Fresno housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Fresno home prices: in September 2026 the Zillow Home Value Index valued the typical home in Fresno, California at $384,885, +0.6% higher than a year earlier and −0.7% under the $387,567 peak set in April 2026.
- Value of a typical home
- $384,885September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +0.6% over the period since September 2025.
Fresno home prices since 2000
Fresno is the steel line, and the United States is the grey one. The typical Fresno home has risen from $103,561 in January 2000 to $384,885, ×3.72, while the US over those same months was ×2.99. The peak of the boom arrived in August 2006 at $288,941; the low came in January 2012 at $128,214, −55.6%.
Fresno median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values, and 2026 covers the latest month.
| Year | Fresno | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $102,894 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $109,567 | +6.5% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $124,600 | +13.7% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $153,284 | +23.0% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $193,267 | +26.1% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $246,780 | +27.7% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $284,626 | +15.3% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $271,755 | −4.5% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $217,265 | −20.1% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $161,152 | −25.8% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $152,691 | −5.3% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $135,037 | −11.6% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $134,908 | −0.1% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $157,103 | +16.5% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $178,738 | +13.8% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $189,642 | +6.1% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $203,755 | +7.4% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $220,655 | +8.3% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $243,228 | +10.2% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $257,543 | +5.9% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $271,333 | +5.4% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $316,830 | +16.8% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $365,482 | +15.4% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $364,799 | −0.2% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $381,995 | +4.7% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $384,960 | +0.8% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $384,885 | +0.6% | $366,157 |
What a home in Fresno bought in any year is worth now
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values, and the current value is September 2026. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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Fresno housing market forecast
Over the next three months, Zillow's forecast shows −0.3% in the Fresno, CA metro, and +0.9% across the 12 months from September 2026. With Fresno's typical value at $384,885, one year on it would sit near $388,300.
This metro forecast is Zillow's central estimate, restated here; the site itself offers no forecast of its own. Over 12 months, a forecast like this has typically landed several percentage points away from the realised change, in both directions. Nothing here is investment advice.
All metro housing market forecasts sit in one table: forecasts by metro.
Fresno housing market crash risk score
51 of 100, on the high side
It ranks Fresno against the 292 cities using five conditions that ran high before earlier price falls. Against the other cities, each of the five inputs sits on a scale from 0 to 100, and the five are then averaged using equal weight. It describes conditions as they are now, and it does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −6.3% | 35 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | +13.7% | 67 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 16.5 | 40 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 5.2 | 59 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +0.6% | 55 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. How inputs are scored: methodology. Every one of the 292 cities ranked: crash risk by city.
Fresno inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Fresno, CA metro counted 2,154 homes for sale, up +4.3% from a year earlier and −6.3% measured against September 2019. The median time to sell was 58 days (+13.7% against 2019), with a price cut on 19.1% of listings.
| Fresno, CA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 2,154 | +4.3% |
| New listings | 824 | |
| Median days on market | 58 | −1.7% |
| Median list price | $469,500 | +2.1% |
| Share with a price cut | 19.1% |
Realtor.com data. Realtor.com® Economic Research, metro inventory. All metros: days on market by city.
What it costs to live in Fresno
By the Zillow Observed Rent Index, asking rent in Fresno typically runs $1,945 a month, +3.9% on a year. It takes 16.5 years of that rent to pay for a typical home. The median household income came to $74,491 (Census ACS 2024), which puts a typical home at 5.2 times the yearly income. According to BEA, metro prices sit at 102.2 compared with a US average of 100, while housing costs sit at 95.7.
Moving there: rent, prices and the salary needed: cost of living in Fresno.
More 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.
- $470,552 for Sacramento.
- Long Beach $852,391
- $710,647 for Oakland.
- $385,686 for Bakersfield.
- $941,684 for Anaheim.
- $422,451 for Stockton.
Statewide: California housing market.
How to read the chart
Each point plots the Zillow Home Value Index for Fresno: what a typical home is worth, in the market's middle third, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, in that month's dollars. The hollow dot shows the month picked on the slider, and the terracotta dot shows the latest month. No inflation adjustment is applied to these figures, and an index tracks the typical home rather than a given house. Take a single home's sale price, then find its value with the card above it, or with the home appreciation calculator.