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Annual Series · 1963–2024 · Compiled in U.S. Dollars & Units
Updated 26 April 2026
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Home Price History in Albany

FHFA all-transactions House Price Index for the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metropolitan statistical area — annual data, 1975 through 2025, rebased to 100 in the year 2000.

HPI (2025)FHFA
288
YoY changeFHFA
+5.4%
5-yr changeFHFA
+53%
Since 2000FHFA
+188%
50100150200250300'75'80'85'90'95'00'05'10'15'20'25Albany HPINY state HPI

The Albany metropolitan area has FHFA House Price Index data running from 1975 through 2025. The index, rebased to 100 in the year 2000, stood at 34.3 in 1975 and 288.0 in 2025. Cumulative nominal appreciation since 2000: +188.0%.

The 2007–2011 housing crisis cut the Albany HPI by 6.6% peak-to-trough — from 175.2 in 2007 to 163.7 in 2012. For context, the U.S. national HPI fell roughly 24% over the same period, so Albany was meaningfully less affected than the national average.

The pandemic-era surge brought the Albany HPI from 182.9 in 2019 to 288.0 in 2025 — a cumulative +57.4% move in 6 years. Compared to the U.S. national HPI's roughly 50% gain over the same period, Albany appreciated roughly in line with the national rate.

Located in the Northeast region of the United States, Albany is one of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas by population. Long-run housing appreciation in Albany reflects a combination of regional employment trends, in-migration patterns, and local supply constraints. The full year-by-year FHFA HPI for Albany is in the data table below.

To compare Albany to the national U.S. housing market, see the national median price history dashboard. Other metros in the Northeast region: see the full metro index. For state-level data, see the state index.

Annual data — Albany

FHFA House Price Index, 2000=100. Annual data; not seasonally adjusted. Source: U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency.

YearHPI (2000=100)YoY change
2025287.99+5.44%
2024273.13+6.90%
2023255.51+9.93%
2022232.44+11.75%
2021208.00+10.19%
2020188.77+3.18%
2019182.95+2.44%
2018178.60+3.05%
2017173.32+2.54%
2016169.02+2.13%
2015165.49+1.30%
2014163.36-0.64%
2013164.41+0.45%
2012163.68-1.49%
2011166.16-1.36%
2010168.45-1.45%
2009170.92-2.31%
2008174.96-0.15%
2007175.22+2.67%
2006170.66+8.42%
2005157.41+15.36%
2004136.45+13.83%
2003119.87+7.44%
2002111.57+6.30%
2001104.96+4.96%
2000100.00+3.25%
199996.85+1.34%
199895.57+1.65%
199794.02-0.73%
199694.71-0.68%
199595.36-3.03%
199498.34-1.82%
1993100.16-1.18%
1992101.36+1.20%
1991100.16+0.70%
199099.46+1.13%
198998.35+5.06%
198893.61+15.03%
198781.38+16.37%
198669.93+23.66%
198556.55+7.69%
198452.51+14.28%
198345.95+8.53%
198242.34+6.38%
198139.80+4.22%
198038.19+3.30%
197936.97+14.56%
197832.27+8.07%
197729.86-4.72%
197631.34-8.71%
197534.33

Methodology

The FHFA House Price Index is a weighted, repeat-sales index that measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same single-family properties. The all-transactions index incorporates both purchase mortgages and refinance appraisals; the index is calibrated to the Northeast census region and rebased to 100 in the year 2000. Coverage begins in 1975 for Albany.

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