New York, NY metro area: housing market report

Updated 10/26/2026

Verified monthly housing data for New York, NY metro area. The national median sale price for the same period was $393,895; neither median describes a specific home.

  • Median sale price: $808,144 (+3.6% year over year)
  • Closed sales: 4,796 (-0.6% year over year)
  • Inventory: 23,608 (+3.0% year over year)
  • Median days on market: 57 (-3 days year over year)

For buyers: Inventory changed +3.0% while marketing time changed -3 days. These mixed or flat signals call for checking the competition in your price range.

For sellers: The median sale price changed +3.6% year over year. This is a market mix measure, not an estimate of your home’s appreciation; review comparable properties.

Six-month trend

Monthly observations; price is the median sale price in dollars.
MonthPriceSalesDays
2026-04$790,0004,67259
2026-05$815,0004,48157
2026-06$845,0004,63957
2026-07$850,0004,97857
2026-08$835,0004,88457
2026-09$808,1444,79657

Reporting period: 2026-09-01 through 2026-09-30. Source revised: 2026-10-07. Retrieved: 2026-10-26. Source geography: New York, NY metro area (ID 35614).

Source: Redfin Data Center monthly download. Source methodology.

How to read these figures

Redfin monthly All Residential, all construction; seasonally adjusted where available, except median sale price (not seasonally adjusted). Redfin Metro boundaries can be metro divisions or smaller statistical areas; these are not city limits. Census region follows the first state in the source label for cross-state areas. Monthly data can be revised; weekly publication does not imply weekly measurements.

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About the Author

Written by Jim Gruler, Arizona Licensed Real Estate Broker and Co-Founder of Seeking Agents®. Jim has more than 18 years of real estate experience and helps create educational resources for buyers and sellers navigating the home buying and selling process.

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Last updated: 10/26/2026