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The Oakland file

Oakland, house by house.

23 price cuts and 25 new listings in Oakland this week.

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This week

  • Price cuts23 in Oakland
  • New listings25+ in Oakland
  • Status changes25+ in Oakland

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Oakland this week

What moved, what dropped and what changed hands in Oakland, read the way an inspector reads a house.

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Listing photo of 981 Vermont St
Biggest price cut

981 Vermont St

-$150,022 · was $1,000,000, now $849,978

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As of November 8. Listing brokerage shown on each row. A named property carries photography only when it matches the exact feed record.

NeighbourhoodsLiving in Oakland →

Tile maps: neighbourhood positions from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors; Oakland boundary from US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line.

Who is buying in Oakland

How local buyers financed recent purchases, alongside the homes whose listing status changed this week.

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ConventionalAn appraiser and an inspector both price condition.
CashNo lender, so condition lands as a discount, not a repair list.
VAThe home has to pass, not just appraise.
FHAThe appraiser flags the same condition items.
OtherTerms decide it more than the loan type does.
Oakland
Oakland and the markets next to it. Boundaries: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line.

Closed sales that stated how the buyer paid, as of November 8, 2026. Addresses as of November 8; listing brokerage shown on each row.

Properties worth watching

The homes I’m following in Oakland. See the listing, then talk through what it means for your next move.

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Listing snapshots, as of November 8. Property photos are supplied with the listing; brokerage credited on each card.

Where prices moved in Oakland

Closed sales by ZIP, the last twelve months against the twelve before. It tells you which side of the city is moving, not what your house is worth.

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94601$590,000Median sale price$438Median $/sq ft$589,000Median a year ago125Closed salesFlat vs last year
94602$1,050,000Median sale price$738Median $/sq ft$1,122,500Median a year ago212Closed salesDown vs last year
94603$535,000Median sale price$469Median $/sq ft$510,500Median a year ago103Closed salesUp vs last year
94605$750,000Median sale price$512Median $/sq ft$717,500Median a year ago291Closed salesUp vs last year
94606$580,000Median sale price$523Median $/sq ft$689,000Median a year ago107Closed salesDown vs last year
94607$518,000Median sale price$442Median $/sq ft$518,500Median a year ago141Closed salesFlat vs last year

Nov 2025–Nov 2026 against Nov 2024–Nov 2025, as of November 8, 2026.

Auctions & what's moving

No agency publishes one authoritative trustee-sale calendar, so we never print one — here is what actually exists, next to this week's real Oakland headlines.

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Auction calendar

  • Alameda County tax-defaulted salesRun from the county’s own tax-sale page — every source we check is listed on /auctions/.
  • Trustee salesPrivate aggregators carry the actual lender foreclosures; no central California calendar exists. We watch four of them and bid for you.
  • Came off the market unsoldListings leave without selling every month. Registered members see those addresses.
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