Salinas - CA housing market
The Salinas metro has a typical home value of $843,101, up 0.9% from a year ago. Homes sell in 23 days on average, a balanced market. 22% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.
Salinas housing market, October 2026
The typical Salinas home is worth $843,101 as of August 2026, up 0.3% from the prior month, up 0.8% over three months, and up 0.9% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $834,806 to $853,701.
Homes are going pending in about 23 days, slower than the 14 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 747 homes for sale, 0% fewer than a year ago. 22.5% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 19.9% three months ago).
Typical rent is $2,799 a month, up 5.5% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 25.1.
At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($168,620), the typical Salinas home costs about $5,724 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $245,300 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.
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 →
How to read this data
The typical home value ($843,101) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Salinas - 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 0.9% over the past year. In Salinas - CA, that means a home worth $835,581 last year is now worth roughly $843,101.
The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $867,436. Homes are selling at 98.6% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.
Homes listed in Salinas - CA sit on the market for roughly 23 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.
About 22.5% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.
Roughly 213 new listings hit the market each month in Salinas - CA. There are currently 747 homes for sale, down 0.4% from a year ago.
The typical monthly rent in Salinas - CA is $2,799, up 5.5% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 25.1x, renting territory (#13 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $4,670 a month in principal and interest, $1,871 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 2.88% rate.
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Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →
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Other metros in CA
| Metro | Home value | 1-yr change | Days on market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles - CA | $952,601 | +1.2% | 24.0d |
| San Francisco - CA | $1,123,193 | +2.3% | 17.0d |
| Riverside - CA | $581,454 | +0.2% | 30.0d |
| San Diego - CA | $930,785 | +0.5% | 22.0d |
| Sacramento - CA | $574,820 | -0.3% | 20.0d |
| San Jose - CA | $1,527,731 | +0.2% | 19.0d |