San Diego Real Estate Market Data (2026): Prices, Sales, Rents and Inventory

San Diego's housing market is flat on price, a little slower on sales and busier on rentals. Over the last year the sale price per square foot barely moved, sales fell 3.4 percent, and rents rose 2.3 percent. About 3,070 homes are for sale today, and four in ten have already cut their price.

This page covers the City of San Diego, population about 1.38 million, using Parcl Labs data pulled on 4 November 2026. It does not forecast anything. It shows what the numbers say right now.

• Price per square foot: $638, down 0.4 percent from a year ago
• Sales: 11,190 homes sold from November 2025 to September 2026, down 3.4 percent on the same months a year earlier
• Rent per square foot: $3.28 a month, up 2.3 percent
• Homes for sale today: 3,070, median list price about $896,000

Between November 2025 and September 2026, 11,190 homes sold in San Diego. In the same eleven months a year earlier, 11,579 sold. The most recent quarter shows the same direction: 3,150 sales from July to September 2026, against 3,299 a year earlier, down 4.5 percent.

New listings are down too. Sellers listed 15,868 homes in the eleven months, 2.8 percent fewer than a year before. That is 1.42 new listings for every sale.

By type, single family homes made up about half of sales:

Monthly counts run through September 2026, the latest month available.

Parcl's sale price index for the City of San Diego stood at $640.99 per square foot on 4 November 2025 and $638.17 on 3 November 2026. That is a 0.4 percent dip, which is flat in practice.

That figure is for the city only. Figures for the wider San Diego metro run lower, because they include inland areas with lower prices per square foot. When you compare numbers across sources, check which San Diego each one means.

Asking prices for homes on the market now:

The median asking price is $660 per square foot.

Parcl's rental price index rose from $3.205 to $3.278 per square foot per month over the same year, up 2.3 percent. At that rate a 1,000 square foot home rents for about $3,280 a month.

Rental listing activity rose. There were 68,931 rental listing events in the eleven months, 3.6 percent more than a year earlier. Condos made up 76 percent of them. It measures activity, not how many homes sit empty.

Gross rental yield, annual rent divided by home value, was 3.88 percent in September 2026. It was 4.15 percent in August.

On 4 November 2026, 3,070 homes were for sale in the city.

• Median time on market: 48 days
• On the market more than 90 days: 769, one in four
• Price cut at least once: 1,247, or 41 percent
• New construction: 186
• Under $600,000: 835. $2 million and up: 492

Where the listings are:

Compared with estimated market value, the typical asking price sits 0.3 percent above it. About 19 percent are listed at least 10 percent below the estimate. About 16 percent are listed 15 percent or more above it.

Investors own 21.2 percent of San Diego's housing stock, about 101,000 properties, as of September 2026. That share has crept up each month since June, from 20.9 percent.

Among current listings where occupancy is known, 1,185 of 2,611 homes are not owner occupied. Some of those are investor sales and some are second homes or vacant units.

Sellers. Prices are holding, but buyers have time. The median home has been listed for 48 days and four in ten have cut their price. Pricing close to value matters more than it did when the market was moving.

Buyers. One listing in four has been on the market more than 90 days. That stock is where room to negotiate tends to show up.

Landlords. Rents rose faster than prices, and gross yield sits just under 4 percent. Condo rentals dominate listing activity, so a condo owner competes with far more listings than a single family owner does.

The figures on this page come from Parcl Labs, which compiles public records: county recorder and deed data, public for sale listings and public rental listings. Data pulled 4 November 2026.

• Covers homes: single family houses, condos, townhomes and buildings up to four units. Larger apartment buildings and commercial property are not included.
• Duplicate records are removed, so each home is counted once.
• Prices and rents are per square foot indexes for the City of San Diego. Figures for the wider county or metro will differ.
• Monthly counts lag by about six weeks. Live listing figures are a snapshot and change daily.
• No forecasts. This page describes what the numbers show today.

Brickwise AI is a property management software company and publishes this page as a market resource. For who is listing these homes, see Best Real Estate Agents in San Diego. For who manages rentals, see Best Property Management Companies in San Diego.

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