Market Intelligence
The Bay Area market,
read daily.
Mortgage rates, Alameda County inventory, and home values across 15 Silicon Valley and East Bay cities. The daily figures on this page refresh themselves every weekday from the same board data behind my live dashboard.
Today's Board
Rates and the Alameda County board
Board totals across the 15-city table in the REALTY EXPERTS daily report, with national mortgage rates. Published October 6, 2026.
30-Year Fixed
7.56%
15-Year Fixed
7.22%
30-yr fixed, last 7 weekdays
Listings
2,661
active + in contract
down 27 vs prior day
New Today
188
fresh listings
Coming Soon
168
not yet active
Board listings fell by 27 from the prior weekday. The day brought 188 brand-new listings, with 168 more coming soon.
Board-wide across the daily report's 15-city table, NorCal MLS Alliance data. Listings count active and in-contract homes together. Rates via Mortgage News Daily.
The Week in Motion
New listings and the coming-soon queue
Each weekday the board adds brand-new listings, while coming-soon listings queue up behind them. Total board listings, active and in contract, sit beneath each day.
224184
Sep 28
2,762 listings
212179
Sep 29
2,727 listings
184174
Sep 30
2,700 listings
166167
Oct 1
2,672 listings
189161
Oct 2
2,700 listings
202167
Oct 5
2,688 listings
188168
Oct 6
2,661 listings
Bar scale: 0 to 224 listings per day. Counts are printed under every bar; weekends are not published.
Inventory Composition
What is actually for sale
Across the 12 East Bay and Tri-Valley cities tracked daily: every active listing by property type, and each city's full on-market picture including homes already pending.
1,479
Active listings
Active single-family, condo, and townhome listings across the 12 tracked cities, October 6, 2026. Shares recomputed from the day's counts.
On-market by city
Fremont
234 active·86 pending
Hayward
173 active·74 pending
Livermore
188 active·48 pending
Dublin
154 active·32 pending
Danville
144 active·39 pending
San Ramon
127 active·40 pending
Pleasanton
110 active·36 pending
Milpitas
90 active·38 pending
Newark
83 active·25 pending
San Leandro
54 active·37 pending
Union City
65 active·25 pending
Castro Valley
57 active·30 pending
Bar scale: 0 to 320 on-market listings (active plus pending), October 6, 2026.
Fresh Inventory
New listings by city, October 6, 2026
Where the day's fresh single-family, condo, and townhome inventory landed across the 12 tracked cities.
Bar scale: 0 to 19 new listings. Board-wide on October 6, 2026, 188 brand-new listings posted across the daily report's 15-city table, including cities not tracked here.
Home Values
The 15-city value ledger
Zillow's Typical Home Value for the cities my clients ask about most, with each city's 13-month shape. Average across the 15: $1,585,842. 9 of 15 sit below their value of a year ago.
City
13-mo shape
Relative value
Typical value
1-yr change
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, city level, August 31, 2026. One-year change is measured August 2025 to August 2026 on the same series. Sparklines trace each city's 13 monthly readings, scaled per city; value bars scale from zero to Palo Alto's $3,563,763. ZHVI describes the broad housing stock and can differ from sale-price medians, which only reflect homes that recently sold.
The National Frame
How the country is moving
The latest national existing-home numbers, for context under the local story.
−1.2%
Existing-home sales, August (year over year)
Down 1.2% from a year ago, and 2.0% below July's pace.
$429,100
Median existing-home price
Up 1.6% from a year ago, the 38th straight month of annual gains.
4.9 months
Months of housing supply
Unsold inventory at August's sales pace, with 1.62 million homes for sale.
National Association of REALTORS® existing-home sales for August 2026, released September 10, 2026 (nar.realtor).
Go Deeper
The live dashboard, and the reports behind it
Updated every weekday
The Alameda County interactive dashboard
The full daily briefing behind this page: an interactive per-city inventory chart, rate commentary, and the day's market, stock, economy, and crypto notes. New data lands every weekday morning, and this page picks it up automatically.
Open the live dashboardMonthly deep dives
City reports with the full story
Newark market report, September 2026
Single-family median sold $1,298,000, down 11.4% in a month, while months of supply rose to 2.82, the highest on the report's five-year chart.
Milpitas market report, August 2026
Median sold $1,775,000, up 6.3% in a month, while homes closed at 100.3% of list and supply fell to 1.36 months.
Hayward market report, August 2026
Median sold $935,000, homes closing at 102.2% of list in a median 16 days, 2.38 months of inventory.
Union City market report, August 2026
Median sold $1,450,000, up 10.5% in a month, while price per square foot fell to $729.
Fremont market report, July 2026
Median sold $1,625,000, homes closing at 102.2% of list in a median 13 days, 1.79 months of inventory.
Sources and Methodology. Daily figures (rates, board totals, week trend, per-city inventory): REALTY EXPERTS Daily Market Glance, sourced from Mortgage News Daily and the NorCal MLS Alliance, most recently October 6, 2026; these refresh automatically each weekday when new board data publishes. Board listings count active and in-contract homes together across the report's 15-city table. Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, city level, August 31, 2026. National: NAR existing-home sales, August 2026.
Based on information from the Bay East Association of REALTORS® as of October 6, 2026. All data, including all measurements and calculations of area, is obtained from various sources and has not been, and will not be, verified by broker or MLS. All information should be independently reviewed and verified for accuracy. Properties may or may not be listed by the office/agent presenting the information.
Not a Guarantee. Real estate market data reflects past and current conditions and is not a guarantee of future results. Median or typical values describe the broader market and may not represent any individual property. For a property-specific analysis, contact me directly.
Listing & Compliance. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Buyer to verify all data including but not limited to schools, square footage, lot size, and HOA. Equal Housing Opportunity. Harv Balu, REALTOR® · GRI, CIPS, PSA, FTBS · DRE #02195792 · REALTY EXPERTS®, 41051 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539 · Cell 510-600-3425 · homes@HarvRealtor.com · HarvRealtor.com
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