Published September 25, 2026 in Market Update

Inventory is down, but more Staten Island homes are still getting sold

By Christopher DiToro

Real estate, Staten Island

Nationally, pending sales slipped 0.2% year over year in August, according to Realtor.com. Staten Island did not follow that script. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 185 homes sold in ZIP 10314 in the three months ending July 31, 2026. That is up 9.5% from the same stretch in 2025. More homes sold even as the pool of choices got smaller. That is the headline for homeowners and buyers alike.

Here is the tension buyers need to understand. The Real Estate Data Aggregator shows only 172 homes were for sale during that same period. That is down 29.2% from a year before. Fewer listings, more sales. That math puts pressure on buyers who want time to think.

What the price says

The Real Estate Data Aggregator put the median sale price in ZIP 10314 at $720,000 for the three months ending July 31, 2026. That is down 1.4% from the same period in 2025. Prices dipped a little, but not dramatically. The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported U.S. house prices rose 2.1% year over year through the second quarter of 2026, so the national tide was moving up while this ZIP code eased slightly.

Sellers are still getting close to their asking price. At 98.9%, the average sale-to-list ratio is strong, even if it slipped 0.2 points from last year. And 27% of homes still sold above list price, according to the Real Estate Data Aggregator. That share is down 7.3 points from a year ago, so the frenzy of overbidding has cooled a bit. But it has not gone away.

How fast homes are moving

The Real Estate Data Aggregator shows the median days on market held steady at 34 days. That number did not change from a year before. Homes are not flying off the shelf overnight, but they are not sitting either. Thirty-four days is a consistent pace.

One number did shift sharply. The share of homes that went under contract within two weeks of listing fell 30.5 points, to 9.2%, according to the Real Estate Data Aggregator. That tells you the very fastest end of the market has slowed. Most homes are taking the full month or so to find a buyer, rather than going in days.

The rate picture

Rates are a real factor right now. CNBC reported the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate surged to 7.22%. That same report noted mortgage demand from homebuyers dropped 19% from a year ago nationally. Higher borrowing costs are keeping some buyers on the sidelines. That is part of why inventory is thin: some would-be sellers are holding on to lower rates they locked in years ago.

New listings are also slipping

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 279 new listings in ZIP 10314 during the three months ending July 31, 2026. That is down 5.1% from a year before. Fewer sellers are coming to market. With sales rising and listings falling, supply dropped to 2.9 months, down 1.5 months from last year. That is a tight market by any measure.

One more thing worth knowing. These are ZIP code numbers. One block can read very differently from the ZIP as a whole. A home near the Staten Island Railway station, or on a specific street, may have its own story.