Metro market data for agents
Santa Cruz, CA housing market — data for agents
The latest Santa Cruz, CA home prices, inventory, and days on market — the local proof points your buyers and sellers ask for. Use it to anchor a listing price: the typical home here is 49.2% higher than the California state average and 212.5% higher than the U.S. typical value.
Data as of May 2026.
Latest snapshot — quote these in your CMA
Home value
$1.2M
May 2026
Days on market
17 days
May 2026
Inventory
581
May 2026
What to tell your buyers and sellers
Ready-to-use talking points for your next Santa Cruz, CA listing appointment or buyer consult — each is the current figure with its trend.
- ·Typical home value (ZHVI) is $1,157,157 — +0.4% month over month, +2.9% year over year.
- ·Median days on market is 17 days — -10.5% month over month, -5.6% year over year.
- ·Homes for sale is 581 — +15.7% month over month, -12.9% year over year.
13-month trends — the story behind your pricing
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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.