New York’s Buy-Side Real Estate Market: Q2 2026 Analysis

Market Snapshot: Q2 2026

New York's active inventory grew modestly through Q2 2026, rising from 51,738 listings in April to 52,028 by June. Months of supply held at exactly 3.8 across all three months, an unusually stable reading that placed New York in seller's market territory throughout the quarter. The supply scale provides useful context: below 4 months typically signals a seller's market, where demand tends to exceed available inventory; the 4 to 6 month range characterizes a balanced market; above 6 months, conditions tend to favor buyers. At 3.8 months, New York's Q2 2026 reading held just below the seller's market threshold for all three months.

Median sale prices rose strongly through the quarter, climbing from $500K in April to $520K in May and reaching $553K in June. Days on market declined from 38 days in April to 37 in May and 36 in June, a modest improvement in absorption pace across the period.

Compared to Q2 2025, New York's supply held close to the prior year's reading. Months of supply at 3.8 ended June 2026 up 0.2 months from the 3.6 reading in June 2025, a small and consistent difference throughout the quarter. Active inventory grew 2.7% year over year. Median prices rose 7.4% from June 2025, the strongest year-over-year price appreciation of any state in the national Q2 dataset, reflecting sustained buyer demand in a supply-constrained market. Days on market extended by 2 days from the prior year's reading of 34.

Top 25 Buyer's Agents and Teams: Q2 2026 Rankings

Agent Pronto/CINC has ranked New York's top 25 buyer's agents and teams based on total transaction volume in Q2 2026. This proprietary buy-side data reveals the luxury specialists who dominate New York's most active high-value real estate markets.

What the Data Shows

New York's Q2 2026 top 25 draws from four distinct luxury markets outside New York City. The Hamptons on eastern Long Island, particularly Southampton and Westhampton Beach, generate the field's highest individual transaction values from oceanfront and estate properties. Westchester County's most exclusive communities contribute a second and more geographically concentrated cluster: Scarsdale accounts for five confirmed top-25 transaction addresses across four agents, and Rye City contributes three separate confirmed closings from three different agents. The Hudson Valley and Dutchess County estate corridor adds a third market anchored in rural estates 90 to 120 miles from Manhattan. The North Shore of Long Island, including Oyster Bay and the North Fork, rounds out the field's geographic range. With 24 of 25 agents and teams carrying medians above $1 million, New York's field is among the most luxury-concentrated in the national Q2 dataset.

The field's highest-value transactions span the Hamptons and Westchester. Renee Stengel qualified through a single $13.4M closing on Main Street in Westhampton Beach, the highest individual transaction in New York's Q2 top 25. Jane Babcook contributed 2 closings at a $7.7M median, with her highest a $13.25M Southampton estate on Farm Court. Brian P Milton reached rank 11 through a single $12.5M closing in Pine Plains in the Hudson Valley. Kathleen Spadaro qualified through a single $10.0M closing on Kirby Lane in Rye City. Laura Miller leads the full rankings by total dollar volume with 5 closings at a $4.7M median, including two confirmed Scarsdale closings at $7.35M on Oxford Road and $6.25M on Morris Lane. John Barbato closed 3 transactions at a $3.0M median, including a $9.65M Dutchess County estate. Jason Karadus contributed 3 closings at a $1.5M median, with a confirmed $8.25M Milan, Dutchess County closing.

The Westchester cluster is the most geographically concentrated market in New York's top 25. In addition to Laura Miller and Kathleen Spadaro, Jennifer Baldinger confirmed a $6.35M Scarsdale closing on Birchall Drive, and Elise Flagg closed a $5.9M Scarsdale property on Eton Road. In Rye City, Elizabeth Ross confirmed a $6.5M Boxwood Lane closing and Julia K. Bieber contributed a $6.5M Grace Church Street closing. Derek Moore closed 4 transactions at a $2.9M median, including a $8.3M Cedar Island property in Mamaroneck. Soheila Sharf contributed 3 closings at a $4.3M median. Sheila Stoltz closed 5 transactions at a $3.3M median working the broader New York luxury corridor.

Median prices across the full top 25 run from $950K to $13.4M, and closing counts from 1 to 9. Only Hedva Y Dahan, with 9 closings at a $950K median, falls below the $1 million threshold that defines the rest of the field. As with all dollar-volume rankings, the top 25 reflects the high-producing end of New York's buyer's agent and team landscape rather than a cross-section of the full market.

Conclusion

New York's Q2 2026 market held at a stable 3.8 months of supply for all three months, slightly above Q2 2025's 3.6 but within the close-tracking pattern that defined both years in seller's territory. Median prices rose 7.4% year over year, the strongest price appreciation of any state in the national Q2 dataset. The top 25 buyer's agents and teams reflect a state where Hamptons oceanfront specialists, Westchester luxury community agents and Hudson Valley estate practitioners each contribute to a field with near-universal $1M+ median pricing. Agent Pronto/CINC's Q2 2026 rankings capture that concentration across New York's active buyer's agent and team landscape.

Data Sources:

Market Data: Provided by Redfin, a national real estate brokerage.

Buy-Side Transaction Data: Provided exclusively by Agent Pronto/CINC, the industry's leading source for buyer's agent and team performance intelligence. Agent Pronto/CINC aggregates buy-side transaction data nationwide to deliver comprehensive rankings and performance metrics.

Disclaimer: While Agent Pronto/CINC makes every effort to ensure data accuracy, rankings are based on available transaction records and may not capture all buy-side activity. Agents or teams not included in these rankings may have comparable or superior performance not reflected in our data sources.

Analysis Period: April 2026 - June 2026