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Home Price Cuts in Oakland: How Many Homes Sold After a Price Drop in 2026

Updated November 14, 2026

By Vinura Abeysundara

Head of Growth at TurboHome

Reviewed by:

Vinura Abeysundara

Head of Growth at TurboHome

Kevin Kretzmer

Head Agent, California · CalDRE #01997822

In Oakland, 15.4% of the 1,275 homes that closed between May and October 2026 sold after at least one price cut. The median cut was 7.6% ($49,944) off the original asking price, and homes that were cut went on to sell for a median 92.0% of their first list price, against 112.2% for homes that were never reduced. For comparison, Realtor.com counted 15.0% of active San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont listings with a price reduction in October 2026; that counts listings on the market in one month, while our figure counts homes that actually sold over six months.

TurboHome Market Analysis · 1,275 closings · May 1 to Oct 31, 2026 · Last updated November 14, 2026

This guide uses 1,275 single-family, condo and townhouse closings in our MLS feed from May 1 to October 31, 2026 to show how often Oakland sellers cut, by how much, where, and what a cut home finally sold for. Use it to judge how much room a reduced listing leaves you.

How many Oakland homes sold after a price cut

15.4% of Oakland closings from May through October 2026 sold after at least one price cut. Counting every closing, cut or not, 24.9% closed below the original asking price. Cut homes sat a median 67 days on the market, against 14 days for homes that were never reduced.

Oakland closings in our MLS feed, May 1 to October 31, 2026. A price cut means the final list price was below the original list price., data table
Measure	Oakland, May to Oct 2026
Closings	1,275
Sold after at least one price cut	15.4%
Median cut, cut homes	7.6% ($49,944)
Closed below the original asking price, all closings	24.9%
Median days on market, cut homes	67
Median days on market, never cut	14
Median sale price, all closings	$845,000
Sale to original list price, all closings	108.6%

Across all Oakland closings, homes sold at a median 108.6% of their original list price, so most buyers still paid over asking and cut homes are the exception.

What a price cut tells a buyer in Oakland

Oakland homes that were cut closed at a median 100.0% of the reduced price, right at the new asking price, which left them at 92.0% of the original asking price: a median $49,000 below the first list price. Homes that were never reduced sold at a median 112.2% of their asking price.

Share of cut homes. Every figure is in the table below.

18.4% of cut homes were reduced by less than 3%, 17.3% by 3 to 5%, 27.6% by 5 to 10% and 36.7% by 10% or more. Oakland cuts were deep when they came, with 36.7% of cut homes reduced by 10% or more. Oakland is also the one city in this series where the median cut home closed right at its reduced price instead of below it.

Price cuts by neighborhood in Oakland

Only 18 Oakland neighborhoods had at least 20 closings from May through October 2026, so the table shows those 18, sorted by closings.

Share with a cut. Every figure is in the table below.

Oakland neighborhoods with at least 20 closings, May 1 to October 31, 2026. A dash means no home in the neighborhood was cut. Median cut is for cut homes only; days on market is for all homes. Neighborhood figures rest on few closings., data table
Neighborhood	Closings	Share with a cut	Median cut	Sale to original list	Median price	Median days on market
Upper Rockridge	38	10.5%	3.3%	125.5%	$1,800,000	14
Montclair	38	10.5%	5.5%	120.5%	$1,550,000	14
Adams Point	35	22.9%	5.3%	100.2%	$449,000	26
Merriwood	31	16.1%	10.5%	131.8%	$1,320,000	13
Redwood Heights	30	6.7%	2.2%	135.4%	$1,412,500	12
Sequoyah	30	16.7%	8.3%	103.6%	$1,150,000	20
Fairfax	30	23.3%	9.0%	103.6%	$749,500	18
Glenview	28	3.6%	7.9%	140.5%	$1,464,000	13
Grand Lake	26	30.8%	4.3%	103.8%	$582,000	16
Piedmont Pines	26	7.7%	17.5%	119.2%	$1,455,500	14
Trestle Glen	24	8.3%	12.7%	123.1%	$1,602,500	12
Bushrod	24	4.2%	8.6%	114.9%	$1,125,000	14
Oakmore	22	0.0%	-	152.3%	$1,667,500	12
Crocker Highlands	22	0.0%	-	126.9%	$2,150,000	12
Millsmont	22	22.7%	9.7%	106.5%	$686,000	20
Temescal	21	9.5%	5.6%	126.7%	$1,225,000	14
Piedmont Avenue	20	5.0%	3.7%	112.1%	$871,500	13
Embarcadero	20	20.0%	18.1%	100.0%	$327,400	30

Cuts were most common in Grand Lake (30.8%), Fairfax (23.3%), Adams Point (22.9%) and Millsmont (22.7%), where median prices ran from $449,000 to $749,500 and homes sold at a median 100.2% to 106.5% of their original asking price.

In Oakmore, Crocker Highlands, Glenview and Bushrod, cuts were rare or absent, from 0% to 4.2% of sales, and homes sold at a median 114.9% to 152.3% of their original asking price. Embarcadero had the deepest median cut of the 18 neighborhoods, 18.1%, on a median price of $327,400.

Price cuts by price range in Oakland

Oakland closings by sale price, May 1 to October 31, 2026. Ranges with fewer than 12 closings are left out. A dash means no home in the range was cut., data table
Price range	Closings	Share with a cut	Median cut	Median cut ($)	Sale to original list	Median days on market
Under $500K	217	35.9%	7.6%	$30,000	97.1%	36
$500K to $750K	329	18.8%	8.3%	$49,944	102.0%	19
$750K to $1M	213	14.1%	5.7%	$50,000	108.3%	16
$1M to $1.5M	248	5.6%	9.0%	$100,000	124.7%	14
$1.5M to $2M	172	4.1%	7.7%	$100,000	134.8%	13
$2M to $3M	73	6.8%	7.9%	$235,000	136.1%	13
$3M and up	23	0.0%	-	-	119.9%	13

Cuts track price closely: 35.9% of homes under $500K sold after a cut, against 4.1% to 6.8% of homes from $1M to $3M, and none of the 23 sales at $3M and up.

Price cuts by home type in Oakland

Oakland closings by home type, May 1 to October 31, 2026. Types with fewer than 12 closings are left out., data table
Home type	Closings	Share with a cut	Median cut	Median cut ($)	Sale to original list	Median days on market
Condo	254	28.0%	6.7%	$27,000	100.0%	34
Single-family home	988	12.0%	8.3%	$59,000	113.4%	14
Townhouse	33	18.2%	4.5%	$27,500	100.0%	16

28.0% of Oakland condos sold after a cut, against 18.2% of townhouses and 12.0% of single-family homes, which sold at a median 113.4% of their original asking price.

How 2026 compares with 2025 in Oakland

Oakland closings in our MLS feed, same months of each year, same filters., data table
Measure	May to Oct 2026	May to Oct 2025
Closings	1,275	1,224
Sold after at least one price cut	15.4%	23.8%
Median cut, cut homes	7.6% ($49,944)	8.5% ($56,001)
Sale to original list, cut homes	92.0%	90.9%
Closed below the original asking price, all closings	24.9%	35.9%

Cuts fell sharply: 15.4% of closings sold after a cut, against 23.8% in the same months of 2025, and the share closing below the original asking price fell from 35.9% to 24.9%. Cut homes closed at 92.0% of the original asking price, against 90.9% a year earlier.

How our numbers compare with Realtor.com and Redfin

Realtor.com counted 15.0% of active San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont listings with a price reduction in October 2026, down 0.5 points from a year earlier. Nationally, Realtor.com's October 2026 price-reduced share was 20.5% (preliminary; the highest October share since 2022), and Redfin found 21.2% of U.S. listings had a price drop in the four weeks ending November 1, 2026, against 20.6% a year earlier. Our Oakland figure is 15.4%.

Portal figures count homes for sale that had a cut during one period, across a whole metro. Our figure counts homes in the city that actually sold after at least one cut over six months, and then shows what they sold for against their original asking price. A listing that was cut and has not sold, or was taken off the market, counts in the portal figures but not in ours.

Oakland shares a metro with San Francisco in Realtor.com's data, so the 15.0% covers both cities and their suburbs.

Sources: Realtor.com, October 2026 Housing Report, published November 4, 2026, checked November 14, 2026. Redfin, Housing Market Update, November 5, 2026, checked November 14, 2026.

How to use a price cut when you make an offer in Oakland

In Oakland, read a cut by price range. Under $500K, where 35.9% of homes were cut, a reduced listing is common and the seller may expect to negotiate. Above $1M, cuts were rare and homes in neighborhoods such as Montclair and Upper Rockridge sold at a median 120.5% and 125.5% of their original asking price, so a cut there usually says the first price was too high for that particular house.

Do not expect a second discount by default: cut homes in Oakland closed at a median 100.0% of the reduced price. The cut itself was the discount, a median $49,000 below the first list price after a median 67 days on the market, so your leverage comes from how long the home has sat and what similar homes sold for.

Of 247 TurboHome California buyers who closed between November 2025 and October 2026, 61 (24.7%) bought a home that had already been cut; those homes closed at a median 94.3% of the original asking price, a median $44,888 below the first list price, and 45.9% negotiated further below the reduced price.

Before a TurboHome buyer writes an offer, their agent runs a comparable-based valuation of the home and an AI offer-acceptance prediction, so the offer price rests on recent sales of similar homes rather than on the asking price or the size of a cut. See also how much over asking Oakland buyers pay and how long Oakland homes take to sell.

Methodology

Source: TurboHome's MLS closings data (our MLS feed), closings from May 1 to October 31, 2026, compared with May 1 to October 31, 2025.

Filters: single-family homes, condos and townhouses; a close price of $50,000 or more; original and final list price both recorded; and a final list price between 40% to 150% of the original list price, which removes relists and data errors.

Definitions: a price cut means the final list price at sale was below the original list price. The median cut is measured only on homes that were cut. Sale to original list is the close price divided by the original list price, the full discount from the first asking price; sale to reduced list is the close price divided by the final, reduced list price. Days on market uses recorded values from 0 to 730 days. Prices, cuts, ratios and days on market are medians.

Thresholds: neighborhood tables show the 25 neighborhoods with the most closings among those with at least 20 closings in the 2026 window, or every qualifying neighborhood where fewer qualified. Price range and home type rows need at least 12 closings.

Portal figures: Realtor.com, October 2026 Housing Report, published November 4, 2026, checked November 14, 2026. Its price-reduced share counts active listings with a price reduction during the month. Redfin, Housing Market Update, November 5, 2026, checked November 14, 2026. Its figure is the share of U.S. listings with a price drop in the four weeks ending November 1, 2026. Portal figures count homes for sale that had a cut during one period, across a whole metro. Our figure counts homes in the city that actually sold after at least one cut over six months, and then shows what they sold for against their original asking price. A listing that was cut and has not sold, or was taken off the market, counts in the portal figures but not in ours.

TurboHome figures: TurboHome's own closings from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026 over $50,000 with both the original and the final list price recorded. The 247 California and 34 Texas counts are closings with both prices recorded, not total closings, and Texas is a small sample.

FAQ

Does a price cut mean I can offer below the new price in Oakland?

Not as a rule. Cut homes in Oakland closed at a median 100.0% of the reduced price from May through October 2026, right at the new asking price, though that was still 92.0% of the original asking price. Let recent sales of similar homes set your number, not the cut alone.

How big is a typical price cut in Oakland?

The median cut was 7.6% ($49,944) off the original asking price for Oakland homes that were cut and sold from May through October 2026. 18.4% of cuts were under 3% and 36.7% were 10% or more.

Which Oakland neighborhoods had the most price cuts?

Grand Lake had the highest share of cut sales among the 18 Oakland neighborhoods with at least 20 closings, at 30.8%, followed by Fairfax (23.3%), Adams Point (22.9%) and Millsmont (22.7%). Oakmore and Crocker Highlands had none.

Are price cuts in Oakland rising or falling?

Falling. 15.4% of Oakland closings from May through October 2026 sold after a cut, against 23.8% in the same months of 2025. Realtor.com counted 15.0% of active San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont listings with a price reduction in October 2026, down 0.5 points from a year earlier, a count of listings rather than sales.

Can I get cash back when I buy a house in Oakland?

Yes. TurboHome is a flat-fee buyer's brokerage serving Oakland: it charges a flat fee instead of a percentage commission and refunds the rest of the buyer-side commission to you at closing, where it can go toward your closing costs. See how to get cash back when you buy a house, which also compares other ways to get it.

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