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How much do you need to make annually to buy a median-priced home in Rochester?
You need a household income of $87,000 a year to buy a median-priced home in the Rochester metropolitan area, which makes it one of the most affordable real estate markets in the country, according to Realtor.com’s April Housing Report, released May 2. The Rochester market ranks seventh among 16 U.S. metros where prospective buyers don’t have to make $100,000 or more. ...
Construction begins on 164-unit affordable housing project in Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Construction is under way for a five-story affordable housing building in Rochester. The 164-apartment structure is being built on West Main Street where a parking lot stands now. The units will be available for folks earning at or below 80-percent of the area median income. 95 apartments will be reserved for […]
Rochester among fastest-selling housing markets nationwide. How long do homes stay on the market?
Rochester has emerged as one of the fastest-selling housing markets in the nation, according to Creditnews Research.The rankings, released ahead of the busier spring home-buying season, put Rochester as the fourth fastest-selling market in the country. With a median time of just nine days on the market, Rochester homes are moving quickly for the first quarter of 2024, according to the market research study. Although Rochester was among the fastest markets in the country, the data...
Unique mansion for sale in Rochester has social media going wild. Take a peek inside
A unique, four-story downtown Rochester mansion listed days ago for $3.4 million was featured Tuesday on the popular Instagram account Zillow Gone Wild, where users scrutinize and comment on photos of exceptional real estate listings. By mid-afternoon Wednesday, the post about the 10,175-square-foot home on East Avenue near South Union...
Homes in Monroe County sold for lower prices recently: See how much here
Newly released data from Realtor.com for January shows that potential buyers and sellers in Monroe County saw houses sell for lower than the previous month's median sale price of $220,000. The median home sold for $200,000, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. That means January, the most recent month...
Construction to start on 76 unit mixed-use development in Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of construction on a 76-unit mixed-use housing development on Thursday. This new Alta Vista apartment building is being built near St. Joseph’s Park and will include a space for public events. With this new development, the city is using part of its budget from the […]
These Upstate NY metros have among the highest property tax rates in US
Multiple metro areas in Upstate New York were among those with the highest effective property tax rates in the U.S. in 2023, including one in the top 10, according to new data. Rochester, Utica-Rome, Buffalo and Albany were all in the top 60 for highest effective property tax rates in...
Multiple Upstate NY counties are among the fastest-selling home markets in US
Six counties in New York were among the top 100 in the nation for fastest-selling homes in February and one Upstate New York county was in the top five, according to data from Redfin. Monroe County ranked No. 4 in the U.S. for the lowest median days on the market...
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