Riverside, CA metro area: housing market report

Updated 10/26/2026

Verified monthly housing data for Riverside, CA metro area. The national median sale price for the same period was $393,895; neither median describes a specific home.

  • Median sale price: $578,671 (-0.2% year over year)
  • Closed sales: 3,380 (-5.4% year over year)
  • Inventory: 14,570 (-4.7% year over year)
  • Median days on market: 57 (-5 days year over year)

For buyers: Inventory is down 4.7% and homes are taking 5 fewer days to sell. Prepare financing and compare recent sales before making an offer.

For sellers: Fewer available homes and shorter marketing times suggest tighter conditions. Use nearby comparable sales to price your specific property.

Six-month trend

Monthly observations; price is the median sale price in dollars.
MonthPriceSalesDays
2026-04$587,5003,46453
2026-05$592,5003,47356
2026-06$588,0003,47856
2026-07$589,0003,45257
2026-08$580,0003,41258
2026-09$578,6713,38057

Reporting period: 2026-09-01 through 2026-09-30. Source revised: 2026-10-07. Retrieved: 2026-10-26. Source geography: Riverside, CA metro area (ID 40140).

Source: Redfin Data Center monthly download. Source methodology.

How to read these figures

Redfin monthly All Residential, all construction; seasonally adjusted where available, except median sale price (not seasonally adjusted). Redfin Metro boundaries can be metro divisions or smaller statistical areas; these are not city limits. Census region follows the first state in the source label for cross-state areas. Monthly data can be revised; weekly publication does not imply weekly measurements.

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About the Author

Written by Jim Gruler, Arizona Licensed Real Estate Broker and Co-Founder of Seeking Agents®. Jim has more than 18 years of real estate experience and helps create educational resources for buyers and sellers navigating the home buying and selling process.

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Last updated: 10/26/2026