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August 21, 2026· Updated August 22, 2026
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Grass Valley, CA Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

What homes actually sell for in Grass Valley: a median closing price of $459,450 across 204 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread.

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Grass Valley, CA Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

If you invest in or around Grass Valley, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Grass Valley sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, as of August 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 12 months: 204
  • Median sold price, last 12 months: $459,450
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $318
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $360,000 and $565,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 204 closed sales in Grass Valley over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $459,450. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $360,000 and $565,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 81% of the Grass Valley closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 203 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $242 and $365 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Grass Valley, CA (August 2026)

The median home price in Grass Valley is $459,450, measured across the 204 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $360,000 and $565,000.

Where Grass Valley sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Grass Valley
Closed sale prices over the last 12 months. Middle half of sales: $360k to $565k
$85k to $213k: 22 sales$85k$213k to $341k: 15 sales$341k to $469k: 61 sales61sales$341k$469k to $597k: 54 sales$597k to $725k: 28 sales$597kMedian $459k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Grass Valley over the last 12 months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $360,000 and $565,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Grass Valley monthly medians over the last 12 months, among qualifying closings with usable living area. Months with fewer than 10 qualifying closings are drawn as empty slots.
Sep 2025: $341 per square foot across 20 sales$341Oct 2025: $304 per square foot across 23 sales$304Oct 2025Nov 2025: fewer than 10 qualifying sales recordedDec 2025: $317 per square foot across 14 sales$317Dec 2025Jan 2026: $283 per square foot across 19 sales$283Feb 2026: $306 per square foot across 15 sales$306Feb 2026Mar 2026: $290 per square foot across 16 sales$290Apr 2026: $342 per square foot across 19 sales$342Apr 2026May 2026: $333 per square foot across 18 sales$333Jun 2026: $311 per square foot across 22 sales$311Jun 2026Jul 2026: $337 per square foot across 14 sales$337Aug 2026: month still in progress, fewer than 10 qualifying sales recorded so farAug 2026

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 25 days, across 149 Grass Valley closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 22 days, across 142 Grass Valley closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 204 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Grass Valley angle

Deep data is what lets you stop guessing. Depth is permission to be strict. In a thin market those requirements collapse one by one, and the estimate quietly becomes a blend of loosely related properties. The band remains ordinary in width, so the citywide midpoint offers no shortcut. $459,450 marks the middle closing, with real distance to $360,000 below and $565,000 above, and half of sales falling outside those marks entirely.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 11,465+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Grass Valley address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Grass Valley, CA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 204
Median sold price: $459,450
Median sold $/sqft: $318 (203 qualifying)
Property mix: 81% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/grass-valley-ca-housing-market

The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Grass Valley over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track inside the city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 21% of the 204 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $464,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Grass Valley?

The median sold price in Grass Valley over the last 12 months is $459,450, measured across 204 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Grass Valley last month?

Resideline tracked 14 closed sales in Grass Valley in July 2026, out of 204 closings tracked over the last 12 months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Grass Valley?

The middle half of Grass Valley sales over the last 12 months closed between $360,000 and $565,000, with a median of $459,450.

What is the typical price per square foot in Grass Valley?

Among qualifying Grass Valley closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $318, measured across 203 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How strict should my comp criteria be when plenty of sales are available?

As strict as the data will tolerate. Every criterion you drop widens the error in the final number, and dropping them is a habit formed in thin markets. Start strict, and only loosen if the matched set becomes too small to reason from. When you do loosen, loosen the attribute that matters least for the subject and say so.

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