Redwood City, CA Housing


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Redwood City, CA is a bustling city with an expensive housing market. According to current data, the median value of a house in Redwood City is $1,610,500, which is significantly higher than the US house median value of $338,100. Furthermore, in the past 12 months, house appreciation in Redwood City has been 8.61%, slightly higher than the US 1 year house appreciation rate of 8.27%. This suggests that for potential buyers looking to invest in Redwood City’s real estate market will be seeing a positive return on their investment relatively soon.

The median home cost in Redwood City is $1,610,500. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 88.1%. Home Appreciation in Redwood City is up 13.3%.

Average Age of Homes
- The median age of Redwood City real estate is 53 years old
The Rental Market in Redwood City
- Renters make up 45.9% of the Redwood City population
- 3.1% of houses and apartments in Redwood City, are available to rent

DID YOU KNOW
Buying a home is the biggest single purchase most people make during their lives. The second largest is most often an automobile.

Median Monthly Rent by Number of Bedrooms

   Housing by Year Built

  HousingRedwood City, CaliforniaUnited States
  31,933.0139,647,020.0
  5342
  $1,610,500$338,100
  13.3%16.6%
  18.4%57.0%
  88.1%101.1%
  $5.23$10.98
  $7,956$2,690
  45.4%57.4%
  6.0%11.2%
  48.6%31.4%
  Vacant Housing
  3.1%1.9%
  0.3%0.4%
  0.2%0.7%
  0.3%0.4%
  1.1%3.6%
  1.0%4.1%
  Value of Owner-Occupied Housing
  1.5%2.6%
  0.2%2.4%
  0.0%2.8%
  0.1%3.9%
  0.1%4.5%
  1.3%11.3%
  0.8%13.0%
  0.6%20.1%
  1.8%13.6%
  0.9%8.3%
  5.3%9.7%
  9.6%3.9%
  26.5%2.2%
  26.5%0.8%
  24.9%1.1%
  Housing Units by Year Structure Built
  0.2%0.2%
  3.4%13.6%
  3.4%13.6%
  8.7%13.6%
  12.5%13.2%
  12.7%14.8%
  8.7%13.6%
  21.5%10.0%
  9.9%4.7%
  7.1%12.2%
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(Caveating everything with "it's Bay Area prices") Redwood City is a large sprawling town where you can find just about anything you're looking for. There's great  More

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The entire Bay Area is ridiculous. You can't compare it to other areas. RWC is reasonably cheap for the area. I pay $5K for a rental townhouse in one of the many  More

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Lovely weather. Safe place to live (I live in Redwood Shores). The only thing that keeps this place from being 5 stars is the cost of housing. When you have to pay an  More

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