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Housing in Masthope · A seller's market

A typical Masthope home is worth roughly $337,000

Homes typically sell in 33 days, below asking.

Typical home value
$337K
PA $255K
Estimate
Median sale price
$530K
May 2026 · Redfin
Days on market
33
Slower than PA (30)
Sale-to-list
96.6%
Homes sell below asking
Homes sold
6
in May · 21 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,500
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,287
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Masthope?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The homes

100% of Masthope households own their home

Half of Masthope’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1989
typical home built · PA 1965
$3,287
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
0.98%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%
77%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.4 years of income

About the same as across Pennsylvania. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$385,000
Typical Masthope home $337K

That covers a typical Masthope home, with $48K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$2,040
Loan $1,670Tax $270Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,500 a month here, $540 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Masthope’s typical property tax (0.98% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Market temperature

A seller's market

Supply is tight — about 3.5 months of homes for sale at the current pace. Buyers should expect competition on well-priced homes.

BalancedA seller's marketBuyer’sSeller’s

Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.

3.5
months of supply · PA 2.7
33
days to sell · PA 30
96.6%
of asking price, at sale
0%
sold above asking
50%
under contract within 2 weeks
3
new listings in May

Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,500

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,150
1 bedroom$1,160
2 bedrooms$1,500
3 bedrooms$1,940
4 bedrooms$2,480
0%
of households rent · PA 31%

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

Next door

Masthope vs. its neighbors

Masthope is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Masthope$337K*—$1,500—$100,394
Fawn Lake Forest$249K*+13.2%†$1,500—$88,083
Lackawaxen$354K+1.5%$1,50031$78,920
Tusten$264K*+16.6%†$1,1100$75,893

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community 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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