Santa Cruz County Market Stats
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I track Santa Cruz County market conditions every week. The numbers below come from Altos Research for the week ending July 6, 2026, the most current data available.
Data from Altos Research, week ending July 6, 2026. Single-family homes. Sponsored by Padraic Collins, Stewart Title. Data deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Contact me for neighborhood-specific breakdowns.
What the numbers mean
Santa Cruz Median List Price Holds at $1,500,000. Inventory Ticks Up to 388
The Santa Cruz County median list price is $1,500,000 this week, just under last week’s $1,525,000 and still near the year’s high. Active single-family inventory rose to 388, up from 376 last week and breaking a three-week slide. Supply remains below the June 15 peak of 396, so the wider field buyers saw earlier this summer hasn’t fully returned.
A third of active listings carry a price cut, 34% this week. That share has held in the low-to-mid 30s since May, so sellers who price against today’s comps still move their homes. Buyers get some room to negotiate on the listings that have sat, but a well-priced home isn’t waiting around for an offer.
Market Action Index Holds at 39. Sellers Keep the Edge
The Market Action Index reads 39 for Santa Cruz County. Altos treats anything above 30 as a seller’s market and anything below as a buyer’s market. That puts Santa Cruz solidly in seller territory, and this week matches the reading from the past three weeks straight.
The index compares how fast homes sell against how much supply is sitting on the market. Santa Cruz climbed from 38 in early June to 39 by mid-month and has held there since. No new ground broken, but no slipping either. A move off 39 in either direction, up or down, would be the signal worth watching.
Median Days on Market Steady at 56
Median days on market for active Santa Cruz County listings is 56, matching the past two weeks and up from 49 in mid-June. This is the median across everything currently for sale, not the homes that already sold.
A well-priced home in a strong location still goes under contract in two weeks or less. The 56-day figure gets dragged up by the tail of listings that are stale, overpriced, or sitting in a tougher part of the county. If your home has been up more than a month without an offer, that number is telling you something about the price.