Measured FHFA data · through 2025

Home appreciation in Syracuse, NY

Home prices in the Syracuse, NY area rose +11.3% a year over the five years ending 2025, by the FHFA all-transactions index, against +9.2% a year for New York as a whole. That is 2.1 points a year ahead of the state index.

The pace, three windows

1-year

+8.9%

2025 over 2024. New York: +7.0%.

5-year, per year

+11.3%

Compound annual pace, 2020 to 2025. New York: +9.2%.

10-year, per year

+7.5%

+105.2% in total since 2015. New York: +6.8%.

20 years against New York

Among the 409 metros with enough history to measure, that places Syracuse, NY 34th nationally and 3rd of the 13 measured metros in New York. The last five years ran faster than the decade: +7.5% a year over ten years, +105.2% in total. Within the window shown, the index never fell more than 1.6% from a prior peak. The strongest single year in the window was 2022 at +14.1%, and the weakest was 2011 at -1.1%. In 2025 alone the index moved +8.9%, against +7.0% for the state.

Syracuse, NYNew YorkIndex, 2005 = 100
8010012014016018020022024020052010201520202025
Annual FHFA all-transactions house price index for the Syracuse, NY area and for New York, each rebased to 100 in 2005. Annual values are the mean of the four quarterly index readings. Nominal, measured history; no forecast.

Year by year

Annual house price index for Syracuse, NY and New York, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0100.0
2006105.0+5.0%106.5
2007107.2+2.1%107.1
2008108.6+1.3%104.0
2009109.4+0.8%99.5
2010108.8-0.5%96.7
2011107.7-1.1%94.7
2012107.60.0%93.4
2013107.8+0.1%94.0
2014108.5+0.7%95.8
2015109.9+1.3%99.0
2016112.1+2.0%102.4
2017115.4+2.9%106.9
2018120.2+4.2%112.2
2019124.7+3.7%117.0
2020132.3+6.1%122.8
2021149.3+12.8%136.6
2022170.3+14.1%154.6
2023188.3+10.5%165.0
2024207.1+10.0%178.2
2025225.5+8.9%190.6

The 13 measured metros in New York

Measured metros in New York ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
#
1Kingston, NY+4.9%+11.3%+8.2%
2Rochester, NY+7.5%+11.3%+7.7%
3Syracuse, NY+8.9%+11.3%+7.5%
4Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY+7.2%+10.4%+7.3%
5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY+6.6%+10.0%+7.7%
6Utica-Rome, NY+6.4%+9.8%+7.1%
7Binghamton, NY+9.9%+9.5%+6.2%
8Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY+6.2%+9.2%+6.0%
9Glens Falls, NY+7.6%+9.1%+6.0%
10Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY (metropolitan division)+7.0%+8.8%+6.7%
11New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ (metropolitan division)+7.1%+8.0%+6.0%
12Elmira, NY+2.1%+6.8%+4.5%
13Watertown-Fort Drum, NY+4.9%+6.4%+3.6%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-09-07. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the New York row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

Frequently asked questions

How fast have home prices risen in Syracuse, NY?

+11.3% a year over the five years ending 2025, and +7.5% a year over ten, by the FHFA all-transactions index for the Syracuse, NY area. Over ten years that is +105.2% in total. These are measured, nominal changes, not forecasts.

Is Syracuse, NY appreciating faster than New York?

Over the five years ending 2025, yes: +11.3% a year for the metro against +9.2% for the state, 2.1 points a year ahead. Over ten years the gap is +0.7 points a year.

Does a metro average tell me what a specific home in Syracuse, NY will do?

No. This page reports the measured index for the whole metro. Neighborhoods and individual homes inside it followed different paths, and a metro average conceals that spread. Use it for context, then evaluate the specific property within its own local market.

Averages end where the decision starts

These are area averages from measured history. Individual homes inside the same area follow meaningfully different paths. Good Investment ranks a specific property within its own market, with context and a confidence flag.