Sylmar, CA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

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

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 286
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $725,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $461
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $550,000 and $850,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 286 closed sales in Sylmar over the last six months, with a median closing price of $725,000. 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 $550,000 and $850,000. 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. Across the 285 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $383 and $575 per square foot.

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

Median home price in Sylmar, CA (August 2026)

The median home price in Sylmar is $725,000, measured across the 286 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $550,000 and $850,000.

Where Sylmar sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Sylmar over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $550,000 and $850,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 22 days, across 160 Sylmar closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 27 days, across 162 Sylmar closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Sylmar angle

Sylmar closings sit inside a comparatively compact range. The distance from $550,000 to $850,000 is narrower than in most markets we track, so $725,000 is a more usable starting point here than a citywide midpoint typically is, and an estimate far outside the band should raise a question. 286 closings is a solid sample, enough to test that starting point against comps filtered on property type and living area rather than accepting it as given. The asymmetry runs downward. The stretch from $550,000 up to $725,000 covers more ground than the stretch from $725,000 up to $850,000, so closings below the midpoint are the more spread out group. A comp set drawn mainly from above the midpoint will read high when applied to a smaller or less updated property. And half of all closings fall outside $550,000 to $850,000, so the band describes the middle rather than the whole.

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 Sylmar 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:

Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Sylmar, CA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 286
Median sold price: $725,000
Median sold $/sqft: $461 (285 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/sylmar-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 Sylmar over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. Sylmar is a community within a larger municipality rather than a separate incorporated city, so these figures cover the Sylmar postal area rather than a city boundary.