Hudson Valley home inventory increases for the first time since pandemic
For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, the amount of new homes for sale in the Hudson Valley has increased.
According to a new housing report from Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, “the quantity of new listings and the total available homes for sale has both increased.”
“Two quarters do not make a trend, but even a brief shift in the trajectory of our housing market is noteworthy because the Hudson Valley has experienced six consecutive years of rising prices and declining stock for sale on the market. During the second quarter, new listings increased by 760 homes compared to last year, and total inventory increased by 321 homes.”
“Sales numbers are slightly down over the past three years, which could indicate that demand has cooled, especially for homes at the exorbitantly high prices our region has seen in recent years.
In addition, “people from the NYC metro area, who moved here by the thousands during the pandemic, might be putting their homes on the market to move back - a trend our region experienced in the years after the attacks of 9/11.
“Obvious shifts in inventory are met by a more mixed outlook on home prices. Dutchess, Rockland, and Ulster counties, which were powerhouses of the booming home market, saw their year-over-year prices flatten for the first time in recent memory. But the cost of homeownership in other counties continued to surge. Take Columbia County, for example; with another 10-percent increase this quarter, Columbia joined Sullivan as the only counties to see their median home price increase by more than double since 2019.”
Read Pattern for Progress’ full Q2 housing report, here: https://www.pattern-for-progress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Q2-Housing-Report.pdf
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