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The median home price in California has reached $861,020 for December 2024 (data compiled by the California Association of Realtors – CAR.) That’s a 5% increase, year to year, from December 2023, when the median home price in the state was $819,820. The housing market saw 268,180 existing home sales, which represents a 19.8% increase year-over-year (YTY) and a 4.3 % increase year-to-date (YTD). The unsold inventory index stood at 2.7 months, reflecting a 3.8% increase year-over-year. Additionally, the median number of days homes spent on the market was 31 days, a 19.2% increase from the same period last year.
The counties with September’s highest median prices are all in the Bay Area:
- San Mateo County: $1,844,000
- Santa Clara County: $1,810,000
- Marin County: $1,558,000
- Orange County: $1,362,000
The counties with the next highest median prices are:
- Santa Barbara County: $1,275,000
- Santa Cruz County: $1,255,000
- San Francisco County: $1,200,000
The full breakdown by county, statewide, from CAR’s Current Sales Price and Statistics:
December 2024 County Sales and Price Activity
(Regional and condo sales data not seasonally adjusted)
| December 2024 | Median Sold Price of Existing Single-Family Homes | Sales | |||||||
| State/Region/County | Dec.2024 | Nov-2024 | Dec.2023 | Price MTM% Chg | Price YTY% Chg | Sales MTM% Chg | Sales YTY% Chg | ||
| CA Single-family home | $861,020 | $852,880 | $819,820 | 1.0% | 5.0% | 0.1% | 19.8% | ||
| CA Condo/Townhomes | $664,550 | $675,000 | $635,000 | -1.5% | 4.7% | 2.7% | 21.3% | ||
| Los Angeles Metro Area | $815,550 | $822,000 | $760,000 | -0.8% | 7.3% | 9.5% | 14.2% | ||
| Inland Empire | $594,950 | $600,000 | $570,000 | -0.8% | 4.4% | 10.1% | 7.3% | ||
| San Francisco Bay Area | $1,200,000 | $1,316,500 | $1,182,000 | -8.8% | 1.5% | -14.2% | 14.6% | ||
| San Francisco Bay Area | |||||||||
| Alameda | $1,180,000 | $1,285,000 | $1,175,000 | -8.2% | 0.4% | -7.0% | 19.3% | ||
| Contra Costa | $875,000 | $8,975,00 | $800,000 | -2.5% | 9.4% | -9.2% | 10.8% | ||
| Marin | $1,558,000 | $1,625,000 | $1,555,000 | -4.1% | 0.2% | -17.2% | 18.1% | ||
| Napa | $880,000 | $895,000 | $925,000 | -1.7% | -4.9% | 30.4% | 49% | ||
| San Francisco | $1,530,000 | $1,598,000 | $1,450,000 | -4.3% | 5.5% | -35.3% | 14.5% | ||
| San Mateo | $1,844,500 | $2,194,000 | $1,800,000 | -15.9% | 2.5% | -25.2% | -11.3% | ||
| Santa Clara | $1,810,000 | $1,931,050 | $1,725,000 | -6.3% | 4.9% | -22.9% | 19.5% | ||
| Solano | $570,000 | $597,000 | $562,000 | -4.5% | 1.4% | -1.1% | 29.6% | ||
| Sonoma | $859,500 | $805,000 | $812,930 | 6.8% | 5.7% | -12.2% | 6.5% | ||
| Southern California | |||||||||
| Los Angeles | $912,370 | $937,030 | $853,340 | -2.6 | 6.9% | 12.7% | 16.2% | ||
| Orange | $1,362,000 | $1,375,000 | $1,300,000 | -0.9% | 4.8% | 1.8% | 20.7% | ||
| Riverside | $624,790 | $628,000 | $605,000 | -0.5% | 3.3% | 13.9% | 11.0% | ||
| San Bernardino | $490,950 | $510,000 | $475,000 | -3.7% | 3.4% | 9.6% | 4.2% | ||
| San Diego | $975,000 | $975,000 | $911,500 | -0.0% | 7.0% | 1.5% | 27.0% | ||
| Ventura | $895,000 | $912,000 | $882,500 | -1.9% | 1.4% | 7.4% | 25.5% | ||
| Central Coast | |||||||||
| Monterey | $932,000 | $930,000 | $929,000 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 6.2% | 33.0% | ||
| San Luis Obispo | $930,000 | $920,000 | $956,000 | 1.1% | -2.7% | -1.3% | 16.7% | ||
| Santa Barbara | $1,275,000 | $1,367,500 | $1,190,000 | -6.8% | 7.1% | -2.6% | 25.4% | ||
| Santa Cruz | $1,255,000 | $1,307,500 | $1,050,000 | -4.0% | 19.5% | -20.8% | 3.7% | ||
| Central Valley | |||||||||
| Fresno | $420,570 | $440,000 | $397,000 | -4.4% | 5.9% | -6.6% | 4.7% | ||
| Glenn | $420,000 | $359,000 | $349,500 | 17.0% | 20.2% | 50.0% | -11.8% | ||
| Kern | $405,500 | $405,000 | $374,180 | 0.1% | 8.4% | -4.1% | 14.3% | ||
| Kings | $372,200 | $367,500 | $380,000 | 1.3% | -2.1% | -15.8% | -32.4% | ||
| Madera | $430,000 | $415,000 | $410,500 | 3.6% | 4.8% | -16.2% | -23.0% | ||
| Merced | $425,000 | $415,000 | $385,000 | 2.4% | 10.4% | -18.1% | 28.3% | ||
| Placer | $639,480 | $649,490 | $633,020 | -1.5% | 1.0% | 2.3% | 20.7% | ||
| Sacramento | $545,000 | $550,500 | $535,000 | -1.0% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 25.3% | ||
| San Benito | $830,000 | $825,920 | $789,890 | 0.5% | 5.1% | 25% | 6.1% | ||
| San Joaquin | $535,000 | $540,000 | $530,000 | -0.9% | 0.9% | 7.6% | 17.3% | ||
| Stanislaus | $462,750 | $469,500 | $462,500 | -1.4% | 0.1% | 18.3% | 35.2% | ||
| Tulare | $380,990 | $385,000 | $362,000 | -1.0% | 5.2% | 24.4% | 15.5% | ||
| Other Calif. Counties | |||||||||
| Amador | $445,000 | $420,000 | $415,000 | 6.0% | 7.2% | -28.6% | 29.6% | ||
| Calaveras | $510,000 | $436,250 | $437,500 | 16.9% | 16.6% | 6.5% | 44.1% | ||
| Del Norte | $384,950 | $319,610 | $487,000 | 20.4% | -21.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | ||
| El Dorado | $723,000 | $653,120 | $660,000 | 10.7% | 9.5% | -11.9% | 18.3% | ||
| Humboldt | $426,680 | $455,000 | $425,000 | -6.2% | 0.4% | 12.9% | 2.1% | ||
| Lake | $373,000 | $350,000 | $315,000 | 6.6% | 18.4% | 7.8% | 48.6% | ||
| Mariposa | $510,000 | $405,000 | $442,000 | 25.9% | 15.4% | 30.8% | 6.3% | ||
| Mendocino | $507,500 | $491,500 | $599,000 | 3.3% | -15.3% | 46.7% | 76.0% | ||
| Mono | $600,000 | $912,500 | $1,052,500 | -34.2% | -43.0% | -37.5% | -16.7% | ||
| Nevada | $541,200 | $557,500 | $537,000 | -2.9% | 0.8% | -10.6% | -13.4% | ||
| Sutter | $481,080 | $435,000 | $429,500 | 10.6% | 12.0% | 2.0% | 23.8% | ||
| Tuolumne | $410,000 | $405,000 | $444,000 | 1.2% | -7.7% | -22.2% | -14.0% | ||
| Yolo | $610,000 | $573,000 | $630,000 | 6.5% | -3.2% | 0.0% | 35.8% | ||
| Yuba | $441,000 | $430,000 | $440,000 | 2.6% | 0.2% | -5.7% | 16.3% | ||
| Butte | $426,500 | $438,950 | $418,000 | -2.8% | 2.0% | -21.3% | 4.2% | ||
| Lassen | $237,000 | $252,160 | $272,500 | -6.0% | -13.0% | -43.8% | -59.1% | ||
| Plumas | $359,000 | $385,000 | $360,000 | -6.8% | -0.3% | -59.1% | -47.1% | ||
| Siskiyou | $365,000 | $295,000 | $331,500 | 23.7% | 10.1% | -20.0% | 0.0% | ||
| Tehama | $326,000 | $302,500 | $305,000 | 7.8% | 6.9% | -5.0% | -13.6% | ||
| Trinity | $337,500 | $290,000 | $287,000 | 16.4% | 17.6% | 60.0% | 33.3% | ||
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