The median home price in California has reached $899,140 for August 2025 (data compiled by the California Association of Realtors – CAR). That’s a 1.2% increase, year to year, from August 2024, when the median home price in the state was $888,740. The housing market saw 264,240 existing home sales, which represents a 0.2% decrease year-over-year (YTY) and a 0.4 % decrease year-to-date (YTD). The unsold inventory index stood at 3.9 months, reflecting a 21.9% increase year-over-year. Additionally, the median number of days homes spent on the market was 31 days, a 40.9% increase from last year.
The counties with August’s highest median prices are all in the Bay Area:
- San Mateo County: $1,988,000
- Santa Clara County: $1,900,000
- San Francisco County: $1,500,000
- Marin County: $1,522,500
The counties with the next highest median prices are:
- Santa Barbara County: $1,408,650
- Orange County: $1,385,000
- Alemeda County: $1,269,000
The full breakdown by county, statewide, from CAR’s Current Sales Price and Statistics:
August 2025 County Sales and Price Activity
(Regional and condo sales data not seasonally adjusted)
| August 2025 | Median Sold Price of Existing Single-Family Homes | Sales | |||||
| State/Region/County | Aug.2025 | Jul-2025 | Aug.2024 | Price MTM% Chg | Price YTY% Chg | Sales MTM% Chg | Sales YTY% Chg |
| CA Single-family home | $899,140 | $884050 | $888,740 | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.9% | -0.2% |
| CA Condo/Townhomes | $649,950 | $647,000 | $665,000 | 0.5% | -2.3% | -0.3% | -5.7% |
| Los Angeles Metro Area | $837,040 | $845,500 | $827,000 | -1.0% | 1.2% | -9.2% | -4.7% |
| Inland Empire | $600,130 | $589,020 | $585,260 | 1.9%2.5 | 2.5% | -4.6% | -2.8% |
| San Francisco Bay Area | $1,275,000 | $1,300,000 | $1,240,000 | -1.9% | 2.8% | -8.3% | -4.1% |
| San Francisco Bay Area | |||||||
| Alameda | $1,269,000 | $1,250,000 | $1,272,500 | 1.5% | -0.3% | -10.3% | -5.0% |
| Contra Costa | $850,000 | $862,500 | $841,950 | -1.4% | 1.0% | -4.3% | -7.5% |
| Marin | $1,522,500 | $1,625,000 | $1,450,000 | -6.3% | 5.0% | -21.9% | -3.3% |
| Napa | $975,000 | $925,000 | $976,500 | 5.4% | -0.2% | -15.2% | 1.5% |
| San Francisco | $1,500,000 | $1,637,380 | $1,528,500 | -8.4% | -1.9% | -19.6% | -1.3% |
| San Mateo | $1,988,000 | $2,100,000 | $1,900,000 | -5.3% | 4.6% | -12.8% | -1.8% |
| Santa Clara | $1,900,000 | $1,900,000 | $1,851,830 | -0.0% | 2.6% | -1.2% | -3.0% |
| Solano | $620,000 | $593,680 | $600,000 | 4.4% | 3.3% | -11.1% | -13.4% |
| Sonoma | $832,500 | $845,450 | $809,160 | -1.5% | 2.9% | -6.0% | 5.9% |
| Southern California | |||||||
| Los Angeles | $930,720 | $911,360 | $919,890 | 2.1% | 1.2% | -16.0% | -12.3% |
| Orange | $1,385,000 | $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | -1.1% | -1.1% | -4.3% | 1.4% |
| Riverside | $625,000 | $630,000 | 618,940 | -0.8% | 1.0% | -6.2% | -7.0% |
| San Bernardino | $503,030 | $486,290 | $499,000 | 3.4% | 0.8% | -1.1% | 3.6% |
| San Diego | $1,025,000 | $1,040,000 | $1,010,000 | -1.4% | 1.5% | 1.3% | -0.6% |
| Ventura | $937,500 | $949,500 | $965,000 | -1.3% | -2.8% | -7.3% | 16.7% |
| Central Coast | |||||||
| Monterey | $1,087,150 | $1,022,500 | $900,000 | 6.3% | 20.8% | 0.7% | 4.3% |
| San Luis Obispo | $935,400 | $940,000 | $942,500 | -0.5% | -0.8% | 3.4% | 5.0% |
| Santa Barbara | $1,408,650 | $1,095,500 | $1,062,450 | 28.6% | 32.6% | -2.3% | 0.0% |
| Santa Cruz | $1,397,000 | $1,395,500 | $1,300,000 | 0.1% | 7.5% | -11.3% | -4.5% |
| Central Valley | |||||||
| Fresno | $446,390 | $440,000 | $434,940 | 1.5% | 2.6% | -7.4% | 0.4% |
| Glenn | $350,000 | $375,000 | $325,000 | -6.7% | 7.7% | 11.8% | 26.7% |
| Kern | $415,000 | $390,000 | $399,500 | 6.4% | 3.9% | -3.3% | 4.6% |
| Kings | $380,000 | $365,000 | $380,000 | 4.1% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 36.1% |
| Madera | $445,000 | $445,000 | $430,750 | 0.0% | 3.3% | -11.0% | -7.9% |
| Merced | $418,500 | $440,000 | $415,000 | -4.9% | 0.8% | 3.7% | 6.3% |
| Placer | $675,000 | $687,480 | $675,000 | -1.8% | 0.0% | -12.8% | -12.0% |
| Sacramento | $550,000 | $559,500 | $559,000 | -1.7% | -1.6% | -8.8% | -5.4% |
| San Benito | $742,500 | $799,900 | $812,500 | -7.2% | -8.6% | 8.6% | 11.8% |
| San Joaquin | $535,000 | $530,000 | $560,000 | 0.9% | -4.5% | -2.0% | -13.1% |
| Stanislaus | $499,720 | $475,000 | $475,000 | 5.2% | 5.2% | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Tulare | $378,700 | $382,990 | $380,000 | -1.1% | -0.3% | -17.7% | -4.8% |
| Other Calif. Counties | |||||||
| Amador | $469,500 | $415,000 | $431,000 | 13.1% | 8.9% | 0.0% | -8.3% |
| Calaveras | $540,000 | $456,750 | $505,000 | 18.2% | 6.9% | -16.2% | -31.3% |
| Del Norte | $352,500 | $369,000 | $450,000 | -4.5% | -21.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% |
| El Dorado | $679,500 | $717,500 | $650,000 | -5.3% | 4.5% | 3.6% | -3.4% |
| Humboldt | $422,500 | $450,000 | $434,500 | -6.1% | -2.8% | -11.7% | -5.4% |
| Lake | $355,000 | $364,000 | $329,950 | -2.6% | 7.6% | 39.6% | 8.1% |
| Mariposa | $415,000 | $450,000 | $410,000 | -7.8% | 1.2% | -13.0% | 81.8% |
| Mendocino | $469,500 | $467,000 | $567,500 | 0.5% | -17.3% | 27.3% | 3.7% |
| Mono | $1,175,000 | $1,064,000 | $1,160,000 | 10.4% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 11.1% |
| Nevada | $560,000 | $549,500 | $560,000 | 1.9% | 0.0% | -4.5% | 8.2% |
| Sutter | $435,000 | $460,000 | $416,500 | -5.4% | 4.4% | 8.5% | 0.0% |
| Tuolumne | $435,000 | $455,000 | $420,950 | -4.4% | 3.3% | -9.5% | -4.3% |
| Yolo | $599,450 | $635,000 | $620,960 | -5.6% | -3.5% | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| Yuba | $440,000 | $440,000 | $448,000 | 0.0% | -1.8% | -22.5% | -35.3% |
| Butte | $468,000 | $456,500 | $458,000 | 2.5% | 2.2% | -24.6% | -12.8% |
| Lassen | $221,000 | $311,000 | $236,000 | -28.9% | -6.4% | 22.2% | 46.7% |
| Plumas | $480,000 | $434,500 | $547,420 | 10.5% | -12.3% | 63.3% | 22.5% |
| Siskiyou | $300,000 | $365,000 | $305,500 | -17.8% | -1.8% | 13.9% | 10.8% |
| Tehama | $335,000 | $370,000 | $380,000 | -9.5% | -11.8% | -32.1% | -24.0% |
| Trinity | $310,000 | $240,500 | $280,000 | 28.9% | 10.7% | -12.5% | 0.0% |
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