California Home Values & Market Trends
There have been 383,328 properties sold in the California real estate market trends. Median home values in the California housing market are $738,764. The median residential home value for transactions over the last 12 months is 608,177. The State of California currently has 20,995 properties in foreclosure, 3,982 bank owned properties, and 4,911 headed for auction.
California Real Estate Market Overview
| County | Median Est. Value | County | Median Est. Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | $ 906,618 $ 615/sqft | Marin | $ 1,570,687 $ 838/sqft |
| Riverside | $ 616,586 $ 321/sqft | Yolo | $ 586,490 $ 341/sqft |
| San Diego | $ 922,847 $ 582/sqft | Nevada | $ 599,311 $ 325/sqft |
| Orange | $ 1,274,979 $ 705/sqft | Kings | $ 360,972 $ 232/sqft |
| San Bernardino | $ 529,714 $ 330/sqft | Napa | $ 850,000 $ 554/sqft |
| Sacramento | $ 513,328 $ 320/sqft | Lake | $ 346,774 $ 228/sqft |
| Santa Clara | $ 1,502,148 $ 916/sqft | Imperial | $ 404,932 $ 252/sqft |
| Contra Costa | $ 742,447 $ 463/sqft | Yuba | $ 417,630 $ 251/sqft |
| Alameda | $ 1,019,492 $ 670/sqft | Sutter | $ 416,759 $ 246/sqft |
| Kern | $ 374,916 $ 229/sqft | Humboldt | $ 435,069 $ 305/sqft |
| Ventura | $ 886,008 $ 521/sqft | Amador | $ 422,061 $ 250/sqft |
| Fresno | $ 418,695 $ 256/sqft | Calaveras | $ 459,347 $ 265/sqft |
| San Joaquin | $ 514,261 $ 294/sqft | Tuolumne | $ 401,449 $ 247/sqft |
| Placer | $ 681,384 $ 345/sqft | Mendocino | $ 507,064 $ 330/sqft |
| San Mateo | $ 1,652,622 $ 1,058/sqft | San Benito | $ 749,643 $ 406/sqft |
| Stanislaus | $ 464,194 $ 290/sqft | Siskiyou | $ 318,613 $ 208/sqft |
| Solano | $ 554,304 $ 349/sqft | Plumas | $ 443,897 $ 258/sqft |
| Sonoma | $ 792,654 $ 491/sqft | Mariposa | $ 429,000 $ 246/sqft |
| Tulare | $ 367,707 $ 236/sqft | Lassen | $ 255,029 $ 176/sqft |
| San Luis Obispo | $ 943,512 $ 556/sqft | Glenn | $ 345,000 $ 240/sqft |
| Santa Barbara | $ 964,557 $ 549/sqft | Tehama | $ 277,528 $ 228/sqft |
| San Francisco | $ 1,589,873 $ 1,148/sqft | Colusa | $ 414,544 $ 240/sqft |
| Monterey | $ 853,747 $ 553/sqft | Del Norte | $ 411,362 $ 257/sqft |
| El Dorado | $ 652,859 $ 334/sqft | Mono | $ 756,096 $ 503/sqft |
| Merced | $ 406,077 $ 249/sqft | Sierra | $ 355,000 $ 254/sqft |
| Butte | $ 412,237 $ 271/sqft | Trinity | $ 324,133 $ 211/sqft |
| Shasta | $ 370,929 $ 250/sqft | Inyo | $ 634,486 $ 354/sqft |
| Madera | $ 435,335 $ 248/sqft | Alpine | $ 816,848 $ 353/sqft |
| Santa Cruz | $ 1,125,722 $ 694/sqft | Modoc | $ 209,510 $ 140/sqft |
Housing Market Summary for California
| Oct 2025 | October 2026 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Listing Price | $756.6K | $775.8K | 2.54% |
| Median Sold Price | $800.1K | $767.2K | -4.12% |
| Homes For Sale | 276,172 | 454,669 | 64.63% |
| Homes Sold | 234,622 | 186,882 | -20.35% |
Price Per Square Foot
On an average, Single Family homes cost $33 more per sqft than Condos. In comparison with sales price/sqft last week, list price/sqft of Single Family homes increased by 1.93% whereas, list price/sqft of Condos increased by 9.38%.
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There are currently 454,699 properties for sale in California. The current home value ranges in price from 1 to 20,000,000. The total count of properties in the state is 681,120, and the percentage of properties for sale is 454699.00%.
- Pre-ForeclosurePre-foreclosure homes account for 1.78% of all residential properties in California with Los Angeles containing 2661 pre-foreclosures, the highest number of pre-foreclosure properties in a single county. There are 58 counties within California; of those counties, the estimated home value for pre-foreclosure homes ranges from $23,258,101 in Napa to the lowest home value of $72,398 in Contra Costa.
- Bank OwnedThe median estimated home value of bank owned homes (REO properties) in California ranges from the highest value of $21,226,676 in Alpine to the lowest value of $24,075 in Orange. Bank owned homes and properties account for 0.58% of properties in California. There are 58 counties within California; Los Angeles containing 795 REO properties, has the highest number of bank owned properties in a single county.
- AuctionsLos Angeles has 1335 auction properties, the highest number of properties going to auction in a single county in the state of California. Auction homes and other auction properties account for 0.72% of all properties in California. There are 58 counties within California; of those counties, the median estimated home value for homes going to auction ranges from $22,432,710 in San Benito to the lowest value of $103,014 in San Benito.
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