California Home Prices and Home Values

Zillow Home Value Index
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Zillow Home Value Index
Mid-point of Zestimate valuations for California. Half the Zestimates are above this number and half are below it.
Median list price ($)
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Median list price ($)
Mid-point of the list price for homes listed on Zillow in California, or the asking price.
Median sale price ($)
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Median sale price ($)
Mid-point of the price homes have sold for in California. Half the homes sold above this number and half sold below.
Zillow Rent Index
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Zillow Rent Index
Mid-point of Rent Zestimates—Zillow's estimated monthly rent price—for homes in California. Half the Rent Zestimates are above this number and half are below it.
Median rent list price ($)
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Median rent list price ($)
Mid-point of the rental price for homes listed for rent on Zillow in the California. Half the homes have rent prices above this number and half are below.
Total homes sold
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Total homes sold
Total number of homes sold in California during the prior 30 days.
Median value per sq. ft. ($)
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Median value per sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of the value of all homes in California, per square foot. This is derived by taking the Zestimate for each home and dividing it by the homes square footage (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a Zestimate of $200k has a $200 value/sq foot).
Median list price / sq. ft. ($)
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Median list price / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of Californias list prices when divided by the square footage of a home (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a list price of $200k has a list price/sq ft of $200).
Median sale price / sq. ft. ($)
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Median sale price / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of Californias sale prices when divided by the square footage of a home (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home that sold for $200k has a sale price/sq ft of $200).
Rent estimate / sq. ft. ($)
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Rent estimate / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of the estimated monthly rent price of all homes in California, per square foot. This is derived by taking the Rent Zestimate for each home and dividing it by the homes square footage (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a Rent Zestimate of $2000 per month has a $2 value/sq foot).
Median rent list price / sq. ft. ($)
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Median rent list price / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of Californias rent when divided by the square footage of a home (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a rent of $1,200 has a rent/sq ft of $12).
Median sale-to-list price ratio
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Median sale-to-list price ratio
Mid-point of the ratio between the sale price and the list price for all homes in California (e.g. if a home with a list price of $200k sells for $250k, its ratio would be 5:4 or 1.25).
Listings with price cut (%)
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Listings with price cut (%)
The percentage of current listings on Zillow in California whose price has been reduced in the last 30 days.
Median price cut (%)
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Median price cut (%)
Mid-point of the percentage of price reduction for homes in California whose prices have been reduced in the past full month.
Sold for loss (%)
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Sold for loss (%)
The percentage of homes in California that sold for less than the previous purchase price (e.g. a home purchased for $250k and then sold for $225k). This excludes foreclosure transactions.
Sold for gain (%)
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Sold for gain (%)
The percentage of homes sold for more than their previous purchase price (e.g. a home purchased for $225k and then sold for $250k).
Homes foreclosed
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Homes foreclosed
The number of homes in the California per 10,000 that were foreclosed in a given month. A foreclosure is when a homeowner loses their home to their lending institution or it is sold to a third party at an auction.
Foreclosure re-sales (%)
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Foreclosure re-sales (%)
The percentage of home sales in a given month in California where the home was foreclosed upon within the previous 12 months (e.g. sales of bank-owned homes after the bank repossessed a home during a foreclosure).
Increasing values (%)
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Increasing values (%)
The percentage of homes in California whose values have increased in the past year.
Decreasing values (%)
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Decreasing values (%)
The percentage of all homes in California whose value has fallen in the last year.
Sold in past year (%)
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Sold in past year (%)
The percentage of all homes in California that were sold in the past 12 months.

5.10%
-7.4%Y-o-Y

Calculated 05/15/2012^*
^*Includes data and transactions through 04/30/2012

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RegionId	Region	M-o-M	Q-o-Q	Y-o-Y	Apr 2012
9	California	-1.6%	-2.8%	-7.4%	5.10%
394357	Bakersfield Metro	-2.3%	-4.2%	-9.9%	6.43%
394389	Bishop Metro
394464	Chico Metro	-4.4%	-4.8%	1.1%	4.59%
394472	Clearlake Metro
394508	Crescent City Metro
394559	El Centro Metro	-5.6%	-8.0%	-16.9%	5.57%
394577	Eureka Metro
394619	Fresno Metro	-2.5%	-5.2%	-10.9%	5.26%
394662	Hanford Metro	-1.5%	-1.0%	13.3%	6.24%
394806	Los Angeles Metro	-0.8%	-1.1%	-5.6%	4.32%
394814	Madera Metro	-4.7%	-7.3%	-11.5%	5.54%
394851	Merced Metro	-4.9%	-10.0%	-21.5%	6.50%
394871	Modesto Metro	-2.0%	-4.8%	-12.6%	6.68%
394900	Napa Metro	-1.6%	-1.0%	-0.8%	4.71%
394975	Phoenix Lake Metro
395016	Red Bluff Metro
395018	Redding Metro	-0.3%	1.5%	9.9%	5.07%
395025	Riverside Metro	-2.1%	-4.6%	-12.3%	6.72%
395045	Sacramento Metro	-1.2%	-2.8%	-2.5%	6.22%
395050	Salinas Metro	-1.8%	-3.6%	-9.3%	5.09%
395056	San Diego Metro	-1.0%	-1.6%	-6.0%	5.02%
395057	San Francisco Metro	-2.7%	-3.6%	-5.5%	4.61%
395059	San Jose Metro	-0.5%	-0.9%	-3.6%	4.58%
395061	San Luis Obispo Metro	-0.5%	-0.3%	9.4%	4.30%
395064	Santa Barbara Metro	0.4%	2.5%	7.6%	4.37%
395065	Santa Cruz Metro	-0.7%	1.8%	4.2%	3.91%
395068	Santa Rosa Metro	-1.5%	-2.0%	1.2%	4.67%
395134	Stockton Metro	-2.2%	-4.9%	-11.6%	6.64%
395141	Susanville Metro
395166	Truckee Metro
395175	Ukiah Metro
395183	Vallejo Metro	-1.0%	-2.0%	-4.0%	6.58%
394952	Ventura Metro	-0.2%	-0.7%	-31.2%	4.39%
395195	Visalia Metro	-1.8%	-3.6%	-3.1%	5.09%
395246	Yuba City Metro	-1.7%	-3.1%	-2.0%	6.29%