CA · Metro #119

Visalia - CA housing market

The Visalia metro has a typical home value of $362,368, up 1.7% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 18 days on market, a strong seller's market. 26% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$362,368
+1.7% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$357,850
+2.5% YoY
Median list price
$416,143
Sale-to-list ratio
99.2%
Selling below ask
Days on market
18d
Listings w/ price cut
25.7%
New listings / mo
289
+4.0% YoY
Homes for sale
1,015
+1.6% YoY
Typical rent
$1,765/mo
+3.5% YoY
Income needed to buy
$105,400
Rent vs buy
17.1x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Visalia housing market, October 2026

The typical Visalia home is worth $362,368 as of August 2026, up 0.2% from the prior month, up 0.2% over three months, and up 1.7% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $351,729 to $362,368.

Homes are going pending in about 18 days, slower than the 16 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,015 homes for sale, 2% more than a year ago. 25.7% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 21.1% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,765 a month, up 3.5% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 17.1.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($72,474), the typical Visalia home costs about $2,460 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $105,400 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$362k$352kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
28d15dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.0k765Sep 24Sep 25Aug 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 ($362,368) 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 1.7% over the past year. In Visalia - CA, that means a home worth $356,311 last year is now worth roughly $362,368.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $357,850. Homes are selling at 99.2% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Visalia - CA sit on the market for roughly 18 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 25.7% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 289 new listings hit the market each month in Visalia - CA. There are currently 1,015 homes for sale, up 1.6% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Visalia - CA is $1,765, up 3.5% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 17.1x, toss-up (#95 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $2,007 a month in principal and interest, $242 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 6.14% 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$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
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