San Diego Home Prices at $1.09 Million — but Transaction Volume Tells a Different Story
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San Diego County's median home price stood at one million ninety thousand dollars in August, according to data released Tuesday by the California Association of Realtors. The figure represents a month-over-month dip of nine thousand five hundred dollars from July, while remaining 6.3 percent above the August 2025 median of one million twenty-five thousand dollars. Depending on which direction one looks, the market appears either to be cooling or still running meaningfully hotter than a year ago.
The volume data complicates the picture further. Sales fell 11.1 percent year over year, a decline that goes well beyond modest softening. Unsold inventory edged up to a 2.9-month supply, compared to 2.7 months a year earlier — still historically tight, but moving in a direction that gives buyers marginally more time to decide. Notably, San Diego's month-over-month price dip ran counter to the statewide trend: California as a whole posted a seasonally adjusted median of nine hundred one thousand four hundred twenty dollars in August, up 1.6 percent from July, with statewide sales also rising.
The divergence suggests something specific to the San Diego market, possibly affordability pressure concentrated at the upper end of the price range. For buyers and sellers, the environment is genuinely complex: existing owners have seen meaningful appreciation over the past year, but the drop in transaction volume indicates fewer participants can actually close at current prices and mortgage rates. The thirty-year fixed rate currently sits at 6.69 percent. Analysts watching for signs of a more significant correction are advised to monitor inventory levels in coming months: the 2.9-month supply figure remains well within seller's-market territory, but if it climbs toward four or five months in October and November CAR data releases, the market dynamic shifts materially. The condo segment, already reportedly down ten to fifteen percent from 2022 peaks in some submarkets, bears particular watching as a potential leading indicator.