climbed 3.9 percent<\/a> from March and increased 4.1 percent on a year-over-year basis, the California Association of Realtors said in a news release.<\/p>\nThe numbers represent the highest annual increase in seven months.<\/p>\n
The figures are a \u201cwelcome sign that buyer demand remains resilient as we move deeper into the spring,\u201d Tamara Suminski, association president, said.<\/p>\n
The statewide median home sale price also set a new record of $914,810 in April, the association said.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what to know:<\/p>\n
What do the numbers show?<\/p>\n
Home sales in Sacramento County in April rose 21.2% over March, an 8.3% increase compared to April 2025.<\/p>\n
In Placer County, sales rose 4.7% over March and showed a 5.4% rise compared to April 2025, the association said.<\/p>\n
Home sales in El Dorado County rose by 15.4% in April compared to March, showing an 8.4% increase since April 2025.<\/p>\n
Sales in Yolo County remained steady since March, with a 6.2% drop compared to April 2025.<\/p>\n
Median home sale prices in Sacramento County fell by 0.7% to $546,420 from $550,000 in April compared to April 2025, the association said.<\/p>\n
In Placer County, median home sale prices rose by 1.5% to $675,000 from $665,000 in the same period.<\/p>\n
Median home sale prices in El Dorado County rose 9.1% to $736,250 from $675,000 in April 2025<\/p>\n
In Yolo County, median home sale prices rose by 4.3% to $662,500 from $635,000 in the same period.<\/p>\n
What do the numbers mean?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe increase in April was large enough to erase the cumulative loss in sales in the prior three months, and the year-to-date sales were essentially flat so far this year compared to the same time period a year ago,\u201d said Oscar Wei, deputy chief economist for the association.<\/p>\n
The four-county Sacramento area \u201csolidly\u201d increased sales in April, Wei said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe momentum probably has slowed in the last couple weeks though as mortgage rates have been on a climbing trend since late April,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
But median home sale prices rose statewide, possibly as a result of a trend toward higher-priced home sales in April.<\/p>\n
What do buyers need to know?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe market entered its homebuying season and competition is heating up,\u201d Wei said. Buyers may have less bargaining power than earlier in the year as a result.<\/p>\n
Active listings in Placer and El Dorado counties dropped from April 2025, while Sacramento County\u2019s active listings grew slightly on a year-to-year basis.<\/p>\n
What do sellers need to know?<\/p>\n
Sellers probably noticed that interest picked up in April but should be aware that many buyers are rate sensitive, Wei said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith mortgage rates climbing back up in the past three weeks, there could be fluctuations in the number of offers and their offer prices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Also, despite the record high for median home sale prices, the fact that many were higher-end homes means that sellers shouldn\u2019t look for big increases in overall property values.<\/p>\n
What do figures mean for 2026?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe market had a good start to kick off the traditional homebuying season, but affordability challenges remain, and California will likely go through some soft patches before the summer ends,\u201c Wei said.<\/p>\n
Buyers and sellers are waiting for mortgage rates to settle down, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the geopolitical crisis in the Middle East continues to linger on, some buyers and sellers could remain on the sidelines for a little longer,\u201d Wei said.<\/p>\n
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Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home sales and prices mostly rose in April for the four-county Sacramento region following a slower start to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-327820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}