The clearest story in the region this spring is divergence: while West Sacramento was the only one of the four cities to post a year-over-year price gain, Woodland recorded the steepest decline, according to Redfin data for the three months ending June 2026. The split played out against a backdrop of rising sales activity in three of the four markets and mortgage rates that averaged 6.49% nationally in June, down from 6.82% a year earlier, per Freddie Mac.

Prices: Woodland falls hardest, West Sacramento gains

Woodland’s median sale price of $539,706 was down 9.8% from $598,000 a year ago — the largest year-over-year drop among the four cities. That decline pushed Woodland below Winters, where the median reached $583,682, a 4.9% decrease from $614,000 last year.

Davis remained the region’s most expensive market at $817,055, though that figure was down 3.9% from $850,000 a year ago. West Sacramento stood apart as the only city with a year-over-year increase, its $534,709 median up 2.3% from $522,500. West Sacramento was also the region’s most affordable market for buyers, narrowly below Woodland.

Winters’ numbers warrant caution: with only 11 homes sold in the period, down from 21 a year ago, the small sample size can produce outsized percentage swings that may not reflect broader conditions.

Nationally, the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index was higher year-over-year as of its most recent reading, a contrast to the price declines seen in three of the four cities here.

Sales activity: volume rose in three of four cities

Sales picked up across most of the region. Woodland led with 132 homes sold, up 21.1% from 109 a year ago — the largest percentage gain of the four. West Sacramento followed with 101 sales, up 14.8% from 88, and Davis recorded 143 sales, up 5.2% from 136.

Winters ran counter to the trend, with sales down 47.6% to 11 from 21 a year earlier. As noted, the small volume in Winters makes its figures more volatile than the region’s larger markets.

Days on market and competition

Homes moved quickly across the region. Davis and Woodland tied for the fastest pace, each at a median of 17 days on the market. Davis was one day slower than its 16 days a year ago, while Woodland was two days faster than its 19 days last year. West Sacramento sold in a median of 18 days, three days faster than the 21 days recorded a year ago.

Winters posted the slowest pace at 20 days, but that marked a substantial improvement from 40 days a year ago — the largest year-over-year change in selling speed among the four cities, again subject to the caveat of its small sample.

Competition, measured by the share of homes selling above list price, was strongest in Winters at 45.5%, followed by West Sacramento at 38.5%. Davis (35.1%) and Woodland (35.0%) trailed. Sale-to-list ratios clustered near 100% across all four cities, with Davis the only market above list at 100.3%, indicating the typical Davis home sold slightly above its asking price.

Rents: Davis highest, West Sacramento lowest

Rental conditions were largely flat across the region, according to Zillow. Davis carried the highest median rent at $2,706 per month, up 1.5% from $2,666 a year ago. West Sacramento had the lowest median rent at $2,228, up 1.5% from $2,195.

Woodland’s median rent was $2,467, essentially unchanged from $2,468 a year ago — the smallest year-over-year rent movement of the three cities with rental data. Davis and West Sacramento tied for the largest change at 1.5% each, both modest increases. (Rental data was not available for Winters.)

The relationship between rents and home prices varies notably across the region. Davis, the most expensive city to buy, is also the most expensive to rent, and its rents rose while its home prices fell 3.9% year-over-year — a widening gap between the two markets. In Woodland, home prices fell 9.8% while rents held flat, shifting the balance somewhat toward buying relative to a year ago. West Sacramento saw both home prices and rents rise modestly, moving roughly in step. With the region’s lowest rents, West Sacramento remains the most affordable option for renters among the three cities with data.

The macro backdrop

Borrowing costs eased over the past year. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.49% in June 2026, up slightly from 6.44% in May but down from 6.82% in June 2025, according to Freddie Mac. The 15-year fixed rate averaged 5.82% in June, compared with 5.95% a year earlier.

These are national figures and do not reflect terms available to any individual borrower. Still, they frame a year in which local price movements diverged sharply — from Woodland’s near-10% decline to West Sacramento’s modest gain — even as the national home price index registered a year-over-year increase.

For buyers weighing the four markets, the data points in different directions. West Sacramento offers the region’s lowest median sale price and lowest rents but was the only city with rising home prices. Woodland pairs a steep price decline with flat rents and the fastest-growing sales volume. Davis remains the premium market on both the for-sale and rental sides. And Winters, with just 11 sales in the quarter, remains too thinly traded to read with confidence.