Grasmere’s Q2 2026 median jumped 33.6% while its price per square foot fell 17.9%. That is not a boom. It is a change in which houses sold, and it matters to anyone pricing a two-family.
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Grasmere sits on the Staten Island Railway, with its own station at Clove Road and Giles Place about seven minutes from St. George on the MTA timetable effective November 2, 2025. PropertyShark’s housing-stock table lists 784 one-family buildings, 222 two-to-four family buildings, 69 condo units and 6 co-op units. PropertyShark also states that Grasmere is not designated as at risk from fire, flood or hurricane activity, which keeps insurance simpler than on the East Shore.
PropertyShark reports a Grasmere median sale price of $1,242,500 for Q2 2026, up 33.6% year over year on 10 sales, while the median price per square foot fell 17.9% to $521. Redfin, measuring the three months ending August 2026, reports a median of $737,144, down 3.6%, with 14 homes sold in August, a median of 47 days on market and a sale-to-list ratio of 95.1%.
The two figures are $505,356 apart because they measure different things. A higher median alongside a lower price per square foot means larger homes sold last quarter, not that every home gained a third in value. A two-family owner should price off individual two-family sales, not either headline. The Staten Island borough median was $750,000 in Q2 2026, up 2.7% on 747 sales.
The 2026 conforming loan limit for a two-unit home in Richmond County is $1,548,975, against $1,209,750 for a one-unit home, according to FHFA’s county loan limit list. The 2026 FHA limit for a two-unit home in Richmond County is $1,599,375, against $1,249,125 for one unit, for FHA case numbers assigned from January 1, 2026.
That means a buyer can carry a materially larger conforming loan on a two-family than on a single-family house at the same address. Freddie Mac’s weekly survey put the average 30-year fixed rate at 7.28% for the week of October 1, 2026, up from 6.34% a year earlier, so the second unit’s rent matters more than it did last year.
Usually, yes. Fannie Mae’s Selling Guide (section B3-3.8-02) allows rent from the other units of a two-to-four unit principal residence to help a borrower qualify, but not rent from the unit the borrower lives in. On a purchase, lenders generally start from 75% of the gross monthly rent.
A borrower without at least 12 months of property-management experience can generally use that rent only to offset the new housing payment rather than as extra income. Your lender makes the final call, so Joseph Ranola puts buyers in touch with a lender before the first showing, not after the offer.
Two-family homes are the scarcer product in Grasmere, with 222 two-to-four family buildings against 784 one-family buildings, and they bring rental income and a higher loan ceiling. For a buyer who wants a parent or adult child downstairs, or an owner-occupant who wants a tenant to carry part of the mortgage, the math usually favors the two-family. For a buyer who wants a yard and no landlord duties, it does not.
Joseph Ranola prices Grasmere two-family homes off actual two-family sales, documents the current lease and rent roll before listing, and presents the second unit’s income the way an underwriter will read it. Joseph Ranola serves every neighborhood across Staten Island and Brooklyn, from Tottenville to Williamsburg.
“My house sold the very next day after it appeared on the MLS listing and it sold for 38,000 more than the asking price! Joseph made what is often a notoriously stressful process into something relatively painless.” — Renee Watson, verified Google review
Also today: Joseph Ranola’s guide to selling a home in a divorce in Port Richmond, the Brooklyn guides to ADU income in Red Hook and co-ops and condos in Fort Greene, and aging in place or selling. Read the 2026 Staten Island housing market update, the Staten Island realtor guide, or contact Joseph Ranola directly at (917) 905-2541.
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