Home sales in Winters slowed considerably over the past year, with just 11 homes changing hands in the three months ending June 2026, down from 21 in the same period a year earlier, according to newly released data from Redfin. That 47.6% drop in sales volume stands out in a market this small, where a difference of ten transactions represents a substantial swing.
A thin market where numbers move sharply
Winters, a city of roughly 8,000 people in Yolo County, is a small enough market that its headline figures can shift dramatically from a handful of deals. With only 11 sales recorded over the three-month period, individual transactions carry outsized weight, and month-to-month medians can be volatile. Readers should treat any single figure here as a snapshot of a small sample rather than a broad market signal.
Even so, the decline in sales activity is notable when viewed alongside longer-term data. Two years ago, in the three months ending June 2024, the city recorded 25 sales, and five years ago it saw 23. The current pace of 11 sales sits well below those levels, pointing to a market where fewer homes are trading hands overall.
Prices ease as homes sell faster
The median sale price in Winters was $583,682 over the period, down 4.9% from $614,000 a year earlier. Measured month over month, the median fell 13.1% from $672,000 in the three months ending May, though such swings are common in a market with so few sales.
The price-per-square-foot figure tells a different story than the median. At $356, price per square foot rose 18.2% from $301 a year earlier — a sign that the mix of homes selling has shifted toward smaller properties, pulling the median sale price down even as buyers paid more for each square foot.
Notably, homes sold faster than a year ago. The median days on market was 20, down from 40 in the three months ending June 2025, meaning homes found buyers in roughly half the time. That pace matches what the city saw five years ago, when the median was 19 days. Homes also sold slightly faster than the three months ending May, when the median was 35 days. Nearly half of homes — 45.5% — sold above their list price, down from 52.4% a year earlier, and the sale-to-list ratio of 99.7% indicates that on the whole, homes sold just under asking.
Inventory and market balance
Active inventory stood at 36 homes, up 9.1% from 33 a year earlier and up 28.6% from 28 in the three months ending May. New listings totaled 30 over the period, compared with 18 a year earlier. Combined with the slower sales pace, the added supply brings the city to about 3.3 months of supply — a level generally considered a balanced market, where neither buyers nor sellers hold a decisive advantage. That is a meaningful contrast with two years ago, when inventory was far higher at 54 homes.
Affordability and borrowing costs
At the current median price, a Winters home costs about 4.7 times the median household income of $122,951, according to U.S. Census Bureau data — below the 5x threshold often used to flag affordability strain, though still stretched. A buyer putting 20% down at prevailing rates would face a monthly principal-and-interest payment of about $2,948, or roughly 28.8% of median monthly household income.
Lower borrowing costs have taken some pressure off compared with a year ago. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.49% in June, down from 6.82% a year earlier, though up slightly from 6.44% in May. Combined with the modest price decline, that rate drop means the monthly payment on a median-priced home is about $261 lower than it was a year ago — $2,948 now versus $3,209 then.
Over a longer horizon, the median sale price in Winters has risen 7.0% over the past five years, from $545,500 in the three months ending June 2021. Nationally, home prices continued to edge higher, with the S&P/Case-Shiller National Home Price Index up modestly year over year.