San Diego housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
San Diego home prices: in September 2026 the Zillow Home Value Index put a typical home in San Diego, California at $980,490, +0.1% over a year earlier and −4.2% under the peak of $1,023,876 in July 2024.
- Value of a typical home
- $980,490September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +0.1%. Measured since September 2025.
San Diego home prices since 2000
San Diego is the steel line, the United States the grey one. A typical home in San Diego has gone from $219,382 in January 2000 to $980,490, ×4.47, while the US rose ×2.99 over the same months. Prices peaked during the boom in January 2006 at $549,401, then bottomed in December 2011 at $362,205, −34.1%.
San Diego median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values; for 2026 only the latest month is shown.
| Year | San Diego | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $234,038 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $275,564 | +17.7% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $314,785 | +14.2% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $376,434 | +19.6% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $460,538 | +22.3% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $539,380 | +17.1% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $542,692 | +0.6% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $504,700 | −7.0% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $437,957 | −13.2% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $386,825 | −11.7% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $397,556 | +2.8% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $374,659 | −5.8% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $372,707 | −0.5% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $433,832 | +16.4% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $479,731 | +10.6% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $508,557 | +6.0% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $542,682 | +6.7% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $582,202 | +7.3% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $624,316 | +7.2% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $635,973 | +1.9% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $669,387 | +5.3% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $780,446 | +16.6% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $924,668 | +18.5% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $930,481 | +0.6% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $1,011,046 | +8.7% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $995,866 | −1.5% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $980,490 | +0.1% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in San Diego in any year is worth now
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages twelve monthly index values; September 2026 is the value now. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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San Diego housing market forecast
For the San Diego, CA metro, Zillow's forecast is +0.9% across 12 months starting September 2026, and −0.4% across the next three months. With San Diego's typical value at $980,490, it would land close to $989,300 one year on.
This forecast restates Zillow's central estimate for the metro; the site itself publishes no forecast. Forecasts like this one over 12 months have typically landed several percentage points away from the realised change, in both directions. This is not investment advice.
All metro forecasts in one table: housing market forecast.
San Diego housing market crash risk score
Score 65 out of 100, high
Against the 292 cities, the score ranks San Diego using five conditions that were running high ahead of earlier price falls. Every input is scored from 0 to 100 by comparison with the other cities, and the five scores carry the same weight in the average. Conditions as they stand today are what it describes; no crash prediction comes out of it.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −12.7% | 25 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | +7.0% | 55 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 27.2 | 90 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 8.8 | 92 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +0.1% | 63 | 20% |
It is not investment advice. How the inputs get their scores: methodology. Rankings for all 292 cities: crash risk rankings.
Days on market and inventory in San Diego
For September 2026 the San Diego, CA metro showed 5,749 listings, −1.5% compared with a year earlier and −12.7% below the level recorded in the same month of 2019. The median time to sell was 46 days (+7.0% against 2019), while 20.4% of listings came with a price cut.
| San Diego, CA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 5,749 | −1.5% |
| New listings | 2,326 | |
| Median days on market | 46 | −6.2% |
| Median list price | $888,450 | −6.3% |
| Share with a price cut | 20.4% |
Metro inventory figures come from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. All metros: days on market by city.
Living costs in San Diego
Asking rent in San Diego typically runs $3,004 a month, +2.2% on a year, by the Zillow Observed Rent Index. Covering the price of the typical home takes 27.2 years of that rent. Median household income sits at $111,032 (Census ACS 2024), which puts the typical home at 8.8 times a year's income. Metro prices come to 111.9 on the BEA scale, where the US average is 100, while housing costs reach 179.3.
The salary needed to move there, along with rent and prices: San Diego costs.
More housing markets in California
- Los Angeles housing market: $927,891.
- San Jose housing market: $1,353,869.
- San Francisco housing market: $1,441,021.
- Fresno housing market: $384,885.
- Sacramento housing market: $470,552.
- Long Beach $852,391
- Oakland housing market: $710,647.
- Bakersfield housing market: $385,686.
- Anaheim housing market: $941,684.
- Stockton housing market: $422,451.
Statewide figures: California housing market.
How to read this chart
Every point plots the Zillow Home Value Index for San Diego: the worth of a typical home in the market's middle third, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, in dollars for that month. The hollow dot marks the month chosen on the slider, while the terracotta dot marks the most recent month. These numbers carry no inflation adjustment. An index tracks the typical home rather than any single house. To put a value on one particular home, take its own sale price and use the appreciation calculator or the card above it.