CA · Metro #119

Visalia - CA housing market

The Visalia metro has a typical home value of $360,865, up 1.9% from a year ago. Homes sell in 20 days on average, a balanced market. 26% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$360,865
+1.9% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$355,901
+2.5% YoY
Median list price
$414,643
Sale-to-list ratio
99.1%
Selling below ask
Days on market
20d
Listings w/ price cut
26.5%
New listings / mo
294
+7.3% YoY
Homes for sale
1,037
+4.1% YoY
Typical rent
$1,734/mo
+2.3% YoY
Income needed to buy
$105,000
Rent vs buy
17.3x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

Visalia housing market, October 2026

The typical Visalia home is worth $360,865 as of September 2026, up 0.1% from the prior month, up 0.4% over three months, and up 1.9% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $350,645 to $360,865.

Homes are going pending in about 20 days, slower than the 16 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,037 homes for sale, 4% more than a year ago. 26.5% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 22.8% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,734 a month, up 2.3% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 17.3.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($72,173), the typical Visalia home costs about $2,450 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $105,000 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$361k$351kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
28d15dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.0k765Oct 24Oct 25Sep 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($360,865) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Visalia - 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 1.9% over the past year. In Visalia - CA, that means a home worth $354,136 last year is now worth roughly $360,865.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $355,901. Homes are selling at 99.1% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Visalia - CA sit on the market for roughly 20 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 26.5% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 294 new listings hit the market each month in Visalia - CA. There are currently 1,037 homes for sale, up 4.1% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Visalia - CA is $1,734, up 2.3% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 17.3x, toss-up (#88 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,999 a month in principal and interest, $265 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 6.02% rate.

What's not on this page

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 October 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in CA

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Los Angeles - CA$950,020 +1.3% 26.0d
San Francisco - CA$1,120,379 +3.1% 16.0d
Riverside - CA$580,321 +0.6% 31.0d
San Diego - CA$926,961 +0.8% 25.0d
Sacramento - CA$572,813 +0.0% 22.0d
San Jose - CA$1,523,615 +0.2% 17.0d
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