NY · Metro #50

Buffalo - NY housing market

The Buffalo metro has a typical home value of $282,896, up 4.6% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 11 days on market - a strong seller's market. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$282,896
+4.6% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$269,840
+6.5% YoY
Median list price
$248,600
Sale-to-list ratio
102.1%
Selling above ask
Days on market
11d
Listings w/ price cut
13.4%
New listings / mo
723
+1.8% YoY
Homes for sale
1,490
+7.9% YoY
Typical rent
$1,417/mo
+3.1% YoY
Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($282,896) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Buffalo - NY metro area , a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 4.6% over the past year. In Buffalo - NY, that means a home worth $270,455 last year is now worth roughly $282,896.

The median sale price , what homes actually close for , is $269,840. Homes are selling at 102.1% of list price, meaning buyers are typically paying at or above asking.

Homes listed in Buffalo - NY sit on the market for roughly 11 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 13.4% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 723 new listings hit the market each month in Buffalo - NY. There are currently 1,490 homes for sale, up 7.9% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Buffalo - NY is $1,417, up 3.1% year over year. For investors, the price-to-rent ratio here is roughly 17x annual rent.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

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Other metros in NY

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
New York - NY$718,397 +4.1% 26.0d
Rochester - NY$278,388 +4.3% 8.0d
Albany - NY$364,241 +5.1% 8.0d
Syracuse - NY$258,827 +6.3% 7.0d
Utica - NY$223,525 +7.9% 26.0d
Binghamton - NY$193,399 +5.3% 15.0d
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