Santa Cruz County, CA - Market Hotness: Trend of Hotness Rank (Realtor)

Updated on March 13, 2026.

According to data from Realtor.com, the hotness rank for Santa Cruz County, CA in January 2026 was 596. The year over year change (YoY) was -22.

The chart below shows the trend of the hotness rank for Santa Cruz County, CA. The table below shows the trend, and the YoY changes.

You can see similar for other California counties.

Note: Hotness rank refers to the rank by hotness score. A rank value of 1 is considered the hottest (highest Hotness score).

Data Source: Realtor.
Santa Cruz County, CA - Market Hotness: Trend of Hotness Rank
Santa Cruz County, CA - Market Hotness: Trend of Hotness Rank
1 – 10 of 102
Month Hotness Rank YoY Change
September 2017 87
October 2017 46
November 2017 58
December 2017 96
January 2018 80
February 2018 50
March 2018 15
April 2018 33
May 2018 69
June 2018 94
July 2018 132
August 2018 145
September 2018 125 38
October 2018 159 113
November 2018 173 115
December 2018 254 158
January 2019 269 189
February 2019 299 249
March 2019 139 124
April 2019 74 41
May 2019 103 34
June 2019 189 95
July 2019 320 188
August 2019 288 143
September 2019 373 248
October 2019 439 280
November 2019 459 286
December 2019 493 239
January 2020 768 499
February 2020 491 192
March 2020 75 -64
April 2020 147 73
May 2020 191 88
June 2020 154 -35
July 2020 239 -81
August 2020 317 29
September 2020 434 61
October 2020 971 532
November 2020 829 370
December 2020 666 173
January 2021 374 -394
February 2021 220 -271
March 2021 134 59
April 2021 292 145
May 2021 335 144
June 2021 420 266
July 2021 565 326
August 2021 387 70
September 2021 445 11
October 2021 626 -345
November 2021 719 -110
December 2021 1006 340
January 2022 815 441
February 2022 174 -46
March 2022 50 -84
April 2022 171 -121
May 2022 336 1
June 2022 469 49
July 2022 560 -5
August 2022 658 271
September 2022 650 205
October 2022 502 -124
November 2022 383 -336
December 2022 501 -505
January 2023 464 -351
February 2023 685 511
March 2023 361 311
April 2023 262 91
May 2023 334 -2
June 2023 415 -54
July 2023 395 -165
August 2023 427 -231
September 2023 570 -80
October 2023 510 8
November 2023 533 150
December 2023 517 16
January 2024 522 58
February 2024 417 -268
March 2024 251 -110
April 2024 315 53
May 2024 371 37
June 2024 429 14
July 2024 489 94
August 2024 698 271
September 2024 643 73
October 2024 663 153
November 2024 679 146
December 2024 611 94
January 2025 710 188
February 2025 618 201
March 2025 344 93
April 2025 374 59
May 2025 542 171
June 2025 668 239
July 2025 808 319
August 2025 862 164
September 2025 917 274
October 2025 951 288
November 2025 840 161
December 2025 875 264
January 2026 952 242
February 2026 596 -22