Barbara Walters spent a superb quantity of her life in one of many nicest pads in New York Metropolis — one which went available on the market earlier this 12 months … and which can have a brand new proprietor.

You will recall … the late information icon’s fam put her Manhattan rental up on the market again in April — this just some months after she handed away in December 2022 — and the 5-bed, 6-bath residence was listed on the time for $19.75 million, which was nicely price it. The place is good!

Since then, nonetheless, it appears to be like like the true property brokers who had been engaged on it ended up dropping the value tag a tad — and as of proper now, it was going for round $17.7 mil.

Any individual has made a suggestion on the house, and we have confirmed it is below contract — which suggests the sale is pending, and will undergo … assuming all goes in accordance with plan. What we do not know is that if the would-be purchaser ponied up $17.7 million, extra … or much less.

If escrow does shut, we’ll discover out in due time by way of property data — but when the thriller shopper spent wherever close to what it was priced at … they bought a superb deal.