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This part of the west side is still moving fast
While U.S. buyers just hit a record low, the Greece and Spencerport area is running at under one month of supply and selling most homes above list price.
Read the post →Victor is still moving fast, even with rates at 7.40%
In the three months ending August 31, 2026, Victor sold homes in a median of 9 days and nearly 8 in 10 sold above list price, even as Freddie Mac put the 30-year rate at 7.40% as of October 15, 2026.
Livingston County still has more buyers than listings
The three months ending August 31, 2026 showed 162 pending sales against just 60 homes for sale, meaning buyers here are still competing hard even as national inventory climbs.
More listings are showing up, but this market is still moving fast
New listings across Penfield, Webster and Irondequoit rose 10.1% year over year, yet only 102 homes were actually for sale, and pending sales jumped 10.3%.
Some Rochester buyers are still bidding hard, even as national demand slips
National headlines say demand is falling, but the Real Estate Data Aggregator shows parts of Rochester moving in the opposite direction during the three months ending August 31, 2026.
Perinton still moved fast, even with more listings coming on
In the three months ending August 31, 2026, Perinton had just 0.4 months of supply and a median sale price of $425,000, even as new listings climbed 26.8 percent year over year.
Some parts of this market are much tighter than others
The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted just 86 homes for sale across Brighton, Henrietta, Chili, and Rush in the three months ending August 31, 2026, but the supply gap between ZIP codes is wider than most people realize.
This market is still moving fast, even with higher mortgage rates
Mortgage rates climbed above 7%, but the Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 297 pending sales and 254 homes sold here in the three months ending August 31, 2026.
More listings are showing up, but this market is still moving fast
New listings across Penfield, Webster and Irondequoit rose 10.1% year over year, yet only 102 homes were for sale at once, and 566 were already pending.
One part of Livingston County is moving especially fast
The numbers for the three months ending August 31, 2026 show Livingston County is not one market: some parts are moving in days, while nationally more than 1 in 5 listings took a price cut.
Farmington has less room to negotiate this fall
Buyers in Farmington are hearing about price cuts elsewhere, but the local numbers tell a different story.
More listings are showing up, but this market is still moving fast
Across Pittsford, Perinton, and the surrounding southeast Monroe towns, the Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 367 new listings in the three months ending August 31, 2026, up 9.2% from a year before, and yet only 60 homes were for sale at any one time.
One part of Rochester saw sales rise while prices also moved up
In the three months ending August 31, 2026, the 14609 ZIP code stood out: more homes sold and the median price climbed, even as rates pushed past 7%.
This part of the market is still moving fast despite rates above 7%
Rates climbed to 7.49%, but buyers in Brighton, Henrietta, Chili, and Rush kept showing up, and the numbers prove it.
Price growth is strong here, but not every part is moving the same way
For the three months ending August 31, 2026, the Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 254 homes sold across this market, and price changes ranged from up 28.7% to down 2.8% depending on the ZIP code.
One part of Rochester city got more listings without getting slower
In ZIP 14607, new listings rose 27.8% and pending sales rose 31.3%, yet homes still sold in a median of 10 days.
This part of the market was the tightest by far
In the three months ending July 31, 2026, one ZIP code in this market had just 0.3 months of supply and 93.1% of homes under contract within two weeks, while nationally 21% of sellers were cutting prices.
More listings are showing up, but this market is still moving fast
Nationally, inventory is climbing and price cuts are at a four-year high, but the Real Estate Data Aggregator shows this local market is still tight and moving quickly.
More listings showed up in part of Greece, but buyers still moved fast
In the three months ending July 31, 2026, inventory rose sharply in one part of Greece, yet homes across this market kept selling above list price and in days, not weeks.
More listings showed up, but this market was still tight by July 31
Inventory climbed across Brighton, Henrietta, Chili, and Rush in the three months ending July 31, 2026, but supply stayed thin and most homes still sold above asking price.
Victor and Farmington are still moving fast, even with 7.28% mortgage rates
Homes across Victor, Farmington, and Honeoye Falls are going under contract in days, not weeks, and most are selling above list price.
One part of Livingston County is still moving much faster than the national market
While national inventory climbed past 1.16 million homes and price cuts hit their highest share since 2022, ZIP 14423 had just 0.3 months of supply and sold 80% of homes above list price in the three months ending July 31, 2026.
Rates are over 7%, but many Rochester city homes still moved fast
In the three months ending July 31, 2026, most city ZIP codes saw homes go under contract within two weeks, even as mortgage rates climbed past 7%.
Some parts of this market are still moving much faster than others
For the three months ending July 31, 2026, supply in this market ranged from 0.3 months to 4 months depending on the ZIP code, while the National Association of Realtors put the national figure at 4.9 months.
A Year Ago Homes Here Sold for $275,000. This Summer It Was $291,000.
Across the Rochester-area territory over the twelve weeks ending September 20, 2026, the median sold price rose to $291,000, up from $275,000 the same period a year earlier, while median days on market ticked up to 56 days from 54.
The "Buyers Have The Upper Hand Now" Story Doesn't Hold Up Here
Over the twelve weeks ending September 20, 2026, the typical home across greater Rochester sold for 112.5% of its asking price, with 78.2% of the 1,575 sales closing above list.
Buyers Feel Priced Out and Outbid. The Sold Data Says Something Different.
Over the twelve weeks ending August 30, 2026, the median sold price across greater Rochester climbed to $300,000, even as sellers gave back more ground at the negotiating table than they did a year ago.
Everyone's Sure Sellers Are Still Calling the Shots. The Territory-Wide Number Says Otherwise.
Over the twelve weeks ending August 30, 2026, homes across our Rochester-area markets sold at a median 110.4% of list price, down from 114.3% a year earlier, a real cooling in negotiating power even with sales still strong.
Bidding Wars "Cooled" This Summer? That's Not Quite What Happened
Over the twelve weeks ending August 30, 2026, sellers across the Rochester-area territory kept most of the leverage buyers thought had disappeared.
Sellers Still Think They're Winning on Price. The Sale-to-List Numbers Say Something Else.
Over the twelve weeks ending August 30, 2026, the median sale price across our Rochester-area territory held at $360,001, but the sale-to-list ratio slipped compared with a year earlier, and that gap is where the real story is.
Everyone's Talking About Fading Bidding Wars. Rochester's Sellers Didn't Get the Memo.
Over the twelve weeks ending August 30, 2026, sellers across the territory still closed at 113% of asking, and most homes sold above list.
Walworth Prices Are Climbing. That's Not the Same as Sellers Winning.
Over the twelve weeks ending August 23, 2026, Walworth's median sale price rose 22% year over year. Over the same period, its average sale-to-list ratio fell, a pattern that showed up on a smaller scale in Scottsville too.
Rochester-Area Sellers Are Getting More for Their Homes, and Giving More Back to Get There
Over the twelve weeks ending August 23, 2026, sale prices climbed from a year earlier in Spencerport, Henrietta and two pockets of Rochester, even as the share of asking price sellers actually collected slipped in every one of them.
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