The Danville home seller market in May 2026, at a glance 

In May 2026, 42 detached single-family homes closed in Danville, California, at a median sale price of $2,319,000. That median was up 5.4% from May 2025 and up 7.9% from April 2026. On the surface, that reads like a rising market. The more useful number for sellers sits underneath it.

Are Danville home prices actually going up?

Not quite the way the median suggests. While the median sale price rose, the median price per square foot fell to $769 in May 2026, down 7.5% year over year and down 6.6% from the prior month. When the median climbs but price per square foot drops, it usually means larger and higher-end homes happened to sell that month, not that values rose across the board. Price per square foot is the cleaner measure of direction, and in Danville it has drifted gently lower over the past year.

The twelve-month trend tells the steadier story

Because a market the size of Danville swings on a handful of sales each month, the trailing twelve months is the more reliable signal. Over the year ending May 2026, Danville recorded 462 detached home sales, down 5.1% from the prior year's 487. The median price eased 2.3% to roughly $2,100,000, price per square foot slipped 1.9%, and the median time to sell stretched to 13 days from 9 a year earlier. This is a market that is quietly softening, with the cooling showing up first in volume and pace, the way it almost always does before it reaches price.

 
How long does it take to sell a home in Danville?

In May 2026, the typical Danville home sold in about 11 days, though that figure rises and falls with the season and the price tier. The broader trend is that homes are taking modestly longer to sell than they did a year ago. The standout number for sellers is the sale-to-list ratio: across the past twelve months, sellers in Danville collected a median of roughly 99 to 100 percent of their asking price. Correctly priced homes are still trading at or near list.

What this means if you are selling a home in Danville

Demand in Danville is still genuine, and well-prepared homes still sell quickly and close near asking. But the cushion is thinner than it was a year ago, which raises the cost of mispricing. In a firmer market, an aggressive list price gets corrected by a fast offer. In this market, it gets corrected by days on market and a price reduction. The sellers who win in 2026 are the ones who price to the market rather than above it, present the home properly, and treat the sale as a strategy rather than a listing.

These figures describe the Danville market as a whole, including the Blackhawk and Diablo luxury submarkets. They do not price your specific home. Position, condition, timing, and negotiating strategy determine your individual result, and that is where the outcome is won.

Methodology & Sources

Source. Closed-sale data from the Bay East Association of REALTORS® MLS (Paragon), compiled by Robert Song. Data deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Geography. Properties with a Danville city designation, spanning ZIP codes 94526 and 94506, plus a small number of Danville-addressed parcels in 94588. Figures therefore include the Blackhawk and Diablo luxury submarkets, which lift averages relative to central Danville.

Property type. Detached single-family residences only. Condominiums, townhomes, and attached product are excluded.

Counting. Transactions are counted by recorded close date across 949 closed sales for the period. Medians are used throughout to limit distortion from outliers, such as a single $10.8M Eagle Ridge closing.

Not advice. This report is market information for general reference and is not an appraisal or a recommendation to buy or sell. For a valuation specific to your property, request a private analysis.