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ZIP 12754 · Liberty, NY · 8,525 residents · September 2026

Liberty 12754: the market leans toward sellers.

Conditions tightening in sellers' favor. Typical home value $278K, +13.5% over 12 months; listings take 72 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Leaning seller+26
Typical value$278K+13.5% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market72 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut16%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Typical rent$1,438/moZillow, Aug 2026
Active listings33+38% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list—No Redfin sales figure for this ZIP
HavenScore53of 100

Higher than 61% of scored ZIPs · #4,881 of 13,130 ZIPs with 5,000+ residents

Affordability38
Growth73
Risk44
Momentum62
Livability66

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026+23
  2. Apr 2026+21
  3. May 2026+21
  4. Jun 2026+23
  5. Jul 2026+26
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026+26

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 72 days on marketslower than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 16% of listings cut pricefewer than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list —No sale-to-list figure for this ZIP
  • 33 active listings+38% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin.

Accelerating: prices +13.5% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward sellers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$278,175Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price—Redfin
Sale-to-list—Redfin
Sold above list—Redfin

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown. A dash means Redfin has no closed-sale figure for the latest month.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Days on marketHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cutHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
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Prices

Typical home value since 2000, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+13.5%
3 years+38.1%
5 years+81.4%
10 years+206.4%
From peak0.0%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 12754 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $278,175 in August 2026, which is the latest value. Since January 2019 it is +160.1%. The sharpest 12-month move was +3.6%, ending May 2023.

Zillow's typical home value here, $278K in August 2026, is 4% below the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +13.5% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$210K
Middle tier$278K
Top tier$386K
Single-family$279K
2 bedrooms$220K
3 bedrooms$285K

Starter homes here rose 108% in five years while top-tier homes rose 46% (Zillow ZHVI tiers) — the bottom of the market outpaced the top.

3-bedroom homes here run 29% above 2-bedrooms (Zillow ZHVI by bedroom); the NY median premium is 27%.

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankNew York rank
1 year+13.5%+13.5%/yrTop 1% nationallyTop 1% in New York
3 years+38.1%+11.4%/yrTop 1% nationallyTop 1% in New York
5 years+81.4%+12.7%/yrTop 1% nationallyTop 1% in New York
10 years+206.4%+11.8%/yrTop 1% nationallyTop 1% in New York
Since 2000+414.7%+6.4%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$150K$200K$250K$300K$285K202420252026$150K$200K$250K$300K$285K202420252026
3 months$285K+2.5% · $278K–$291KHigh confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$2,24248% of the median household income here ($56,597)
Principal and interest$1,642
Property tax$325
Insurance$119
Mortgage insurance$156

Above the 36% line lenders use for total debt, for a median earner here. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance uses the average homeowners premium insurers reported for this ZIP in 2022, $1,423 a year (Treasury Federal Insurance Office).

Typical rent$1,438
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$2,242

Buying costs $804 a month more than renting here before tax effects and maintenance; the gap is 56% of rent.

Home value change

Under these assumptions the cumulative cost of owning and renting cross in year 24.

Like for like: the HUD fair market rent for a 3-bedroom here is $1,920 a month (FY 2026), against a typical 3-bedroom value of $285K (Zillow, August 2026) — a 8.1% gross rent yield.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

Owning against renting, year by year Haven
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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$56,597Census ACS
Price to income4.9×long-run average 2.0×
Property tax1.40%statutory, state
Insurance$1,423/yrtypical premium
Commute21 minmedian, one way
Walkability8 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingRelatively ModerateFEMA NRI · wildfire 44 · flood 64
Population change+5.8% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1967Census ACS
Owner-occupied50%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 4.9× the median household income here, against 5.2× in the median NY ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $56,597 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskRelatively Moderatescore 49 of 100 · county median 52
Flood64 of 100county median 76
Wildfire44 of 100county median 52
Hurricane72 of 100county median 73

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 39 scored ZIPs in Sullivan County.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income9%U.S. median ZIP 5%
Renters spending over 30% of income37%U.S. median ZIP 39%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

38

Growth

73

Risk

44

Momentum

62
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Livability

66
Walkability8 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseBelow-average walkability
Transit access0.5 miEPA Smart Location DatabaseStop within a 20-minute walk
Job density93 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

17 scored New York ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Sources and freshness

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above list—
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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