Single-Family Homes
Sat Apr 18 2026
This week the median list price for San Marcos, CA 92078 is $1,474,500 with the market action index hovering around 59. This is less than last month's market action index of 60. Inventory has increased to 32.
This answers “How’s the Market?” by comparing rate of sales versus inventory.
Strong Seller's Market
Market conditions have been consistently cooling in the past several weeks. Because we’re still in the Seller’s zone, prices have not yet begun to drop. It may take a few more weeks of slack demand for prices to reflect and begin to fall. Expect prices to fall if the index persistently falls to the Buyer’s zone.
| Median List Price | $1,474,500 | |
| Median Price of New Listings | $1,549,995 | |
| Per Square Foot | $552 | |
| Average Days on Market | 39 | |
| Median Days on Market | 25 | |
| Price Decreased | 22% | |
| Price Increased | 3% | |
| Relisted | 13% | |
| Inventory | 32 | |
| Median Rent | ||
| Market Action | 59 | |
| Strong Seller's Market | ||
You can see that prices in this zip code are marching upward and that we’re getting close to the market’s all time high. Watch for persistent downward shift in the Market Action Index into the Buyer’s zone as a leading indicator of the price strength subsiding.
Each segment below represents approximately 25% of the market ordered by price.
| Median Price | Sq. Ft. | Lot Size | Beds | Bath | Age | New | Absorbed | DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,918,500 | 3,736 | 0.25 - 0.5 acre | 5 | 3.8 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| $1,622,000 | 3,024 | 6,500 - 8,000 sqft | 4 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| $1,299,000 | 2,018 | 4,500 - 6,500 sqft | 3 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| $1,050,000 | 1,854 | 4,500 - 6,500 sqft | 4 | 2.3 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 42 |