Santa Maria - CA housing market
The Santa Maria metro has a typical home value of $1,003,290, up 3.4% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 17 days on market, a strong seller's market. 21% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.
How to read this data
The typical home value ($1,003,290) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Santa Maria - CA metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.
Prices are up 3.4% over the past year. In Santa Maria - CA, that means a home worth $970,300 last year is now worth roughly $1,003,290.
The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $964,575. Homes are selling at 99.1% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.
Homes listed in Santa Maria - CA sit on the market for roughly 17 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.
About 20.6% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.
Roughly 288 new listings hit the market each month in Santa Maria - CA. There are currently 851 homes for sale, down 0.8% from a year ago.
The typical monthly rent in Santa Maria - CA is $3,258, up 3.2% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 25.7x, renting territory (#12 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 6.71% 30-year rate, runs about $5,185 a month in principal and interest, $1,927 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 2.71% rate.
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This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.
Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt September 2026. Methodology →
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Other metros in CA
| Metro | Home value | 1-yr change | Days on market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles - CA | $964,934 | +0.9% | 22.0d |
| San Francisco - CA | $1,136,810 | +1.2% | 17.0d |
| Riverside - CA | $586,798 | -0.2% | 28.0d |
| San Diego - CA | $934,166 | +-0.0% | 20.0d |
| Sacramento - CA | $581,822 | -0.8% | 16.0d |
| San Jose - CA | $1,559,187 | -0.2% | 18.0d |