2020 California Housing Market Prediction

California’s Housing Market Forecast
This report on the California housing market covers important stats including home prices, sales, and recent trends from CAR, NAR, Statista, Zillow and more.
The California housing market came alive in September. Sales in So Cal, Central Valley and the Bay Area all rose significantly. Sales of existing single-family homes in September grew 5.8% YoY.
Home prices rose 4.7%, the biggest gain in 12 months. Los Angeles home prices rose 4.8% and homes in the inland empire rose 4.6% making it the best performer of September in the state.

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