August 2026 is the newest month of published Santa Clarita Valley data. The median single-family home sold for $865,000, down 2.8% from a year earlier but up slightly from July. Homes averaged 45 days on market, five days longer than last August, and 147 homes closed escrow (Southland Regional Association of REALTORS®, released September 9, 2026).
SRAR will not publish September numbers until early October, so everything below reflects August and the two months before it.
Key Takeaways
- The Santa Clarita Valley median single-family price was $865,000 in August 2026, down 2.8% year over year (SRAR, September 9, 2026).
- Sales fell, but so did supply. Active single-family listings dropped 24.5% while closed sales fell 9.3%, which is why prices barely moved.
- Houses and condos have split apart. Condo prices fell 10.3% while houses fell 2.8%.
- Homes averaged 45 days on market, up from 33 days in June.
- Pending sales were down 30%, which points to a quieter close to the year.
In my late-summer read on this market, I described a market that was shifting in pace rather than direction. The published numbers for June, July and August let me put figures behind that. They mostly confirm it, though one thing surprised me: supply tightened as fast as demand did.
What are Santa Clarita home prices doing right now?
The Santa Clarita Valley median single-family sale price was $865,000 in August 2026, down 2.8% from August 2025 (Southland Regional Association of REALTORS®, Santa Clarita Valley statistics, released September 9, 2026). That is a softer decline than July’s, when the median came in at $860,000 and was down 3.9% year over year (SRAR, released August 12, 2026).
Across the three most recent published months the median ran $875,000 in June, $860,000 in July, and $865,000 in August. That is a swing of about 1.7% from top to bottom, which is close to flat. The valley record high of $910,000 was set back in March 2024 and has not been matched since (SRAR, September 9, 2026).
Prices have drifted down a little from last year and gone roughly sideways since spring. If you are watching for a dramatic correction in Santa Clarita, the published data has not shown one.
Why are fewer homes selling if prices are holding?
Because supply contracted just as fast as demand. In August 2026, 147 single-family homes closed escrow in the Santa Clarita Valley, down 9.3% year over year and the lowest August total going back to 2020. At the same time, active single-family listings fell 24.5% to 518, and new listings came in at 208, down 10% (SRAR, September 9, 2026).
Months of supply says more than the median price does. SRAR publishes that figure for the San Fernando Valley but not for Santa Clarita, so I work it out from the counts it does publish: 548 active listings against 170 closings in July is about 3.2 months, and 518 against 147 in August is about 3.5 months. August’s sales total was the lowest for that month going back to 2020, and yet the balance between supply and demand barely moved.
Fewer people listed and fewer people bought, in roughly equal measure. When sellers step back at the same rate buyers do, the result is a thinner market at similar prices rather than falling ones. That is what August looked like.
How long are Santa Clarita homes taking to sell?
Homes averaged 45 days on market in August 2026, up five days from August 2025 (SRAR, September 9, 2026). The number has climbed all summer: 33 days in June, 41 in July, 45 in August (SRAR, released July 10 and August 12, 2026).
Some of that is ordinary seasonality. Summer is when families move, and the calendar thins out once school starts. SRAR headlined its August release as a transition into the off-peak season, which matches what the days-on-market number is doing.
For a seller, six weeks is a reasonable planning assumption on a well-prepared home right now, not the ten days people remember from 2021. If you are timing a sale around a purchase, build that in. My guide on preparing a Santa Clarita home to sell for top dollar covers the work that shortens that window.
Houses and condos are no longer the same market
Most market summaries quote a single median, which hides the sharpest divide in the current data.
In August 2026, the Santa Clarita Valley condominium median was $520,000, down 10.3% year over year, while the single-family median was down only 2.8% (SRAR, September 9, 2026). The condo median has slid through the whole quarter, from $577,000 in June to $540,000 in July to $520,000 in August (SRAR monthly statistics, 2026).
Supply explains most of it. Active condo listings in August were 326, up 1.2% from a year earlier, while active single-family listings fell 24.5% to 518 (SRAR, September 9, 2026). On the same calculation as above, that is about 6.7 months of supply for condos, against 49 closings, and about 3.5 months for houses.
Condos are carrying nearly twice the supply of houses in the same valley. A condo seller and a house seller two streets apart are working in different conditions, and I would not price a condo off single-family headlines this fall. If a condo is part of a move you are planning, my Santa Clarita downsizing guide covers how to sequence the sale and the purchase.
What interest rates did to the fall market
The national average rate on home loans was 6.51% in August 2026, the highest in ten months, according to Federal Housing Finance Agency figures cited in SRAR’s September 9, 2026 release. Rates had bottomed at 6.08% in April 2026 and ran 6.35% in July.
August was the year’s high point and still below the 6.83% of August 2025. The near-three-year average is 6.63%, so today’s rates sit slightly under the recent norm.
Affordability moved accordingly. SRAR’s Income-to-Loan guide for August found that qualifying for an 80% loan of $416,000 on a median-priced Santa Clarita condominium of $520,000 took an income of $133,539, with monthly principal, interest, taxes and insurance of $3,338. The income required was down 12.7% from a year earlier (SRAR, September 9, 2026).
For a single-family purchase the bar is much higher. SRAR’s June guide put the qualifying income at $221,950 for an 80% loan of $700,000 on a median-priced home of $875,000, with monthly payments of $5,549 (SRAR, released July 10, 2026).
Rates rose while the income needed to qualify fell year over year, which sounds backwards until you account for prices easing off last year’s levels. It is worth doing that arithmetic before deciding this is a bad moment to buy.
How Santa Clarita compares to the San Fernando Valley
The two valleys diverged in August, and a lot of my clients are weighing one against the other.
San Fernando Valley single-family sales rose 1.3% to 472 closings in August 2026 while Santa Clarita’s fell 9.3% (SRAR, San Fernando Valley and Santa Clarita Valley statistics, both released September 9, 2026). Prices moved similarly in both places: the San Fernando Valley median was $1,105,000, down 3.1%, against Santa Clarita’s $865,000, down 2.8%.
That is a gap of roughly $240,000 on the median house in the same month, and it is why buyers keep making the drive north. It is the same trade-off I walk through in my guide on relocating to Santa Clarita from the San Fernando Valley.
Inventory tightened on both sides. San Fernando Valley active home and condo listings totaled 2,663 in August, down 18%, a 4.4-month supply, with homes and condos averaging 39 days on market (SRAR, September 9, 2026). If you are looking specifically at the north end of that valley, I keep community guides for Porter Ranch, Woodland Hills and Sherman Oaks.
What pending sales suggest about the rest of fall
Today’s pending sales become the next month or two of closings, which makes them the one forward-looking number in the release.
Santa Clarita Valley pending sales stood at 121 homes at the end of August 2026, down 30% year over year, with condo pendings at 45, down 34% (SRAR, September 9, 2026). July’s pendings were 106, down 44%, and June’s were 120, down 33% (SRAR monthly statistics, 2026).
A full quarter of pendings running 30% or more below last year points toward closing volumes staying light through the fall. I want to be careful with that: it is an inference from three months of published data, not a forecast, and rates or a change in listing activity could move it either way.
It does not point to a price cliff. Falling pendings alongside falling inventory is the same balanced contraction the months-of-inventory figure has shown all quarter.
What this means if you are selling
Price to the current data, not to last spring. The median has moved down about 1.1% since June and sits 2.8% below last August, so 2024 comparables will overstate what your home is worth today.
Plan for roughly six weeks on market. At 45 average days, condition and presentation are doing more work than they did two years ago, and the homes that stall are usually the ones that started high and chased the market down.
If you own a condominium, get advice specific to condos. At roughly 6.7 months of supply and a 10.3% annual price decline, that segment needs its own pricing conversation.
What this means if you are buying
You have more selection time than buyers had in 2021 and less competition than a year ago, with pendings down 30%. That is real negotiating room, particularly on condos.
You also have less to choose from. Active single-family listings fell 24.5% year over year, so “waiting for more inventory” has not been rewarded this year. Get your financing lined up so you can act when the right home appears, because roughly three and a half months of supply does not leave much slack.
Community conditions vary a lot inside the valley, and SRAR reports at the valley level rather than by neighborhood. For a sense of individual areas, my guides to Valencia, Saugus and Canyon Country go deeper than a monthly report can.
Frequently asked questions
What is the median home price in Santa Clarita right now?
The most recent published figure is $865,000 for a single-family home in August 2026, down 2.8% from August 2025. The condominium median was $520,000, down 10.3%. Both figures come from the Southland Regional Association of REALTORS®, released September 9, 2026.
Is the Santa Clarita housing market going up or down in fall 2026?
Prices are modestly down year over year and roughly flat month to month. The August 2026 median of $865,000 was 2.8% below the prior August but slightly above July’s $860,000. Sales volume has fallen more than prices, with 147 homes closing in August (SRAR, September 9, 2026).
How long does it take to sell a house in Santa Clarita?
Single-family homes averaged 45 days on market in August 2026, five days longer than August 2025 and up from 33 days in June 2026 (SRAR, 2026). Results vary by price point, condition and location, so six weeks is a planning figure rather than a promise.
Is it a buyer’s market or a seller’s market in Santa Clarita?
Neither, exactly. Worked out from SRAR’s published August 2026 counts, single-family supply comes to about 3.5 months (518 active listings against 147 closed sales), which is historically balanced territory. Condominiums come to about 6.7 months (326 active listings against 49 closed sales), which favors buyers considerably more (SRAR, September 9, 2026).
Why are Santa Clarita home sales down but prices steady?
Supply fell about as much as demand. Active single-family listings dropped 24.5% year over year in August 2026 while closed sales fell 9.3% (SRAR, September 9, 2026), which left the ratio of listings to sales close to where it had been. Prices tend to hold when both sides of the market contract together.
When will September 2026 numbers be available?
SRAR publishes monthly statistics in the first two weeks of the following month. The August 2026 release came out September 9, 2026, so September figures should be available in early October 2026.
Want a read on your own situation?
A valley-wide median cannot tell you what your house is worth or what your budget actually buys on your street. Those answers come from recent comparable sales in your specific neighborhood and price range.
If you would like that read for your own home or your own search, get in touch and we will look at the numbers that apply to you.
Marite Matassa is a Realtor® with Pinnacle Estate Properties serving the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys, licensed in California since 2009 (DRE #01867409) and a member of the Southland Regional Association of REALTORS®.
All market figures in this article come from Southland Regional Association of REALTORS® monthly statistical releases for June, July and August 2026, retrieved September 10, 2026. Months of supply for the Santa Clarita Valley is not published by SRAR and is calculated here by dividing its reported active listing counts by its reported closed sales for the same month. SRAR notes that its local market statistics are compiled from data share partner information accessible through CRMLS and may not represent complete activity for the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys. Market data is historical and is not a prediction of future results.
