8/29-9/5 Saratoga Real Estate Report: 96 Listings, Sale Price Up 4.3%
Realtor.com counted 96 Saratoga, CA homes for sale as of August 2026, while Redfin reported 82 homes sold in May 2026 and a median sale price of $4,097,548.
Saratoga housing market. Illustration: Jake Team LLC
This weekly housing report covers Saratoga, CA, in the San Francisco Bay Area region for saratogaca.city. It uses Realtor.com local-market data, Zillow home-value data, Redfin's May 2026 housing-market data and Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage survey. Nearby city sites in the network include Los Gatos, Cupertino, Campbell and San Jose.
Realtor.com counted 96 homes for sale in Saratoga as of August 2026, while Zillow reported 27 new listings during its latest monthly period. Zillow put the average home value at $4,094,085, up 3.1% over the past year. Realtor.com listed the median asking price at $4,146,500 as of August 2026.
Redfin's May 2026 market page reported 82 homes sold, compared with 89 a year earlier. Redfin's median sale price was $4,097,548, up 4.3% from a year earlier, and average days on market were 10 days, compared with 11 days last year.
Market snapshot charts
The three charts below break out inventory and sales counts, average days on market and the published price measures.
Saratoga listings and sales chart. Realtor.com active listings as of August 2026, Zillow new listings as of June 30, 2026, and Redfin homes sold in May 2026.Saratoga average days on market chart. Realtor.com August 2026 versus the year-earlier figure.Saratoga price metrics chart. Realtor.com median list price, Redfin median sale price, and Zillow average home value where published.
By the numbers
Realtor.com listed the median list price at $4,146,500 as of August 2026. Redfin's median sale price was $4,097,548 in May 2026. Zillow's average home value was $4,094,085. Realtor.com reported average days on market at 42 days in August 2026.
Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey put the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 6.71% as of September 3, 2026, up from 6.66% a week earlier and up from 6.50% a year earlier.
What changed from last year
Redfin's year-over-year sales count decreased from 89 to 82. Realtor.com average days on market fell from about 61 days to 42 days. Redfin's median sale price was up 4.3% from a year earlier.
Realtor.com's August 2026 inventory figure and Redfin's May 2026 sold-home figure measure different parts of the market: active supply versus closed transactions. This report keeps those figures separate because they do not describe the same set of homes.
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