What is my home worth?

A city median tells you what the market is doing, not what your home is worth. Your number depends on square footage, lot size, condition, and what has actually sold near you.

Current single-family medians: Castro Valley $1,200,000, Dublin $1,560,000, Pleasanton $1,500,000, San Ramon $1,700,000, Danville $2,043,000 (Bay East Association of REALTORS®, August 2026).

Enter your address above for a starting figure, or open your city page for the full set of current figures.

Costs fall into a handful of categories: agent commission, title and escrow fees, county documentary transfer tax — plus a city transfer tax in some cities — any prep or repairs you choose to do, and your remaining mortgage payoff.

Commissions are negotiable and not set by law. The calculator above starts with editable placeholders, not quoted rates: put your own figures in.

California documentary transfer tax is levied by the county, and some cities add a tax of their own on top of it. Rates, and who customarily pays, vary by city and change by ordinance — and who pays is negotiable in any individual deal.

Rather than risk publishing a wrong rate, this page publishes none, and the calculator above leaves transfer tax out of the estimate entirely. Ask and you will get the current figure for your address, confirmed against the city or county ordinance.

It depends on your gain and your circumstances. Federal law provides an exclusion on gain from the sale of a main home for sellers who meet ownership and use tests. Gain is calculated from your cost basis — what you paid, plus qualifying improvements and certain costs — not from the sale price.

Periods when the home was rented, depreciation claimed, and how title is held all affect the outcome. The rules are set out in IRS Publication 523.

Confirm your own position with a CPA or tax advisor before you rely on any number. This is not tax advice.

It is an arithmetic question first. Compare your net proceeds from selling against what the property would return as a rental after the mortgage, property tax, insurance, maintenance, vacancy and management.

Then the parts that are not arithmetic: becoming a landlord carries legal obligations under state and local law, and renting the home out can change how a later sale is taxed. Run your net proceeds above, then talk the tax side through with a CPA.

Average days on market currently runs 15 to 36 days across the cities we publish figures for (Bay East Association of REALTORS®, August 2026).

Days on market measures listing to accepted offer. Escrow runs after that, and how long it takes depends on the buyer's financing and the terms you agree. The preparation before listing is the part most within your control.