Sep 2026
$1.0M
+8.6% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Santa Maria, CA housing market
Santa Maria, CA metro median sale price $1.0M in Sep 2026, up 8.6% year over year. Also days on market, price cuts, affordability and ZIP-code figures.
The median sale price in the Santa Maria, CA metro is $1.0M as of Sep 2026, up 8.6% from a year earlier. That is the 23rd-largest year-over-year gain of the 383 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro shows a smaller change, up 2.3% through Q2 2026, 6.3 points apart; Price reconciliation below shows both.
On median sale price, Santa Maria ($1.0M) ranks 4th of the 25 California metros Pecan Street tracks, between Santa Cruz ($1.1M) and Los Angeles ($1.0M). On median days on market, Santa Maria (58 days) ranks 12th of the 25 California metros, between Redding (58 days) and Hanford (57 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Santa Maria (29%) ranks 22nd of the 25 California metros, between Los Angeles (30%) and San Francisco (28%).
Listings spent a median 58 days on market in Sep 2026. 29% of active listings carry a price cut, 1.1 points more than a year earlier. That share is lower than in most of the 385 metros.
At the 7.29% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $5,663 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $243K a year. The median sale price equals about 22 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio up 10.9% from a year earlier. That ratio is the 15th-highest of the 373 metros. Active listings ask a median $861 per square foot, down 10.8% from a year earlier.
In eight of the 12 ZIP codes in the table below, median list prices are higher than a year earlier; four are lower.
Headline
Oct 15, 2026
7.29%
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.
Principal & interest
$5,663/mo
$243K/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 Santa Maria compares to other U.S. metros
| Price-to-rent | ↑15th of 373 (top 5%) |
|---|---|
| Home-price growth | ↑23rd of 383 (top 7%) |
| Price cuts | ↓319th of 385 |
| Days on market | 203rd of 385 |
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 +10.9% YoY ↑15th of 373 (top 5%) |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $861 -10.8% YoY |
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 Sep 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 | ≈ 29% +1.1 pts YoY ↓319th of 385 |
|---|
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. 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 data | 12 shown of 23 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | — |
| Price methodology | Redfin vs FHFA HPI |
| Data as of | Sep 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Recent notable readings
- The FHFA house price index for the metro fell 45% from Q4 2005 to Q2 2012: the 33rd-deepest bust of the 385 U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks with FHFA data.
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.
Price reconciliation
red · 6.3ppRedfin (metro) +8.6% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +2.3% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) 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 | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93013 | $2.0M↑ | 46↑ | 12↓ | 10↓ | 65↑ | $1.5M↑ |
| 93101 | $2.0M↑ | 39↑ | 16↑ | 16↑ | 39↓ | $1.5M↑ |
| 93105 | $2.6M↑ | 40↓ | 16↓ | 6↓ | 62↑ | $1.9M↑ |
| 93108 | $6.1M↓ | 79↓ | 20↑ | 24↓ | 69↓ | $5.2M↑ |
| 93110 | $3.5M↓ | 31↓ | 10↓ | 2↓ | 47↓ | $1.9M↑ |
| 93111 | $2.3M↑ | 26↑ | 12↑ | 10↑ | 39↓ | $1.7M↑ |
| 93117 | $1.4M↑ | 44↑ | 20↑ | 10 | 46↓ | $1.4M↑ |
| 93436 | $682K↑ | 73↑ | 30↑ | 18↓ | 49↓ | $593K↑ |
| 93454 | $757K↑ | 37↑ | 20↑ | 16↑ | 57↓ | $639K↑ |
| 93455 | $775K↓ | 83↑ | 50↑ | 46↑ | 45↑ | $726K↑ |
| 93460 | $3.9M↑ | 44↑ | 10 | 6↓ | 127↑ | $1.9M↑ |
| 93463 | $1.8M↓ | 51↑ | 8 | 14↑ | 119↑ | $1.4M↑ |
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.