Homes in Arden-Arcade are taking markedly longer to sell than they were a year ago, one of the clearest signs of a cooling market in this Sacramento County community of about 95,000 people. According to newly released Redfin data for the three months ending in June, the typical home spent 19 days on the market, up from just 10 days during the same period in 2025 — a 90% increase. In practical terms, sellers are now waiting nearly a week and a half longer to find a buyer than they did last spring.
Homes sit longer as market cools
The slowdown in sales pace stands out because most other indicators point to a market that remains active. The 19-day median compares with 11 days two years ago and just 7 days five years ago, at the height of the pandemic-era buying frenzy. Month over month, the figure ticked up modestly from 18 days in the period ending in May, a small change consistent with normal seasonal movement.
Despite homes taking longer to sell, the local market still tilts toward sellers. There were 1.8 months of supply — the time it would take to sell all listed homes at the current pace — which remains well within sellers’-market territory. Active inventory stood at 391 homes, down 3.7% from a year earlier and down 3.9% from the prior period. Buyers, in other words, still face limited choice, even if they are moving less urgently than they once did.
Prices climb, but per-square-foot tells a subtler story
The median sale price reached $549,451, up 7.7% from $510,000 a year earlier. Prices were essentially flat compared with the prior period’s $549,250. The gain over the past year is notable given the slower sales pace, and it leaves prices well above the $503,750 median of two years ago. Over the past five years, prices have risen 19.6% from $459,500 in mid-2021.
The price per square foot, however, moved in the opposite direction, slipping 2.9% to $335 from $345 a year ago. That divergence suggests buyers may be paying more overall but getting more space for their money, or that larger homes made up a bigger share of sales — a reminder that the headline median can mask shifts in the mix of homes changing hands.
Sellers still hold meaningful leverage. The median home sold at 100.2% of its list price, meaning the typical home went for slightly above asking, and 34.0% of homes sold above list price — down from 37.4% a year ago. Notably, the median list price of $494,933 came in below the median sale price, and it fell from $542,450 a year earlier.
Sales rise as buyers absorb higher costs
Sales activity picked up despite the higher costs of ownership. A total of 223 homes sold during the period, up 14.4% from 195 a year earlier and up 4.2% from the prior period. New listings, at 257, came in below the 294 recorded a year ago, adding to the supply constraint.
Financing costs eased somewhat over the past year. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.49% in June, down from 6.82% a year earlier, according to Freddie Mac. Even so, higher prices more than offset the lower rate: the monthly principal-and-interest payment on a median-priced home with 20% down is now about $2,775, roughly $110 more per month than a year ago. Nationally, home prices continued to rise modestly over the past year, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index.
Affordability remains stretched. At current prices, a median-priced home in Arden-Arcade costs about 7.1 times the area’s median household income of $77,321, according to the U.S. Census Bureau — well above the level generally considered affordable. That monthly payment consumes an estimated 43.1% of median household income, a share the National Association of Realtors classifies as unaffordable.
Taken together, the June data describe a market that remains firmly in sellers’ hands on price and supply, even as the pace of sales has eased considerably. Homes are still selling above asking on the whole, but buyers are taking nearly twice as long to commit as they did a year ago.