Buying a home is increasingly becoming more expensive in the Hudson Valley. A new report from housing nonprofit Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress shows that the median home price reached at least $350,000 or more in every county across the Hudson Valley for the first time ever in 2025.
All nine counties except Greene and Sullivan counties now have median prices of more than $450,000, with Rockland County recording the region’s highest median sale price at $715,000. Sullivan County remained the most affordable sale price in the Hudson Valley at $350,000.
More rural communities including Columbia, Greene, and Sullivan counties continued to see large jumps in sale prices, according to the report.
2025 Annual Median Sale Price in the Hudson Valley Region
The analysis looked at home sales and inventory in Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties using data from the New York State Association of Realtors.
Overall housing inventory in the region has risen over the past two years. Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress says that more retirees putting their homes on the market and remote work environments may have contributed to the inventory boost.
2025 Annual Inventory of Homes for Sale in the Hudson Valley Region
Still, housing experts in the Hudson Valley have increasingly urged that homeownership is out of reach for many residents in the region due to declining inventory and affordability.
The report notes that overall inventory of homes for sale remains “extremely depressed from its pre-pandemic baseline.” Columbia, Ulster, and Westchester counties all saw fewer homes for sale in 2025.
The number of closed homes sales slightly increased in 2025 after three straight years of decline, with Orange County as the outlier seeing fewer sales.
Image: Front facades of different homes (Photo Credit: Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress)