Real Estate
East Bay housing market
East Bay housing market
- Median sale price
- $921,766
- Up 1.3% from a year earlier
- Homes sold
- 1,613
- Down 1.7% from a year earlier
- Homes for sale
- 6,497
- Down 3.7% from a year earlier
- Median days on market
- 23 days
- −4 days from a year earlier
- Sale-to-list ratio
- 104.6%
- +2.5 pts from a year earlier
- Listings with price drops
- 17.7%
- +1.0 pts from a year earlier
Updated Sept. 29, 2026 · Data: Redfin · 4 weeks ending Sept. 27, 2026 · Oakland metro area (Alameda and Contra Costa counties)
Methodology
- These figures are published by Redfin Data Center. We show them as published and do not estimate, combine or adjust them.
- They describe Oakland, CA metro area (metro area). When a figure is not published for this area, it is left out; a county or metro figure is never shown in its place.
- Each figure covers a rolling four-week period.
- Homes for sale counts every home that was listed at any point in the period.
- Listings with price drops is the share of homes for sale whose asking price was cut during the period.
- Changes from a year earlier compare the same measure for the same period one year before.
- New figures are released weekly, and this page updates after each release. The latest release shown here is dated Sept. 29, 2026.
Market trend
$914,529Median sale price, August 2026
Updated Sept. 3, 2026 · Data: Redfin · Oakland, CA metro area
Show these figures as a table
| Period | Median sale price |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | $914,529 |
| July 2026 | $925,000 |
| June 2026 | $977,000 |
| May 2026 | $1,000,000 |
| April 2026 | $940,000 |
| March 2026 | $915,000 |
| February 2026 | $870,000 |
| January 2026 | $829,500 |
| December 2025 | $850,000 |
| November 2025 | $903,000 |
| October 2025 | $925,000 |
| September 2025 | $902,500 |
| August 2025 | $902,000 |
| July 2025 | $925,000 |
| June 2025 | $960,500 |
| May 2025 | $980,000 |
| April 2025 | $950,000 |
| March 2025 | $980,000 |
| February 2025 | $932,500 |
| January 2025 | $820,000 |
| December 2024 | $900,000 |
| November 2024 | $955,000 |
| October 2024 | $930,000 |
| September 2024 | $915,000 |
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