State market data for agents
California housing market — data for agents
The latest California home prices, inventory, and days-on-market — the numbers to quote when you set a seller's expectations or reassure a buyer — with month-over-month and year-over-year trends and how it stacks up nationally. When a client says “but I heard the market is…,” you can show them the typical California home is 109.4% higher than the U.S. typical value of $370K.
Data as of May 2026.
Latest snapshot — quote these in your CMA
Home value
$776K
May 2026
Sale price
$887K
May 2026
Days on market
33 days
May 2026
Inventory
78,189
May 2026
Months supply
3
May 2026
Homes sold
24,400
May 2026
Sale-to-list
100.7%
May 2026
What to tell your buyers and sellers
Drop these lines straight into a listing presentation or a pricing conversation — each one is the current California figure with its trend, not an opinion.
- ·Typical home value (ZHVI) is $775,550 — -0.2% month over month, -0.8% year over year.
- ·Median sale price is $887,400 — +2.2% month over month, +3.4% year over year.
- ·Median days on market is 33 days — 0.0% month over month, 0.0% year over year.
- ·Homes for sale is 78,189 — +0.2% month over month, -14.3% year over year.
13-month trends — the story behind your pricing
Metro areas in California
All real estate is local — drill into your client's metro for the numbers that actually move a pricing conversation.
| Metro area | Typical home value |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | $969K |
| San Francisco, CA | $1.1M |
| Riverside, CA | $585K |
| San Diego, CA | $946K |
| Sacramento, CA | $583K |
| San Jose, CA | $1.6M |
| Fresno, CA | $410K |
| Bakersfield, CA | $364K |
| Oxnard, CA | $883K |
| Stockton, CA | $532K |
| Modesto, CA | $468K |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $797K |
| Visalia, CA | $363K |
| Vallejo, CA | $577K |
| Santa Maria, CA | $1.0M |
| Salinas, CA | $850K |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | $910K |
| Merced, CA | $419K |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $1.2M |
| Chico, CA | $402K |
| Redding, CA | $376K |
| El Centro, CA | $379K |
| Yuba City, CA | $432K |
| Madera, CA | $426K |
| Hanford, CA | $365K |
Sources & methodology
Every figure on this page is drawn from authoritative public housing and mortgage data, refreshed monthly — so you can quote it in a listing appointment or CMA and back it with a link when a client pushes back. Home values shown as ZHVI are a smoothed typical-value index, not raw sale prices.