San Rafael
Market Trends
Live MLS-driven market information updated dynamically.
Current Market Conditions – 15 Months
A full market cycle perspective — helping distinguish seasonal patterns from meaningful shifts.
Prices: List vs Sold
This comparison shows the relationship between seller expectations and actual buyer behavior, revealing how closely asking prices align with final sales.
Market Activity: Listed vs Sold
New listings reflect incoming supply while closed sales reveal buyer absorption, together illustrating demand strength and market flow.
Inventory Pressure: Months of Supply
New listings reflect incoming supply while closed sales reveal buyer absorption, together illustrating demand strength and market flow.
Market Speed: Time to Contract
Days on Market reflects how quickly homes are moving from listing to accepted offer. Changes in market speed often signal shifts in buyer urgency before price trends visibly adjust.
What This Measure Shows:
Value Trends: Price per Square Foot
Price per square foot helps normalize value across homes of different sizes. Viewing it across a full market cycle highlights whether overall valuation levels are strengthening, stabilizing, or moderating.
Long-Term Market View - 3 Years
Structural patterns that reveal broader market cycles, pricing regimes, and supply dynamics.
Prices: List vs Sold
This comparison shows the relationship between seller expectations and actual buyer behavior, revealing how closely asking prices align with final sales.
Seller Signals to Watch
● Are sale prices consistently tracking list prices?
● Do widening gaps suggest overpricing risk?
● How does pricing behavior compare to prior cycles?
Buyer Signals to Watch
● Are sellers negotiating more than before?
● Do historical patterns suggest leverage shifts?
● How stable are long-term price movements?
Market Activity: Listed vs Sold
New listings reflect incoming supply while closed sales reveal buyer absorption, together illustrating demand strength and market flow.
Seller Signals to Watch
● Is listing competition rising or easing?
● Are buyers absorbing supply efficiently?
● How do demand patterns compare historically?
Buyer Signals to Watch
● Is inventory expanding or tightening?
● Are buyer competition levels changing?
● Do activity shifts precede pricing changes?
Inventory Pressure: Months of Supply
New listings reflect incoming supply while closed sales reveal buyer absorption, together illustrating demand strength and market flow.
Seller Signals to Watch
● Is inventory compressing or building?
● How have supply levels influenced prices over time?
● Are current conditions typical or unusual?
Buyer Signals to Watch
● Are supply conditions improving or constraining choice?
● Do inventory trends suggest future competition changes?
● How do current levels compare to past markets?
Market Speed: Time to Contract
Days on Market reflects how quickly homes are moving from listing to accepted offer. Changes in market
speed often signal shifts in buyer urgency before price trends visibly adjust.
Seller Signals to Watch
● Are homes securing offers more quickly than earlier in the cycle?
● Are well-priced homes selling significantly faster than overpriced ones?
● Is the market forgiving pricing missteps, or penalizing them with longer exposure?
Buyer Signals to Watch
● Is buyer urgency increasing or easing?
● Are homes sitting long enough to allow thoughtful negotiation?
● Do extended listing times create opportunity for stronger terms?
What This Measure Shows:
Value Trends: Price per Square Foot
Price per square foot helps normalize value across homes of different sizes. Viewing it across a full market cycle highlights whether overall valuation levels are strengthening, stabilizing, or moderating.
Seller Signals to Watch
● Are valuation trends strengthening or flattening?
● How does my property compare to recent norms?
● Are buyers rewarding certain features or locations?
Buyer Signals to Watch
● Are values expanding beyond typical levels?
● How efficiently is space being priced?
● Do trends suggest rising or stabilizing costs?
No single metric tells the full story. These indicators work together to reveal pricing behavior, supply and
demand balance, negotiation dynamics, and value trends.
Market Data by Area
Southern Marin
Sausalito, Tiburon, Mill Valley
Ross Valley
Corte Madera, Kentfield, Fairfax
San Rafael
Peacock Gap, Terra Linda, Marinwood
Novato
Hamilton, Bel Marin Keys, San Marin
West Marin
Pt Reyes, Bolinas. San Geronimo
Petaluma
Penngrove, Bloomfield, Lakeville
Cotati/Rohnert Park
Stony Point, University Park
Santa Rosa
Roseland, Bennett Vally, Rincoln Valley
Sebastopol
Graton, Forestville, Occidental
Sonoma Valley
Kenwood, Glenn Ellon, Sonoma
Russian River
Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Guerneville
Sonoma Coast
Bodega Bay, Jenner, The Sea Ranch
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