Short sales, South Placer market trends, mortgage rates, ranch property and three featured homes.ALEX DYER | REAL ESTATEPLACER & SACRAMENTO COUNTIES · SEPTEMBER 24, 2026This week's market
Prices Cooling, Inventory Climbing — What Sellers Need to Know Now
Dated: August 14 2026
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Placer & Sacramento Counties
Real Estate Market Update
Week of August 14, 2026 | Alex Dyer, Realtor
This Week's Video
Prices Cooling, Inventory Climbing — What Sellers Need to Know Now
Inventory is ticking up across Sac Metro as new listings continue to outpace sales, and pending sales have leveled off heading into fall. Price per square foot has softened slightly off its midsummer peak — driven less by market weakness than by seasonal buyer pullback and sellers finally pricing realistically instead of testing the top of the market.
- A granular Auburn-area market breakdown pulled for a seller client
- The solar-farm land-lease trend every large-acreage owner should understand
- Why "Assumable Listing" content is going viral on TikTok right now
- A walkthrough of a move-in-ready featured listing
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Solar Farm Potential on Rural Acreage: Energy Trends Every Landowner Should Know
If you own — or are considering buying — large-acreage land in Placer or Sacramento County, solar land-lease offers are landing in more mailboxes every month. Before signing anything, it's worth understanding how lease terms, easements, and re-zoning can affect your property's long-term value and resale flexibility. Full breakdown on the blog.
Local Market Report
Auburn, CA Weekly Real Estate Market Report
Week of August 6 – August 12, 2026
A closer look at what's actually happening street-by-street in Auburn — new listings, closed sales, and how quickly homes are moving compared to the week before. If you're weighing a listing date this fall, this is the local data to watch.
Rate Watch
Mortgage Rates Ease on Cooler Inflation Data
| 30-Year Fixed | 6.69% ▼ 0.05% |
| 15-Year Fixed | 6.26% ▼ 0.01% |
Rates dropped on Thursday on a combination of lower oil prices and a softer inflation reading via the Producer Price Index (PPI) — the 30-year average landed at its lowest level since July 17th. For buyers who've been sitting on the sidelines, this is a window worth watching closely as we head into fall.
Source: Mortgage News Daily, data as of August 13, 2026.
Trending Now
The "Assume-List Cash Gap," Explained
Assumable listings — homes where a buyer can take over the seller's existing sub-3% mortgage rate — are all over social media right now. But there's a catch most posts skip: the cash gap between the assumable loan balance and the sale price. Here's the quick breakdown of how the math actually works.
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Market Data
Regional Snapshot: Single-Family Homes (14-County MetroList)
| For-Sale Inventory (MoM) | +2.5% |
| Closed Sales (MoM) | −10.6% |
| Pending Sales (MoM) | +2.6% |
| For-Sale Inventory (YoY) | −8.8% |
| Closed Sales (YoY) | −1.9% |
| Pending Sales (YoY) | +10.5% |
The 5-year view tells the bigger story: active listings are up 53.3% while closed sales are down 35.3% — a market that has meaningfully rebalanced toward buyers since the pandemic peak, even as pending activity ticks up year-over-year.
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