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Market updates

One letter a month for each market I follow, with the numbers behind it.

Published October 9, 2026 in Market Update · White Plains

Some parts of White Plains are still moving fast, even with rates above 7%

The three months ending August 31, 2026 showed a city that is not one market. Depending on your ZIP code, you are in a bidding war or you have room to breathe.

By Steven Scarnati
Median sale price
Down 4.7% from a year ago
Homes sold
Up 16% from a year ago
Median days on market
11 days shorter than a year ago
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Published October 8, 2026 in Market Update · New Rochelle

Another part of New Rochelle is giving buyers more room

Inventory in ZIP 10805 jumped 53.6% and supply hit 5.7 months, while ZIP 10804 still has under a month of homes available.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes for sale
up 53.6% year over year
Months of supply
up 2.9 months year over year
Median days on market
50 days shorter than a year ago
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Mahopac Falls

Mahopac Falls had one sale, and it closed right at list

One home sold here in the three months ending February 28, 2026, and it hit exactly 100% of list price.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes sold
Three months ending February 28, 2026
Average sale-to-list
Sold exactly at asking price
Sold above list
No home went over asking
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Mount Pleasant (Pleasantville, Thornwood, Valhalla, Hawthorne)

Mount Pleasant still looks tighter than the national housing market

Thirty-seven homes for sale, 78 pending sales, and most sellers getting above asking price: that is what the three months ending July 31, 2026 actually looked like here.

By Steven Scarnati
10532 Hawthorne
no year-over-year comparison available
10570 Pleasantville
down 16.7% from 2025
10594 Valhalla
no year-over-year comparison available
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Greenburgh and the River Towns (Hartsdale, Elmsford, Ardsley, Ardsley-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irving

Some parts of this market are still moving like there are no brakes

Through July 31, 2026, a few ZIP codes in Greenburgh and the River Towns had under one month of supply and nearly 9 in 10 homes selling above list, even as national price cuts hit their highest share since 2022.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes sold
up 12.5% year over year
Months of supply
unchanged from a year ago
Median days on market
6 days longer than a year ago
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon inventory is tighter even as homes take longer to sell

Fewer homes to choose from, but that doesn't mean every home is moving fast. Here's what the numbers actually say as of October 2, 2026.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes sold
unchanged from a year ago
Median days on market
32 days longer than last year
Homes for sale
down 9.7% from a year ago
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Ossining

One part of Ossining is moving a lot faster than the rest

The three months ending July 31, 2026 showed two very different markets inside Ossining, and which one your home sits in changes everything about timing and price.

By Steven Scarnati
Median sale price
Up 1.5% year over year
Median days on market
7 days longer than 2025
Months of supply
Down 0.4 months year over year
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Deal of the week

This market added listings, but buyers still kept pace

Inventory grew across Westchester and Putnam this summer, and sales grew right alongside it.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes sold
up 5% from a year before
Homes for sale
up 3% from a year before
Pending sales
up 0.8% from a year before
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Cortlandt

Cortlandt still has more buyers than listings

As of October 2, 2026, demand in Cortlandt is holding up in ways the national numbers simply don't show.

By Steven Scarnati
Active listings nationally
Realtor.com, September 2026
Sellers who cut price nationally
Realtor.com, highest since Oct 2022
Mortgage rates above
Realtor.com, first time since Jan 2025
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Bedford

Bedford prices slipped even while more homes went into contract

Across Bedford's four ZIP codes, pending sales hit 150 in the three months ending July 31, 2026, but median sale prices fell in three of them.

By Steven Scarnati
10506 sale-to-list
Up 1 point from 2025
10536 sale-to-list
Down 0.3 points from 2025
10549 sale-to-list
Down 1.3 points from 2025
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Yonkers

Some parts of Yonkers are still moving fast, even with rates above 7%

The three months ending July 31, 2026 showed a city that reads very differently street by street, and your price or offer probably shouldn't be based on the whole.

By Steven Scarnati
Median sale price
up 24.6% year over year
Median days on market
17 days shorter than a year ago
Sale-to-list ratio
up 3.1 points year over year
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Mahopac

Rates jumped, but Mahopac buyers still showed up

Borrowing got more expensive, and Mahopac still saw more sales, more pending contracts, and higher prices in the three months ending July 31, 2026.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes sold
up 29.8% year over year
Pending sales
up 14.3% year over year
Median sale price
up 11% year over year
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Peekskill

Peekskill prices rose even as buyers got more choices

The median sale price in Peekskill climbed 11.2% to $540,000 in the three months ending July 31, 2026, even as the number of homes for sale jumped 75%.

By Steven Scarnati
Median sale price
Up 11.2% from 2025
Homes for sale
Up 75% from 2025
Homes sold
Up 2.5% from 2025
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Lewisboro and North Salem (South Salem, Cross River, Goldens Bridge, Waccabuc, Croton Falls, Purdys)

Price cuts in the Northeast don't describe every part of this market

Realtor.com reported the Northeast median list price fell 3.8% year over year in September 2026, but the Real Estate Data Aggregator tells a different story in parts of Lewisboro and North Salem.

By Steven Scarnati
Median days on market
Real Estate Data Aggregator
Months of supply
Real Estate Data Aggregator
Sale-to-list ratio
Real Estate Data Aggregator
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Patterson

Patterson prices rose faster than the national pace

The median sale price in Patterson hit $535,000 in the three months ending July 31, 2026, up 12.8% from a year before, while U.S. prices rose 2.6% over the same stretch.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes sold
up 5.6% year over year
Median days on market
unchanged from a year before
Sale to list ratio
down 1.4 points year over year
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · New Castle and Mount Kisco (Chappaqua, Millwood)

Chappaqua and Millwood stayed tight even with rates above 7%

The three months ending July 31, 2026 show two very different stories inside the same market, and which one applies to your home depends on the ZIP code.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes for sale
Down 56.7% from 2025
Homes sold
Down 21.4% from 2025
Median days on market
1 day shorter than 2025
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Putnam Valley

Putnam Valley prices rose, but buyers got a little more room

The median sale price climbed 6% year over year, yet homes are sitting longer and fewer are selling above list.

By Steven Scarnati
Median days on market
9 days longer than a year ago
Homes sold
down 4.3% year over year
Months of supply
up 0.3 months from a year ago
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Rye

Rye stayed tight even with rates above 7%

Inventory fell 23.1% year over year across Rye, and homes that did sell went for an average of 6% or more above list price in both ZIP codes.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes for sale
down 44.7% year over year
Months of supply
down 0.6 months year over year
New listings
down 31.9% year over year
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Amawalk

Amawalk stayed tight even with rates above 7%

Only 3 homes were for sale here in the three months ending July 31, 2026, and 3 in 4 sellers got more than they asked.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes for sale
Very few choices for buyers
Months of supply
Well below a balanced market
Homes sold
Small sample, but all moved
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Expireds (2)

Rates topped 7%, but one part of this market still pushed hard

In the three months ending July 31, 2026, one ZIP code here had nearly 2 in 3 homes sell above list, even as mortgage rates crossed 7% nationally.

By Steven Scarnati
Median price change
Up from same period in 2025
Homes sold change
Up from same period in 2025
Above-list share change
Up 24.1 points from 2025
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · New Rochelle

One part of New Rochelle is still moving like a squeeze

The three months ending July 31, 2026 show three very different markets inside one city, and which ZIP code you're in changes everything.

By Steven Scarnati
Median sale price
down 2.7% from a year before
Median days on market
unchanged from a year before
Months of supply
down 0.3 months from a year before
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Yorktown

Yorktown still has buyers, but homes are taking longer to move

Prices are up in the biggest part of Yorktown, but fewer homes are closing and buyers are taking their time.

By Steven Scarnati
Median days on market
9 days longer than last year
Homes sold
down 15.6% year over year
Pending sales
up 16.9% year over year
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Published October 2, 2026 in Market Update · Eastchester (Bronxville, Tuckahoe)

Eastchester closed more sales even with almost no listing growth

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 140 homes sold here in the three months ending July 31, 2026, up 11.1% from a year before, while new listings slipped 1.2%.

By Steven Scarnati
Homes sold
up 11.1% from a year before
New listings
down 1.2% from a year before
Homes for sale
up 3.3% from a year before
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Steven Scarnati is a licensed real estate agent with Real Broker NY LLC, Real Broker CT LLC (license #10491213858), license #10401283069. Market numbers come from MLS records and are believed accurate but not guaranteed. Nothing on this site is an appraisal or a promise of value. If your home is already listed with another broker, this is not a solicitation.
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