Berkeley housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Berkeley home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical Berkeley, California home at $1,442,475 in September 2026. That was +8.0% higher than a year earlier, but −9.2% below the May 2022 peak of $1,588,950.
- Value of a typical home
- $1,442,475September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- Measured from September 2025, the change was +8.0%.
Berkeley home prices since 2000
Berkeley is shown by the steel line, while the United States is shown by the grey line. Since January 2000, the typical Berkeley home increased from $370,279 to $1,442,475, or ×3.90. Over the same months, the US increase was ×2.99. The boom reached its high in April 2006 at $807,557. It fell to a low of $611,269 in April 2012, which was −24.3%.
Berkeley median home price by year
Each year averages twelve monthly values. For 2026, the latest month is shown.
| Year | Berkeley | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $417,673 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $503,205 | +20.5% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $529,630 | +5.3% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $579,602 | +9.4% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $652,708 | +12.6% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $771,339 | +18.2% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $798,102 | +3.5% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $770,723 | −3.4% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $728,355 | −5.5% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $677,335 | −7.0% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $694,132 | +2.5% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $643,912 | −7.2% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $626,003 | −2.8% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $724,740 | +15.8% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $827,893 | +14.2% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $955,232 | +15.4% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $1,050,352 | +10.0% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $1,119,098 | +6.5% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $1,222,978 | +9.3% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $1,216,311 | −0.5% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $1,257,059 | +3.4% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $1,402,452 | +11.6% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $1,519,446 | +8.3% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $1,398,349 | −8.0% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $1,406,118 | +0.6% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $1,367,291 | −2.8% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $1,442,475 | +8.0% | $366,157 |
Current value of a Berkeley home bought in any year
An index-based estimate describes a typical home and is not an appraisal.
For each year, the twelve monthly index values are averaged. The current value is September 2026. Other options include the home appreciation calculator.
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Berkeley housing market forecast
Over the 12 months from September 2026, Zillow's forecast puts the San Francisco, CA metro up +1.9%, and it expects +0.5% across the three months ahead. With Berkeley's typical value at $1,442,475, the forecast places it near $1,469,900 after a year.
Zillow's central estimate for the metro is repeated here, while the site does not publish a forecast of its own. Forecasts like this 12-month forecast have usually differed from the realized change by several percentage points in either direction. This is not investment advice.
See forecasts for every metro in one table: housing market forecast.
Berkeley housing market crash risk score
58 out of 100, considered high
Five conditions that ran high before earlier price declines are used to rank Berkeley among the 292 cities. Every input is scored against the other cities on a 0 to 100 scale. All five scores receive equal weight in the average. This score shows current conditions and does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −2.8% | 40 | 20% |
| Market time in days vs 2019 | +5.7% | 51 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 42.1 | 100 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 13.9 | 99 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +8.0% | 1 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. Scoring details for the inputs: methodology. Rankings for all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
Berkeley inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the San Francisco, CA metro listed 5,840 homes for sale, down 10.9% from a year earlier and down 2.8% from September 2019. A home sold in a median of 37 days (+5.7% against 2019), while price cuts affected 13.4% of listings.
| San Francisco, CA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 5,840 | −10.9% |
| New listings | 3,760 | |
| Median days on market | 37 | −9.8% |
| Median list price | $957,475 | −1.8% |
| Share with a price cut | 13.4% |
Metro inventory information from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com source For every metro: days on market by city.
Living costs in Berkeley
According to the Zillow Observed Rent Index, the typical monthly asking rent in Berkeley is $2,853, which is 3.6% higher than a year earlier. Paying that rent for 42.1 years would cover the cost of the typical home. The median household income stands at $103,727 (Census ACS 2024). A typical home costs 13.9 times one year's income. According to BEA, metro prices stand at 115.6 compared with the US average of 100, while housing costs reach 194.7.
The salary needed to move there, along with rents and prices in Berkeley: Berkeley living costs.
Additional housing markets in California.
- $927,891 for Los Angeles.
- $980,490 for San Diego.
- $1,353,869 for San Jose.
- $1,441,021 for San Francisco.
- $384,885 for Fresno.
- $470,552 for Sacramento.
- Long Beach $852,391
- $710,647 for Oakland.
- $385,686 for Bakersfield.
- $941,684 for Anaheim.
California as a whole: California housing market.
How to read this chart
Each point shows the Zillow Home Value Index for Berkeley, which tracks a typical home's value in the middle third of the market using smoothed, seasonally adjusted dollar amounts for that month. The hollow circle shows the selected month, while the terracotta circle shows the most recent month. The figures do not account for inflation, and an index tracks the typical home rather than any specific property. Find the value of an individual home from its own sale price using the card above or the home appreciation calculator.