds took place in 2020 and 2025. “It’s as close to perfect as it can be right now,” Biber said.
The work has kept much of the character of the 1875 house intact, including pine hardwood floors, window moldings, plasterwork and a central staircase, while air rights will allow the future owner to expand Biber’s work even further.
Corcoran’s Dana Power and Falcon Griffith had the mention.
Homes that went under contract last week had an average asking price of $3.3 million, spent an average of 181 days on the market and had an average discount of 3 percent.
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