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Santa Cruz County Buyer Brief

Most buyers watch a few cities for months before they talk to anyone. Which ones are you keeping an eye on?

Live active inventory for every Santa Cruz County city below. Pick a city, see what is on the market right now, and have its brief sent to you the moment a new home lists.

Get the Santa Cruz Brief → Updated Aug 4, 2026 at 4:47 AM PT
Active Listings
554
live across the county
Cities Covered
8
every Santa Cruz city
Deepest Market
Santa Cruz 162
most active inventory
Refresh Rate
15 min
straight from the MLS

All Santa Cruz Cities

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Aptos
123active
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Ben Lomond
19active
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Capitola
43active
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Felton
24active
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Santa Cruz
162active
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Scotts Valley
58active
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Soquel
31active
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Watsonville
94active
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Live Active Listings is live MLS data, the same reconciled count shown on each city page, and the bar shows each city's share of the deepest market in this county.

When the right one lists, will you already be ready?

The buyers who set up their brief see a new Santa Cruz home the day it hits the MLS. The ones who wait usually hear about it after the first offers are already in.

Same house. Very different position to be negotiating from.

No pressure, no obligation

Which cities do you want eyes on?

Tell us where you are looking. We send the brief for those cities plus a heads up the day a new home lists. Stop anytime.

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TATimothy Alston, Broker
What has you looking at Santa Cruz County right now?
Timothy Alston, Broker, DRE# 01328224
Happy to share what I am seeing across these markets, which cities are moving, which are sitting, and where a patient buyer still has room. A 15 minute call, no obligation, built on the same live MLS data I use with my clients.
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Timothy Alston, Broker, DRE# 01328224, Aegis Luxury Real Estate, 10080 N. Wolfe Rd Ste SW3-200, Cupertino CA 95014. (408) 207-4593.

Last updated: Aug 4, 2026 4:30 AM PT | Source: MLSListings Inc.

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