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DRE #02250755“I help Bay Area buyers and sellers make confident moves with the latest market data, real local expertise, and the patience to find what's actually right for you, not the fastest close.”
Data through Jul 2026
Calistoga offers real opportunities for buyers right now:
Based on 6 homes sold in the 3 months ending July 2026. Includes all residential types (SFH, condo, townhouse, multi-family, and others). Enough to see the trend, but individual sales still move the median. Updated weekly.
Data through July 2026
See how prices, monthly costs, and mortgage rates have moved in Calistoga.
Includes principal, interest, estimated CA property tax (~1.25%), and estimated insurance (~$2,200/yr). HOA fees not included.
The median sale price in Calistoga is $977K — down 28% from $1.36M in September 2021. Over that stretch, the median peaked at $2.86M in February 2025 and bottomed at $690K in April 2026. That puts today's price about 12% below the area's 5-year average of $1.10M. Calistoga averages only about 3 sales a month, so these swings partly reflect which specific homes happened to sell — treat the long-run direction as rough, not precise.
What buyers actually pay has moved more than the sticker price suggests: a typical monthly payment (20% down, principal & interest) is about $5,023 today, up 9% from $4,598 in September 2021. Most of that increase comes from mortgage rates (3.0% then vs. 6.7% now), not prices — at September 2021 rates, today's median would run about $3,300/mo.
Seasonally, the three months ending in December have been the busiest stretch for closings in Calistoga over the past 5 years (about 10 sales in that window on average, vs. 6 for the stretch ending in February), while competition has run hottest in the stretch ending in September (27% of homes selling over asking on average). That's an average across just 5 observations per month, so treat it as a tendency, not a rule.
Calistoga is a buyer's market. Extended market times, price reductions, and motivated sellers give buyers strong negotiating leverage. Well-structured offers below asking can succeed here.
At $977K, Calistoga's median sits about 46% below the Bay Area average of $1.80M. That average is skewed high by ultra-premium peninsula enclaves like Atherton and Woodside, so a more useful frame is that Calistoga is one of the more accessible corners of the Bay Area.
Calistoga is a buyer's market:
Buyer strategy: well-structured offers below asking can succeed here.
At $977K with 20% down at 6.71%, your estimated total monthly cost is approximately $6,250:
HOA fees are extra.
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