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Housing in Valatie

A typical Valatie home is worth about $448,000

Up 4.5% in a year, 15% below the New York typical home.

Typical home value
$448K
▲ 4.5% in a year · NY $527K
Zillow
Median sale price
$416K
April 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
2
in April · 3 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,340
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$5,497
NY $6,582

Only 2 sales in April 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

Price trend

Up 28.5% in five years

About the same pace as New York (29.5%).

ValatieNew York
$200K$250K$300K$350K$400K$450K$500K$550K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryValatieNew York
2017$240,000$298,000
2018$245,000$317,000
2019$261,000$337,000
2020$269,000$353,000
2021$310,000$379,000
2022$360,000$417,000
2023$398,000$437,000
2024$413,000$458,000
2025$427,000$489,000
2026$434,000$510,000
August 2026$448,000$527,000
Then & now

A typical Valatie home worth $235K in June 2016 is worth about $448K today.

+$213K
+4.5%
past year
+28.5%
past 5 years
+90.7%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 4.5 years of income

Less than across New York (6.1 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$351,000
Typical Valatie home $448K

That’s $97K short of a typical Valatie home.

The typical home, each month
$2,980
Loan $2,220Tax $630Insurance $130

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,340 a month here, $1,640 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Valatie’s typical property tax (1.69% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,340

Renters already here pay a median of $842, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,160
1 bedroom$1,170
2 bedrooms$1,340
3 bedrooms$1,620
4 bedrooms$1,780
23%
of households rent · NY 46%
156
renter households
41%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NY 52%
16%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$842
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Valatie in 2025. The last year with any was 2020 (3 new homes).

Single-family2+ homes per building
010203040 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
8
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−34
New homes+73

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Valatie's population fell by 34 even though 73 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across New York: 2.2 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020330$485,000
2019000—
2018110$300,000
2017110$75,000
2016330$370,000
2015330$755,000
2014000—
201333132$1.4 million
201232032$5 million
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006220$250,000
200526260$3.5 million
200429290$3.9 million
200327270$3.7 million
200225250$3.4 million
200123230$3.1 million
200013130$1.4 million

Valatie's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

77% of Valatie households own their home

Half of Valatie’s homes were built before 1973.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

New York: 54% own.

1973
typical home built · NY 1959
$5,497
median property tax bill · NY $6,582
1.69%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NY 1.55%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

On the market in Valatie

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, April 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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