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Oxnard / Thousand Oaks, CA housing market

Oxnard / Thousand Oaks, CA metro median sale price $873K in Jul–Sep 2026, up 1.4% year over year.

The median sale price in the Oxnard / Thousand Oaks, CA metro is $873K over Jul–Sep 2026, up 1.4% from the same 3 months a year earlier. That change sits near the middle of the 383 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro points the other way: down 1.3% through Q2 2026.

On median sale price, Oxnard / Thousand Oaks ($873K) ranks 9th of the 25 California metros Pecan Street tracks, between San Luis Obispo ($906K) and Napa ($850K). On median days on market, Oxnard / Thousand Oaks (59 days) ranks 11th of the 25 California metros, between Fresno (61 days) and Hanford (58 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Oxnard / Thousand Oaks (35%) ranks 9th of the 25 California metros, between Santa Rosa (35%) and Stockton (35%).

Listings spent a median 59 days on market in Oct 2026. 35% of active listings carry a price cut; the 3-month average vs a year earlier is 0.1 points lower. Median asking prices sit about 9% above the median sale price. Building permits authorized 142 new housing units in Sep 2026.

At the 7.12% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $4,699 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $201K a year. The median sale price equals about 22 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio up 12.7% from a year earlier. That ratio is the 11th-highest of the 373 metros. Active listings ask a median $526 per square foot; the 3-month average vs a year earlier is down 2.9%.

In 11 of the 12 ZIP codes in the table below, median list prices are lower than a year earlier; one is higher.

Headline

Median sale price

Jul–Sep 2026

$873K

+1.4% year-over-year

How it’s calculated

Average of the last three monthly median sale prices vs. the same three months a year earlier.

Mortgage rate

Nov 4, 2026

7.12%

30-year fixed

Where it comes from

National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.

The same rate appears on every market page.

Monthly payment

Principal & interest

$4,699/mo

$201K/yr income needed

How it’s calculated

Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.

Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.

How Oxnard / Thousand Oaks compares to other U.S. metros

Price-to-rent↑11th of 373 (top 3%)
Asking-vs-sale gap↑78th of 300 (top 26%)
Home-price growth221st of 383
Days on market213th of 385
Price cuts191st of 385 (top 50%)

Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.

Affordability

Price-to-rent ratio≈ 22 +12.7% YoY
↑11th of 373 (top 3%)
Asking price / sq ft$526 -2.9% 3-month average vs a year earlier

Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Oct 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market pressure

Listings with a price cut≈ 35% -0.1 pts 3-month average vs a year earlier
191st of 385 (top 50%)
New housing units permitted142

The median asking price $949K runs about 9% above the median sale price $873K.

Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Oct 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Sep 2026. Asking is the median list price of active listings (Realtor.com, Oct 2026); sale is the headline median of recent closings (Redfin, Jul–Sep 2026) — distinct sources and windows, so the gap is a directional read, not a like-for-like difference. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market facts

ZIPs with listing data12 shown of 26
MLS board of record—
Price methodologyRedfin vs FHFA HPI
Sale-price windowJul–Sep 2026

Recent signals

No signals flagged for this market right now.

Recent notable readings

Readings from the latest data that sit at one end of the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, from the nightly cross-metro comparison. They are not signal alerts.

Housing Economy

Oxnard / Thousand Oaks · ConstructionCOPIED

Oxnard / Thousand Oaks builders pulled 33.0% more single-family permits than a year earlier

Single-family building permits in the Oxnard / Thousand Oaks metro area, by month, one line per year, units

AprJulOct030609012020252026
AprJulOct030609012020252026
2024
Chart data
Month202420252026
Dec2130—
Nov2837—
Oct2437—
Sep574540
Aug512326
Jul403537
Jun503435
May695138
Apr5340105
Mar364257
Feb284266
Jan272740

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey · data through September 2026

Builders in the Oxnard / Thousand Oaks metro area pulled 548 single-family permits in the twelve months through September 2026, 33.0% more than in the twelve months before. So far in 2026, permits are running 31.0% above the same months of 2025.

Why it matters. Permits come before starts, and starts come before new homes for sale, so this is the earliest read on how much new building is planned in the Oxnard / Thousand Oaks area. When the permit pipeline shrinks, buyers see fewer new-build options later; when it grows, sellers of existing homes face more competition from builders.

Oxnard / Thousand Oaks · Home pricesCOPIED

Oxnard / Thousand Oaks home prices are 1.3% lower than a year ago

Home prices in the Oxnard / Thousand Oaks metro area, change from a year earlier, FHFA all-transactions index, quarterly, percent; shaded bars mark recessions

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No changeRecession
Chart data
DateOxnard / Thousand Oaks
Jun 2026-1.3%
Mar 20261.9%
Dec 20252%
Sep 20251.4%
Jun 20253.9%
Mar 20254.7%
Dec 20245.2%
Sep 20245.5%
Jun 20243.8%
Mar 20245.4%
Dec 20235.2%
Sep 20232.1%
Jun 20231%
Mar 20234.3%
Dec 20226.3%
Sep 202213.1%
Jun 202219.7%
Mar 202218.7%
Dec 202117.7%
Sep 202116%
Jun 202111.1%
Mar 20216.3%
Dec 20205%
Sep 20203.2%
Jun 20203.1%
Mar 20203.1%
Dec 20192.9%
Sep 20192.4%
Jun 20192.1%
Mar 20192.9%
Dec 20183.1%
Sep 20184.6%
Jun 20184.8%
Mar 20185.4%
Dec 20175.3%
Sep 20175.3%
Jun 20175.8%
Mar 20175.4%
Dec 20165.4%
Sep 20165.7%
Jun 20166%
Mar 20165.9%
Dec 20155.5%
Sep 20154.9%
Jun 20154.6%
Mar 20154.8%
Dec 20146.2%
Sep 20148.9%
Jun 201413.3%
Mar 201415.9%
Dec 201316.1%
Sep 201314%
Jun 20139.8%
Mar 20135.1%
Dec 20121.9%
Sep 20120%
Jun 2012-2%
Mar 2012-3.2%
Dec 2011-5.9%
Sep 2011-6.8%
Jun 2011-5.1%
Mar 2011-4.2%
Dec 2010-1.1%
Sep 20101.6%
Jun 2010-0.8%
Mar 2010-3%
Dec 2009-3.1%
Sep 2009-7.3%
Jun 2009-13.3%
Mar 2009-17.5%
Dec 2008-21.3%
Sep 2008-22%
Jun 2008-18.2%
Mar 2008-13.5%
Dec 2007-10.2%
Sep 2007-8%
Jun 2007-6.1%
Mar 2007-3.5%
Dec 20060.7%
Sep 20066.7%
Jun 200612.6%
Mar 200616.8%
Dec 200517.3%
Sep 200515.5%
Jun 200523%
Mar 200525.5%
Dec 200426.5%
Sep 200433.3%
Jun 200423.8%
Mar 200419.7%
Dec 200318.6%
Sep 200313.1%
Jun 200313.1%
Mar 200314.7%
Dec 200215.4%
Sep 200213.8%
Jun 200212.4%
Mar 200210.6%
Dec 20019.3%
Sep 20019.4%
Jun 200110%
Mar 20019.4%
Dec 200011.3%
Sep 200011.4%
Jun 200011.2%
Mar 200012.4%
Dec 199910%
Sep 19999.9%
Jun 199910.1%
Mar 19998.7%
Dec 19988.8%
Sep 19988.5%
Jun 19987.1%
Mar 19985.8%
Dec 19974%
Sep 19973%
Jun 19971%
Mar 1997-0.1%
Dec 1996-0.5%
Sep 1996-0.4%
Jun 19961.4%
Mar 19962.9%
Dec 19952.7%
Sep 19951.3%
Jun 1995-1.2%
Mar 1995-4.2%
Dec 1994-4.6%
Sep 1994-4.9%
Jun 1994-4.8%
Mar 1994-3.9%
Dec 1993-5.3%
Sep 1993-5.5%
Jun 1993-5.1%
Mar 1993-5.2%
Dec 1992-4%
Sep 1992-2.5%
Jun 1992-2%
Mar 1992-1.7%
Dec 1991-2.9%
Sep 1991-5.2%
Jun 1991-5.8%
Mar 1991-6.7%
Dec 1990-4.9%
Sep 1990-2.6%
Jun 19901.6%
Mar 19908.6%
Dec 198915.1%
Sep 198924%
Jun 198929.2%
Mar 198928.9%
Dec 198827.5%
Sep 198822.6%
Jun 198818.6%
Mar 198816.6%
Dec 198715%
Sep 198713.4%
Jun 198711.7%
Mar 198710.7%
Dec 19869.4%
Sep 19868%
Jun 19867.9%
Mar 19867.1%
Dec 19856%
Sep 19857.1%
Jun 19854.4%
Mar 19855.7%
Dec 19845.1%
Sep 19842.5%
Jun 19846.5%
Mar 19845%
Dec 19834.6%
Sep 198321.2%
Jun 19836%
Mar 19833.9%
Dec 1982-1.1%
Sep 1982-13%
Jun 19822.6%
Mar 19823.8%
Dec 19818.3%
Sep 19818.5%
Jun 19815.6%
Mar 19818.5%
Dec 198014.5%
Sep 198015.7%
Jun 198018.7%
Mar 198020.9%
Dec 197918.3%
Sep 197918.1%
Jun 197914.8%
Mar 197914.1%
Dec 197815.5%
Sep 197814.5%
Jun 197821.8%
Mar 197828.5%
Dec 197728.5%
Sep 197731.8%
Jun 197728.1%

Source: FHFA house price index; recession dates from NBER · data through Q2 2026

FHFA's all-transactions index for the Oxnard / Thousand Oaks metro area in the second quarter of 2026 was 1.3% below its level a year earlier. Since 1977, prices have risen an average of 6.5% a year. That is the weakest reading since the second quarter of 2012. Nationally, prices were 3.0% higher than a year earlier.

Why it matters. Long-run context shows how the latest change in Oxnard / Thousand Oaks home prices compares with the market's own history, including the recessions shaded on the chart. When appreciation slows, sellers have less room for a list price to run ahead of recent sales, and buyers feel less pressure to stretch to keep up; when it speeds up, the reverse holds: list prices can run ahead of recent sales and buyers compete harder.

Price reconciliation

amber · 2.7pp

Redfin (metro)

+1.4%

FHFA HPI · Q2 2026

-1.3%

Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (sale prices over the last 3 months) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.

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ZIP-level data

ZIPMedian list priceActive listingsNew listingsPrice reductionsDays on marketHome value
91320$1.05M↓108↑36↓36↓43$1.00M↑
91360$999K↓95↑36↑36↑53$1000K↑
91361$1.65M↓98↓36↑28↑44↓$1.56M↑
91362$1.30M↑117↑44↑48↑50↓$1.19M↑
93001$1.54M↓63↓20↓20↓70↓$968K↑
93010$899K↓75↑2036↑59↑$915K↑
93012$785K↓104↑36↑36↑56↓$907K↑
93023$1.65M↓72↓20↓16↓101↑$1.15M↑
93035$1.27M↓116↑24↓32↑72↓$890K↑
93063$787K↓125↑36↓32↓64↑$830K↑
93065$839K↓150↑52↑64↑55↑$831K↓
93225$380K↓75↑12↑12↑73↑$320K↓

ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.