- 9500 Laurelwood CourtColdwell Banker Preferred RealtorsPendingWatch
The Shafter file
Shafter, house by house.
1 builder community is actively selling here — new competes with resale.
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Status changes1 in Shafter
Shafter this week
What moved, what dropped and what changed hands in Shafter, read the way an inspector reads a house.
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Local newsWith death of Ronald Pierce, city loses some history
The Shafter Press · 2 days ago
Read the desk note →As of September 22. Listing brokerage shown on each row. A named property carries photography only when it matches the exact feed record.
Neighbourhoods
Downtown ShafterThe city's original core, built up around the Santa Fe Railroad depot starting in the 1920s.LerdoA quiet residential district on Shafter's edge, mixing older farmhouses with newer infill.North ShafterNewer tract growth on the city's north side, including the Gossamer Grove master plan.Smith CornerA residential pocket southeast of central Shafter popular with families and retirees.
Who is buying in Shafter
How local buyers financed recent purchases, alongside the homes whose listing status changed this week.
The full buyer read →- 9500 Laurelwood CourtColdwell Banker Preferred RealtorsPendingView propertyWatch
Addresses as of September 22; listing brokerage shown on each row.
Where prices moved in Shafter
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.
Price my file →Sep 2025–Sep 2026 against Sep 2024–Sep 2025, as of September 22, 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 Shafter headlines.
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Auction calendar
- Kern County Treasurer and Tax Collector — Tax Sale InformationRun 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.
New construction
- Gossamer GroveLennar · Selling now — Valencia, California, Orchard & Celestial series. Not published; confirm with the builder desk
Confirmed on each builder's own page, checked September 23.
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What's moving in Shafter
- With death of Ronald Pierce, city loses some historyThe Shafter Press · 2 days ago
- Prout wants to finish the job on CouncilThe Shafter Press · 2 days ago
- Raphael Zamudio running to give residents a voiceThe Shafter Press · 2 days ago
- Despite delays, Shafter Online to debut in '26The Shafter Press · 2 days ago
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