Canandaigua-area home prices rise 6.5% in May, with houses for sale in high demand
A typical Ontario County home listed for $399,450 in May, up 6.5% from a month earlier, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows.
The median list home price in May was down about 0.1% from May 2021. Ontario County's median home was 1,983 square feet for a listed price of $210 per square foot.
The Ontario County market was busy, with a median 26 days on market. A month earlier, homes had a median 28 days on market. The market added 136 new home listings in May, compared with the 132 added in May 2021. The market ended the month with some 132 listings of homes for sale.
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What were Canandaigua-area home prices in May? Here's a county-by-county breakdown
Monroe County's home prices rose 8.1%, to a median $199,900, from a month earlier. The typical house was on the market for eight days, from eight days a month earlier. The typical 1,667-square-foot house had a list price of $128 per square foot.
Wayne County's home prices rose 20%, to a median $209,950, from a month earlier. The typical house was on the market for 12 days, from 15 days a month earlier. The typical 1,610-square-foot house had a list price of $126 per square foot.
Across metro Rochester, median home prices rose to $224,950, up 12.5% from a month earlier. The median home had 1,707 square feet, at a list price of $134 per square foot.
Across all of New York, median home prices were $699,000, similar to the previous month. The median New York home for sale had 1,528 square feet at list price of $464 per square foot.
Database: New York Real Estate Market Report
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Across the United States, median home prices were $446,950, up 5.2% from a month earlier. The median American home for sale had 1,861 square feet, listed at $226 per square foot.
The median home list price — the midway point of all the houses or units listed over a period of time — is used more often in this report instead of the average home list price because experts say the median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market. In finding the average price, all prices of homes listed are added and then divided by the number of homes sold. This measure can be skewed by one low or high price.
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from the Realtor.com residential listings database.. The story was written by Mike Stucka and Sean Lahman.
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