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San Clemente residential market · Public-source snapshot
Sources: Redfin · Zillow · Movoto · Pacific Sotheby's · Reviewed 2026-08-19
Median sale price
$1.89M
+1.1% year over year
Verified
Midpoint of closed residential sale prices in the reporting period.
Three months ending May 2026 · Redfin Data Center, San Clemente housing market (all home types)
Median days on market
36
Verified
Median days from list date to accepted offer.
Down from 37 days in the same period a year earlier.
Three months ending May 2026 · Redfin Data Center, San Clemente housing market
Active inventory
204
Verified
Homes actively listed for sale at the time of the snapshot.
Included 30 new listings and 42 price reductions at the time of the pull.
Snapshot dated April 25, 2026 · Movoto market trends, San Clemente active listings
Median price per sq ft
$887
+12.3% year over year
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Closed sale price divided by living area, median across sales.
Three months ending May 2026 · Redfin Data Center, San Clemente housing market
Closed sales volume
190
+3.6% year over year
Verified
Number of closed residential transactions in the period.
Months of supply
1.1
Derived from cited sources
Active inventory divided by the trailing monthly sales pace.
204 active listings against a 190-sale monthly pace. A derived ratio, not a published statistic.
Spring 2026 · Derived: Movoto active listings (Apr 25, 2026) ÷ Redfin closed sales pace (May 2026)
Quarterly median, homes & condos
$2.02M
+11% year over year
Verified
Median closed price for single-family homes and condos in the quarter.
Same report: 170 closed sales (+4% YoY), 105 quarter-end inventory (-10% YoY), 37 average days on market.
Q2 2026 · Pacific Sotheby's International Realty market update, San Clemente
Typical home value (index)
$1.74M
+0.6% year over year
Verified
Index of typical home value across the housing stock, not a sale-price median.
Zillow reports homes going to pending in roughly 19 days.
Updated April 30, 2026 · Zillow Home Value Index, San Clemente
List-to-sale ratio
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Awaiting verified data
Closed price as a share of final list price.
Share of sales above $4M
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Awaiting verified data
Closed sales at or above $4M as a share of all closed sales.
Segment reporting
- Coastal west of the freewaySouthwest, Pier Bowl, North Beach and adjacent coastal streets.Awaiting data
- Established inlandSoutheast, North San Clemente, Forster Ranch.Awaiting data
- Master-plannedTalega and newer inland construction.Awaiting data
- Gated and view enclavesMarblehead, Cyprus Cove and comparable gated communities.Awaiting data
Reporting standard
Citywide figures come from public aggregators (Redfin, Zillow, Movoto and Pacific Sotheby's) rather than a licensed MLS feed, so periods differ slightly between metrics and each is labeled with its own source and period. Neighborhood-level and segment figures stay unpublished until a licensed feed supports them.
Every figure carries its reporting period, source dataset and pull date. Where a number is calculated from two cited inputs it is labeled as derived. Anything we cannot source is left blank — a number without a source is worse than no number.
What does $2M buy in San Clemente?
Typically in play
Updated family homes; coastal-adjacent homes within walking distance of sand.
These are general characterizations of what tends to be available at each level across the city, based on local knowledge of San Clemente's housing stock — not a quote of current listings or current market statistics.
Condition, view corridor, lot, HOA structure and location relative to the freeway and the sand move value more than square footage does at every one of these levels.
Verified current pricing requires MLS data as of a stated date. When our market feed is connected, this section will show live examples with source attribution.
San Clemente, photographed
The market, physically.
Geography drives value here: bluff, beach proximity and village core.
The pier and coastline south of downtown San Clemente
Calafia State Beach in San Clemente, California
Sunset, San Clemente, CA
San Clemente CA Photo Don Ramey Logan
Aerial view of the coastline at San Clemente
The Pacific Surfliner running the San Clemente shoreline
Gullies, San Clemente, California
Beach scene, San Clemente, CA DSCN0032
Wide sand and open Pacific at a San Clemente beach
Photography sourced from freely licensed archives (Creative Commons / public-domain dedications). Credit and license appear with each image.
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