Midland Beach sale prices fell in Q2 2026. Staten Island Class 1 assessed values went up 5.1% on the same tentative roll. When those two numbers move in opposite directions, owners should look hard at their Notice of Property Value.
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Midland Beach is an East Shore Staten Island neighborhood in ZIP 10306 with 2,041 owner-held residential properties: 1,684 single-family homes, 255 two-to-four family houses and 102 condo units. Joseph Ranola is a real estate broker and not an attorney or a tax advisor. What a broker brings to a tax appeal is the part the city is actually arguing about: what the house would sell for.
Yes, on the most recent quarterly data. The Midland Beach median sale price was $599,000 in Q2 2026, down 12.4% from $684,000 a year earlier, on 17 sales, according to PropertyShark. Price per square foot fell 25.3%, from $542 to $405. Redfin, measuring the three months ending August 2026, puts the median higher at $662,180, down 3.3%, with a median of 41 days on market. Both sources agree on direction: Midland Beach values were flat to down while the rest of Staten Island rose, with the borough median up 2.7% to $750,000 in Q2 2026.
Because the city values homes on a different window than the one you are watching. The Department of Finance published the fiscal year 2027 tentative roll on January 15, 2026, using sales from January 6, 2025 through January 5, 2026, and Staten Island Class 1 assessed value rose 5.1%, the largest increase of any borough. Class 1 assessed value can rise no more than 6% in a year and 20% over five years, excluding physical changes, and cannot exceed 6% of market value. A neighborhood whose sale prices fell in 2026 can still see its assessment climb for years while the caps phase in earlier increases.
There are two separate routes, and they do different things. If the Department of Finance has your property facts or market value wrong, you file a Request to Update or a Request for Review with DOF. A Tax Commission appeal, filed on form TC108, can lower assessed value, correct tax class and exemptions, but cannot change market value; the owner has to show the true value is below the effective market value, which is assessed value divided by 6%. Filing with DOF does not replace a Tax Commission appeal. If the Tax Commission denies relief, the next step is a Small Claims Assessment Review, filed by October 25.
For the 2026/27 tax year, the Tax Commission had to receive Class 1 appeals by March 16, 2026, and that deadline cannot be extended. The general rule is March 15, with Notices of Property Value going out on or about January 15. That means the next realistic window for a Midland Beach owner is January to mid-March 2027, on the 2027/28 roll. Gather comparable sales now, while the Q2 and Q3 2026 closings are fresh. The Class 1 tax rate for tax year 2026 is 19.843% citywide; there is no separate Staten Island rate.
Evidence of value. The Tax Commission is deciding what your house would sell for, and a broker who works Midland Beach every week can pull the recorded sales that actually match your house: same block type, same flood-zone status, same condition. That matters here more than almost anywhere, because PropertyShark reports that 1,677 of Midland Beach's 1,941 residential buildings are in a flood zone and 1,938 are in a hurricane evacuation zone. Elevation, flood insurance cost and whether a house was rebuilt after 2012 all change value from one lot to the next. A client summed up working with Joseph Ranola this way: "Extremely knowledgeable and made a very stressful time go as smoothly as possible... would absolutely recommend him and would use him again" — Denise Santangelo, verified Google review.
Start with what your Staten Island home is worth to see where your market value really sits, or compare with the Bulls Head property tax appeal guide. The Brooklyn companion today is the Carroll Gardens co-op and condo guide. Or text Joseph at (917) 905-2541. For the borough-wide view, see the best realtor on Staten Island.
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