Updated August 2026. Every few months we publish what we are actually seeing across the markets we buy in. These are not automated home value estimates. The medians below come from live market data for the specific zip codes we work, and the commentary comes from the offers we are writing right now.
One caution before the numbers. Every median on this page blends houses with co-ops and condos. In most of Queens that pulls the figure well below what an actual house trades for, so treat these as a floor for houses rather than a target. If you want a real number for your specific property, the only honest way to get one is a walkthrough.
Queens
Queens remains the most competitive market we buy in, and the spread between neighborhoods is enormous. Whitestone sits near $1,095,000, reflecting the detached colonials and large lots that make it feel suburban. Flushing runs around $695,000, where builder interest in deep lots sets a floor under anything with land. Rego Park is near $459,000 and has firmed up noticeably over the past six months. The co-op heavy pockets read lower on paper: Kew Gardens around $328,000 and Briarwood around $444,444, both of which understate house values badly because apartment sales dominate the count. The most active segment for us is still the 1950s and 1960s Cape Cod and Tudor stock coming out of estates. If you want the full picture, we buy houses across Queens from Astoria to the Rockaways.
Long Island
Nassau has stayed firm through the summer. East Meadow is near $825,000, Levittown around $595,000, and Hempstead around $615,000. The story on Long Island is still supply. Postwar inventory is finally turning over as original owners and their children make decisions, and a large share of what reaches us has never been renovated. Those houses are exactly where a financed buyer struggles and a cash sale makes sense. We buy across Long Island.
Westchester
Westchester has been the most uneven of our markets. Yonkers sits near $525,000, Mount Vernon around $480,000, and New Rochelle around $535,000. Read those New Rochelle style swings carefully. When a median jumps sharply in a market this size it usually reflects which houses happened to list, not a real change in what your house is worth. Taxes remain the dominant force here. They shape what a buyer can afford and they are the single most common reason owners tell us they are done. See Westchester for the full area.
Northern and Central New Jersey
Newark is near $575,000, Jersey City around $725,000, and Paterson around $550,000. Multifamily is the whole conversation in these markets. Two and three family buildings are what we are asked to buy most often, usually by landlords who are finished with the costs and the tenancies rather than by owners in distress. We buy occupied buildings as they stand. More at New Jersey.
What we are not seeing
We are not seeing a crash, and we are not seeing panic. Anyone telling homeowners in this metro that values are about to fall off a cliff is selling something. Inventory is tight, buyer demand is real, and prices in most of our towns are flat to modestly higher than a year ago. What has genuinely changed is the cost of borrowing, which shows up as financed deals taking longer and falling apart more often, especially on older houses that appraise poorly.
Where the inventory actually comes from
Almost every house we buy traces back to one of four situations rather than a market decision. Estates and inherited homes are the largest share by a wide margin. Landlords who have had enough are second. Downsizing after decades in a house that got too big is third. Foreclosure and tax pressure make up the rest. None of those sellers care much about where the market is heading next quarter. They care about certainty and a date.
What this means if you are thinking about selling
If your house is updated, empty, and easy to show, list it. A good agent will beat a cash offer on a house like that, and we will tell you so. If your house has an old roof, original systems, a tenant, a violation, or forty years of belongings in it, the math changes completely. The listing price you see online assumes a house in condition yours is not in, and closing that gap costs real money and months of your life. That is the situation cash home buyers exist for.
If you want a real number for your specific house
Call (516) 964-7222 or use the form on this page. We walk the property once, usually within a day or two, and put a written cash offer in your hands within 24 hours. The offer is free, it holds for a week, and there is no obligation. If we think listing serves you better, we will say that instead.
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