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Rochester, NY

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Rochester, NY’s median sale price is $192K as of Aug 2026 — +7.3% year over year. Pecan Street tracks Rochester with its Three-Opinion home-price methodology (Redfin, FHFA HPI, and Zillow ZHVI), with no market signals flagged right now.

Headline

Median sale price

Aug 2026

$192K

+7.3% year-over-year

How it’s calculated

Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.

Mortgage rate

Sep 18, 2026

7.04%

30-year fixed

Where it comes from

National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.

The same rate appears on every market page.

Monthly payment

Principal & interest

$1,024/mo

$44K/yr income needed

How it’s calculated

Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.

Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.

How Rochester compares to other U.S. metros

Days on market193rd of 194
Price-to-rent185th of 195
Price cuts179th of 194
Home-price growth28th of 195 (top 15%)

Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.

Affordability

Price-to-rent ratio≈ 8 -2.6% YoY
185th of 195
Asking price / sq ft$175 +6.5% YoY

Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Aug 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market pressure

Listings with a price cut≈ 25% -2.4 pts YoY
179th of 194
New housing units permitted116

Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Aug 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Jul 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market facts

ZIPs with listing data12 shown of 99
MLS board of record
Price methodologyThree-Opinion · Redfin · FHFA HPI · Zillow ZHVI
Data as ofAug 2026

Recent signals

No signals flagged for this market right now.

Price reconciliation

amber · 2.8pp

Redfin (city)

+7.3%

FHFA HPI · Q2 2026

+4.5%

Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.

Market dispatches

Citable market dispatches for Rochester → Latest dispatch: Jul 10, 2026.

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ZIP-level data

ZIPMedian list priceActive listingsNew listingsPrice reductionsDays on marketHome value
14424$499K70281637$380K
14456$290K54121252$231K
14468$500K3428438$316K
14534$550K3444436$526K
14564$584K3220842$508K
14580$450K4944831$403K
14606$150K3036419$220K
14609$200K39561621$214K
14612$290K2740425$289K
14621$97K3320839$117K
14624$250K28481216$278K
14626$274K3440429$291K

ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.