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ZIP 95424 · Clearlake, CA · September 2026

Clearlake 95424: the market leans toward buyers.

Conditions easing in buyers' favor. Typical home value $265K, −0.2% over 12 months; listings take 63 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Leaning buyer−21

In Mar 2026: +14

Typical value$265K−0.2% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market63 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut—No reading this month · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$1,550/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings0−100% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list90.2%0% sold above list · Redfin, May 2026
HavenScore26of 100

Higher than 0% of scored ZIPs

Affordability—
Growth34
Risk25
Momentum15
Livability—

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026+14
  2. Apr 2026−22
  3. May 2026−20
  4. Jun 2026−17
  5. Jul 2026−18
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026−21

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 63 days on marketslower than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • Sale-to-list 90.2%homes close below asking · Redfin, May 2026
  • 0 active listings−100% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin, May 2026.

Softening: prices −0.2% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward buyers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$265,495Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price$230,000Redfin · May 2026
Sale-to-list90.2%Redfin · May 2026
Sold above list0.0%Redfin · May 2026

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Days on marketHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
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Prices

Typical home value since 2007, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year−0.2%
3 years−8.9%
5 years−18.3%
10 years+36.0%
From peak−23.7%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 95424 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $350,157 in July 2022; the latest value is −24.2% from that peak, 49 months on. Since January 2019 it is +7.6%. The sharpest 12-month move was −15.9%, ending August 2023.

Zillow's typical home value here, $265K in August 2026, is 8% below the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved −0.2% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$147K
Middle tier$265K
Top tier$417K
Single-family$265K
2 bedrooms$278K

Starter homes here fell 22% in five years while top-tier homes fell 18% (Zillow ZHVI tiers) — the top of the market outpaced the bottom.

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankCalifornia rank
1 year−0.2%−0.2%/yrHigher than 25% nationallyHigher than 30% in California
3 years−8.9%−3.1%/yrHigher than 4% nationallyHigher than 3% in California
5 years−18.3%−3.9%/yrHigher than 1% nationallyHigher than 1% in California
10 years+36.0%+3.1%/yrHigher than 6% nationallyHigher than 7% in California
Since 2007+51.3%+2.1%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

This time of year Haven
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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$250K$270K$280K$290K$300K$263K202420252026$250K$270K$280K$290K$300K$263K202420252026
3 months$263K−1.0% · $257K–$274KMedium confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Zillow's own published forecast has this ZIP's typical value fall 2.1% over the twelve months from August 2026 (Zillow Home Value Forecast).

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$1,98433% of the U.S. median ZIP's household income ($71,388)
Principal and interest$1,567
Property tax$157
Insurance$111
Mortgage insurance$149

Between the 28% and 36% lines lenders use. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance is assumed at 0.5% of the home's value a year; Treasury's Federal Insurance Office did not publish a premium for this ZIP.

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$1,550
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$1,984

Buying costs $434 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

Like for like: the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here is $1,550 a month (FY 2026), against a typical 2-bedroom value of $278K (Zillow, August 2026) — a 6.7% gross rent yield.

Cost of owning over time Haven
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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income—Census ACS
Price to income—long-run average —
Property tax0.71%statutory, state
Insurance—typical premium
Commute—median, one way
Walkability—EPA index
Hazard rating—FEMA NRI · wildfire — · flood —
Population change—2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built—Census ACS
Owner-occupied—Census ACS

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

—

Growth

34

Risk

25

Momentum

15
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Livability

—
Walkability—EPA Smart Location Database
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density—Census LODESJobs nearby: unknown

Nearby

6 scored California ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Sources and freshness

Every figure on this page, where it came from and when.

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above listMay 2026
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability—
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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