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August 28, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Kingston, NY Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

What homes actually sell for in Kingston: a median closing price of $375,000 across 299 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread.

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Kingston, NY Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

If you invest in or around Kingston, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Kingston sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 12 months: 299
  • Median sold price, last 12 months: $375,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $242
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $307,000 and $498,500

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 299 closed sales in Kingston over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $375,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $307,000 and $498,500. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 298 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $182 and $313 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Kingston, NY (September 2026)

The median home price in Kingston is $375,000, measured across the 299 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $307,000 and $498,500.

Where Kingston sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Kingston
Closed sale prices over the last 12 months. Middle half of sales: $307k to $499k
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$160k to $238k: 28 sales$160k$238k to $316k: 40 sales$316k to $395k: 81 sales81sales$316k$395k to $473k: 43 sales$473k to $551k: 30 sales$473k$551k to $629k: 15 sales$629k to $708k: 9 sales$629k$708k to $786k: 7 salesMedian $375k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Kingston over the last 12 months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $307,000 and $498,500. Among the 45 New York markets with a published band, Kingston's middle-half spread ($307,000 to $498,500) ranks 18th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 43rd percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Kingston monthly medians for the complete months inside the last 12 months, Oct 2025 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 11 months plotted.
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Oct 2025: $248 per square foot across 29 sales$248OctNov 2025: $236 per square foot across 21 sales$236Dec 2025: $279 per square foot across 36 sales$279DecJan 2026: $224 per square foot across 39 sales$224Feb 2026: $229 per square foot across 28 sales$229FebMar 2026: $232 per square foot across 24 sales$232Apr 2026: $252 per square foot across 28 sales$252AprMay 2026: $209 per square foot across 15 sales$209Jun 2026: $270 per square foot across 23 sales$270JunJul 2026: $288 per square foot across 26 sales$288Aug 2026: $301 per square foot across 12 sales$301Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 43 days, across 220 Kingston closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 51 days, across 196 Kingston closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 299 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Kingston angle

Kingston contributed 299 tracked closings over the last 12 months, a median closed sale price of $375,000, and a middle half spanning $307,000 to $498,500. Both the band and the count sit close to typical for the markets we track, which makes this an unusually honest page to work from: no distortion to correct for, and no shortcut either. The climb from $375,000 to $498,500 is longer than the step down to $307,000, so upside cases move away from the midpoint in larger increments than downside cases do. That asymmetry is the part worth carrying into an offer, because it changes what a modest improvement in condition or location is worth here.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Kingston address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Kingston, NY
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 3639727
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 299
Median sold price: $375,000
Median sold $/sqft: $242 (298 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Kingston over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Kingston city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 20% of the 299 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $381,500.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Kingston?

The median sold price in Kingston over the last 12 months is $375,000, measured across 299 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Kingston last month?

Resideline tracked 12 closed sales in Kingston in August 2026, out of 299 closings tracked over the last 12 months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Kingston?

The middle half of Kingston sales over the last 12 months closed between $307,000 and $498,500, with a median of $375,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Kingston?

Among qualifying Kingston closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $242, measured across 298 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How should I adjust a Kingston valuation for a better than average house?

Start from matched closings rather than from the citywide midpoint, because the adjustment you are making is exactly the thing a midpoint averages away. The band on this page is close to typical for the markets we track, and it is not symmetric: the ground above the median covers more territory than the ground below it. Practically, that means an upgrade argument can justify a larger move than an equivalent downgrade argument. Whatever move you make, tie it to closings that share the attribute you are pricing.

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