ITHACA REAL ESTATE / ALEX GIROUX
Local knowledge. Five years behind the camera. A personal approach to buying and selling in the Finger Lakes.
About me
I’m Alex, an Ithaca native bringing five years of photography, video, and marketing experience to your next move.
Get to know meCurrent listings / Real examples
I’m a co-listing agent for these two homes with Hart & Homes. See the photos, try the virtual staging, and watch each property’s film.
Explore the homeTrumansburg, NY
Farmhouse character, a full acre, and space to make your own.
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Virtual staging shows digitally added furnishings or alterations. Compare with the original photo to see the home as photographed.
Explore the homeCommonland · Ithaca, NY
A wooded setting and inviting living spaces in Ithaca’s Commonland community.
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Virtual staging shows digitally added furnishings or alterations. Compare with the original photo to see the home as photographed.
For current pricing, availability, and a showing, get in touch.
Local knowledge / The market desk
Choose a county. See where things stand.
The balance of the market / Tompkins County
August 2026 · 4.9 months of supply
The scale is level within the 4–6 month balance range. The lower side shows the advantage. The scale compares available homes with how quickly buyers are going under contract. It changes with the county and each new report. It does not tell you how long your own home will take to sell.
Tompkins County Within the balance range · 4.9 months of supply
Median sale price
$403,708-0.3% year over yearClosed sales
70-4.1% year over yearHomes for sale
258+38.7% year over yearNew listings
104+18.2% year over yearThink of it as how long the homes currently for sale would last if no new homes were listed and buyers kept buying at the recent pace.
For this report, the pace is the average number of homes going under contract each month over the past year. A reading of 4.9 months in Tompkins County describes the whole market—it does not mean your home will take 4.9 months to sell.
Below 4 months: buyers may face more competition, giving sellers more room to negotiate.
4–6 months: supply and demand are more evenly matched. Neither side clearly holds the advantage from this measure alone.
Above 6 months: buyers may have more choice and more room to negotiate.
These are the guideposts used for our scale. Price, condition, and location still matter for every home.
01 / Across the region
Months of supply · Same month, one year apart
Dashed lines mark the 4–6 month reference range.
02 / Tompkins County
Monthly activity and month-end inventory · Number of homes
Inventory is a month-end snapshot; listings and sales are monthly totals.
How I’d read this
Tompkins had more homes available than a year earlier (258 vs. 186), while closed sales fell to 70. Supply of 4.9 months sits within our balance reference range. Your price point, location, and property condition still shape the strategy.
Talk through your local marketSource: NYSAR Monthly Indicators, August 2026, county tables on pages 13–14, published via the Greater Rochester Association of REALTORS®. MLS-reported single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums combined; these figures do not capture every off-MLS sale. Values may be revised.
Market labels are this site’s interpretation of supply: below 4 months is seller-leaning, 4–6 is within the balance range, and above 6 is buyer-leaning. The reference follows the Tompkins County Housing Snapshot’s 4–6 month healthy-market range. This is an indicator, not a definitive rating of every neighborhood. This report calculates supply by dividing month-end inventory by average monthly pending sales over the preceding 12 months. Pending sales are homes that have gone under contract. See page 12 of the linked NYSAR report.
Median prices reflect the mix of homes sold, not the appreciation of an individual home. Small monthly sales counts can produce large swings. Reports are monthly; checks for newly published data are weekly. Report dates stay visible when no new data is available.
| County / period | Median price | Sales | Inventory | New listings | Supply (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tompkins · August 2025 | $405,000 | 73 | 186 | 88 | 3.4 |
| Tompkins · August 2026 | $403,708 | 70 | 258 | 104 | 4.9 |
| Cayuga · August 2025 | $264,000 | 57 | 141 | 92 | 3.1 |
| Cayuga · August 2026 | $230,000 | 48 | 211 | 96 | 4.6 |
| Cortland · August 2025 | $204,500 | 40 | 62 | 30 | 2.7 |
| Cortland · August 2026 | $243,000 | 34 | 91 | 47 | 3.5 |
| Tioga · August 2025 | $199,000 | 37 | 84 | 30 | 3 |
| Tioga · August 2026 | $285,000 | 23 | 103 | 51 | 3.7 |
| Chemung · August 2025 | $177,500 | 70 | 208 | 100 | 3.2 |
| Chemung · August 2026 | $172,340 | 79 | 280 | 113 | 4.9 |
| Schuyler · August 2025 | $375,000 | 21 | 45 | 20 | 4 |
| Schuyler · August 2026 | $292,500 | 20 | 68 | 22 | 6.1 |
| Seneca · August 2025 | $200,000 | 21 | 48 | 29 | 2.4 |
| Seneca · August 2026 | $250,000 | 29 | 52 | 33 | 2.4 |
From first frame to first showing
Every home has a story.
A home with character deserves marketing with character
Virtual staging
Physical staging can involve furniture rentals, deliveries, setup, and extra expense. I offer virtual staging: furniture and décor added digitally to listing photos, helping buyers picture how a room could feel and function without bringing rented furniture into your home.
BeforeWhy good marketing matters so much
Not just “trust me bro” — analyticsThe aim: help buyers find, understand, and remember your home. Pricing, condition, and market demand still matter; the marketing should give them a clear picture.
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