Reports  ›  Weekly · 2026-11-01

California real estate — week of Oct 30, 2026

California's major metros split over Jul–Sep 2026: 8 negative, 17 positive on year-over-year median sale price. Range over Jul–Sep 2026: Napa at -8.5% YoY to Santa Maria at +8.6%.

Headline numbers

Bakersfield

$389K +1.0%

Jul–Sep 2026

Chico

$411K -0.5%

Jul–Sep 2026

El Centro

$410K +1.5%

Jul–Sep 2026

Fresno

$424K -2.3%

Jul–Sep 2026

Hanford

$374K +2.2%

Jul–Sep 2026

Los Angeles

$1.0M +1.2%

Jul–Sep 2026

Merced

$422K -2.4%

Jul–Sep 2026

Modesto

$482K +1.3%

Jul–Sep 2026

Napa

$850K -8.5%

Jul–Sep 2026

Oxnard / Thousand Oaks

$873K +1.4%

Jul–Sep 2026

Redding

$384K +3.6%

Jul–Sep 2026

Riverside / San Bernardino

$583K +0.2%

Jul–Sep 2026

Sacramento

$594K +1.2%

Jul–Sep 2026

Salinas

$906K -4.2%

Jul–Sep 2026

San Diego

$938K +3.2%

Jul–Sep 2026

San Francisco

$1.2M +6.1%

Jul–Sep 2026

San Jose

$1.5M -3.3%

Jul–Sep 2026

San Luis Obispo

$906K +1.7%

Jul–Sep 2026

Santa Cruz

$1.1M -7.0%

Jul–Sep 2026

Santa Maria

$1.0M +8.6%

Jul–Sep 2026

Santa Rosa

$794K +1.1%

Jul–Sep 2026

Stockton

$541K +0.9%

Jul–Sep 2026

Vallejo

$572K -3.9%

Jul–Sep 2026

Visalia

$392K +3.6%

Jul–Sep 2026

Yuba City

$448K +2.7%

Jul–Sep 2026

This week's signals

Strength 4 / 5

$979K

San Diego median sale price fell back under $1M — now $979K

Dropping back below $1M re-opens a buyer pool that had been priced out — and puts sellers on notice that the last few months' comps are no longer defensible.

Source: Redfin, city figures, Jul–Sep 2026

Source divergence

ZIP-level reconciliation will appear here once curated ZIP coverage lands for California.

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