The Mission had its busiest July for condo sales since 2021. Fourteen closed, and the time it took a typical listing to find a buyer fell by more than three weeks from a year ago.
It still has more inventory than the other neighborhoods we report on, which makes it one of the more workable markets in the city right now for a buyer.
Here is what the numbers looked like in July.
Data as of August 14, 2026, from the San Francisco MLS. This report covers July 2026. Some recent-month figures may still be updated as late sales are reported.
This report covers the Inner Mission, MLS District 9c, roughly bounded by Highway 101, Dolores Street and Cesar Chavez. We title it "Mission District" because that is what people search for, but the data is specifically Inner Mission.
Mission Dolores is a separate MLS district with its own market and its own numbers, and we cover it in a separate Mission Dolores report. Two adjacent districts both called "the Mission" is an easy thing to get crossed, so it is worth being precise about which one you are looking at.
This report covers condos. Single-family homes in the Inner Mission trade about three times a month, which is too small a sample to build monthly statistics we would trust.
Sales were the headline. 14 condos closed in July, the most for any July since 2021, against a three-month average of 10.3. That average is up about 29% from the same three months last year. Seven more went pending. Pending means the seller accepted an offer. Closed means the sale finished. Closings usually lag pendings by about a month because of escrow.
Inventory shrank while that happened. Only 5 new listings came on the market, and 10 condos were actively for sale at the end of July. Every other July in our ten-year data has had at least 12, and several have had more than 20.
Months supply is 2.1 on a three-month basis, down from 2.9 in June and 3.7 a year ago. Months supply estimates how long it would take to sell everything currently on the market at the current pace of sales. Lower means a tighter, more competitive market.
Homes are selling much faster. The median time to go under contract over the past three months was 21 days, against 46 days a year ago. That is the single biggest change in this neighborhood's numbers. Competition rose alongside it: 61.3% of sales closed above asking over three months, up from 33.3%, and the typical sale finished at 103.4% of its original list price, up from exactly 100%.
Prices barely moved. The three-month median is $925,000 across 31 closed sales from May through July, down about 3% from the same period last year. The median is the middle value. Half the sales were above it, half below. We use it instead of the average because one very expensive (or very cheap) sale can't throw it off. So more condos are selling, and selling much faster, with the middle price roughly where it was. That combination usually reflects which units are trading rather than a change in what buyers will pay.
Months supply in July, on the same three-month basis: 0.7 for Castro and Eureka Valley condos, 0.9 for Pacific Heights condos, 1.0 for Noe Valley condos, and 1.5 in Mission Dolores. The Mission District's 2.1 is more inventory than any of those.
That is a meaningful difference if you are buying. It does not mean this is a slow market, since sales are up and time to contract has halved. It means there is more to choose from here than in the other neighborhoods listed, and a bit more room to negotiate. Nearly four in ten sales still close at or below asking.
| Metric | July 2026 | 3-month | vs. year ago* |
|---|---|---|---|
| New listings | 5 | 11.3 avg | +17% |
| Active listings | 10 | 16.0 avg | −39% |
| Pending sales | 7 | 11.7 avg | +67% |
| Closed sales | 14 | 10.3 avg | +29% |
| Median sale price (31 closed sales) | $852,500 | $925,000 | −3% |
| % sold over list | 57.1% | 61.3% | +28.0 pts |
| % of original price | 101.2% | 103.4% | +3.4 pts |
| Days on market | 21 | 21 | −25 days |
| Months supply | 1.3 | 2.1 | −43% |
A couple of the terms above, briefly. % sold over list is the share of homes that sold above their asking price. % of original price compares the final sale price to the very first asking price, so it also captures any price cuts along the way. Days on market is how long a typical listing took to go from hitting the market to accepting an offer.
The Inner Mission is primarily a condominium market. Single-family homes trade here about three times a month, which is too small a sample to build monthly statistics we would trust. So this report covers condos.
We do sell single-family homes in the Mission, and we watch that market closely. If you own one, or you are looking for one, get in touch and we will pull real numbers for your block or your search.
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Perfectly timing the market is something that really only happens in hindsight. What matters far more is your own situation: where you are in your life, what you are trying to do next, and what your options actually look like right now. More choice and faster sales at the same time means something different to a seller deciding when to list than it does to a buyer who has been outbid elsewhere.
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Mission District market report by Danielle Lazier - Vivre Real Estate, top San Francisco Realtors serving the Mission District and the wider Bay Area since 2002. Data from SFARMLS. InfoSparks © 2026 ShowingTime Plus, LLC. Danielle Lazier, DRE #01340326.
