Sacramento Region

Week of June 11, 2026

Sacramento reviews yearly housing program results and a Deer Creek Plaza redesign

City Council examined yearly performance of Sacramento's main affordable housing programs, while planners take up a revised plan for the Deer Creek Plaza site. A routine ethics-code update for the city's housing agency also moved forward.

the three months ending May 2026

Sacramento’s price dip points more to smaller homes than weakening demand

Sacramento's median sale price fell 2.1% year-over-year while the per-square-foot price dropped just 1.8%, suggesting a shift toward smaller homes rather than broad price weakness.

Week of June 4, 2026

Sacramento expands hotel-voucher shelter for homeless families and backs 2645 Creek apartments financing

The City Council signed contracts with five local hotels to house homeless families, authorized tax-exempt bonds for a new apartment project, and accepted its annual report on the city's 20-year growth plan.

April 2026

Rancho Cordova’s monthly mortgage math just got harder again

A jump in the 30-year fixed rate adds $94 to the monthly payment on a median-priced home, even as local prices have fallen over the past year.

April 2026

Carmichael’s typical mortgage payment pushes deeper into stretched territory

A typical Carmichael home now carries a $2,864 monthly payment after rates climbed to 6.53%, eating four in every ten dollars of local income.

April 2026

Arden-Arcade buyers just crossed the line federal standards call unaffordable

A 0.35-point jump in 30-year rates pushes the median local mortgage payment to 43.2% of household income — past the threshold lenders treat as a red flag.

April 2026

A year later, Sacramento’s mortgage math has barely budged — and just got harder again

Even with rates lower than a year ago, the latest uptick adds $91 to the monthly payment on a median Sacramento home, erasing recent buyer relief.

April 2026

Citrus Heights buyers are absorbing one more rate move on top of last year’s

A jump from 6.18% to 6.53% adds about $84 to the monthly payment on a median-priced home — roughly $1,009 over a year.

April 2026

This week’s rate jump lands harder on Fair Oaks buyers than most Sacramento suburbs

With a median price near $715K, even a fractional rate move pushes Fair Oaks monthly payments up sharply — well past what peer cities are absorbing this month.

April 2026

Sacramento home construction slipped 4.6% in April as state held nearly flat

Builders pulled 1,388 residential permits across the Sacramento region in April, with the 12-month trend down 12.7% even as monthly activity rebounded sharply from winter.