Walnut Creek · Home type

Single-Family Homes for Sale in
Walnut Creek, CA.

Single-Family Homes in Walnut Creek. The market's backbone — 3-4 bedrooms, a yard, a garage, and your own foundation. Walnut Creek's SFH market is bifurcated — Rossmoor's $500K patio homes trade nothing like the $1.8M hills.

Median price: $830KHomes sold: 105Days on market: 12
Walnut Creek, California — residential hills — Single-Family Homes
The honest read

Who it's for.
Who it isn't.

Detached single-family homes are the dominant stock in every city I work — usually 60–80% of listings. What they look like varies enormously block to block: 1960s ranch homes in the older zips, 1990s two-stories in the midlevel subdivisions, and a handful of true custom builds in the hills. Price-per-square-foot is the single best comparison metric here; if someone quotes you a median without a PSF, push back.

Walnut Creek's SFH market is bifurcated — Rossmoor's $500K patio homes trade nothing like the $1.8M hills.

Families who need the yard, the garage, the driveway, and room to grow into — or sellers sitting on equity in a home they raised kids in.

Walnut Creek · April 2026
Median price
7.1%
$830K
year over year
Homes sold
7%
105
March · YoY
Days on market
12
median · last 90 days
Price / sqft
$601
median · last 90 days
Questions

Single-Family Homes,
honestly.

Are single-family homes appreciating in Contra Costa?
Yes, though unevenly. Central county (Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill) is flat to up. East county (Antioch, Pittsburg) is climbing faster off a lower base. Median numbers hide neighborhood-level differences.
How much should I budget for closing costs?
Plan for roughly 2.5–3% of purchase price for a buyer. Title, escrow, loan fees, first-year insurance, and prorated taxes stack up. I walk every first-time buyer through a line-item estimate before we write.
What's the median price in Walnut Creek right now?
Around $830K overall per Redfin's March 2026 data, up 7.1% year over year. But the city-level number hides huge variance — 94595 (Rossmoor) median is $574K; 94598 (Northgate/Indian Valley) is $1.55M. Tell me the neighborhood and I'll pull real comps.
How are Walnut Creek schools compared to the rest of Contra Costa?
Elementary schools in the Walnut Creek School District — especially Indian Valley, Walnut Heights, and Murwood — are among the county's highest-rated. Mount Diablo Unified covers Northgate and the Ygnacio Valley portion; they have strong options too. I can pull boundary maps against any specific address.
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Let's find the one.
Together.

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