Santa Barbara County, CA Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses (Realtor)

Updated on March 13, 2026.

According to data from Realtor.com, the active listing count of houses in Santa Barbara County, CA in February 2026 was 540. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.0768%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 0.164%.

You can see similar for other California counties, and for California.

The chart below shows the trend of active listing count in Santa Barbara County, CA. The table below shows the trend, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes.

Data Source: Realtor.
Santa Barbara County, CA Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
Santa Barbara County, CA Trend of Active Listing Count of Houses
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Month Active Listing Count MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Aug 2016 1088
Sep 2016 1119
Oct 2016 1094
Nov 2016 1063
Dec 2016 982
Jan 2017 905
Feb 2017 861
Mar 2017 857
Apr 2017 870
May 2017 918
Jun 2017 972
Jul 2017 994
Aug 2017 1052 0.0584 -0.0331
Sep 2017 1051 -0.0014 -0.0608
Oct 2017 1001 -0.0471 -0.085
Nov 2017 923 -0.0779 -0.1317
Dec 2017 884 -0.0428 -0.1003
Jan 2018 819 -0.073 -0.095
Feb 2018 749 -0.0855 -0.1296
Mar 2018 784 0.0461 -0.0858
Apr 2018 849 0.0836 -0.0241
May 2018 944 0.1113 0.0278
Jun 2018 1031 0.0922 0.0607
Jul 2018 1100 0.0674 0.1066
Aug 2018 1142 0.0382 0.0856
Sep 2018 1158 0.014 0.1023
Oct 2018 1149 -0.0078 0.1479
Nov 2018 1113 -0.0313 0.2059
Dec 2018 1113 -0.0004 0.2592
Jan 2019 1012 -0.0903 0.2357
Feb 2019 956 -0.0558 0.2757
Mar 2019 895 -0.0633 0.1423
Apr 2019 918 0.0257 0.0813
May 2019 974 0.0605 0.0318
Jun 2019 1042 0.0699 0.0107
Jul 2019 1050 0.0082 -0.0455
Aug 2019 1058 0.0071 -0.074
Sep 2019 1026 -0.0298 -0.114
Oct 2019 995 -0.0307 -0.1345
Nov 2019 970 -0.0246 -0.1285
Dec 2019 904 -0.068 -0.1874
Jan 2020 763 -0.1565 -0.2465
Feb 2020 678 -0.1115 -0.2909
Mar 2020 678 0.0007 -0.2425
Apr 2020 705 0.0398 -0.232
May 2020 711 0.0078 -0.2702
Jun 2020 766 0.0781 -0.2645
Jul 2020 727 -0.0509 -0.3076
Aug 2020 652 -0.1032 -0.3835
Sep 2020 612 -0.0613 -0.4035
Oct 2020 560 -0.0858 -0.4374
Nov 2020 515 -0.0795 -0.4691
Dec 2020 461 -0.1058 -0.4906
Jan 2021 406 -0.1194 -0.4682
Feb 2021 343 -0.1541 -0.4937
Mar 2021 336 -0.0204 -0.5044
Apr 2021 310 -0.0789 -0.561
May 2021 301 -0.0291 -0.5771
Jun 2021 295 -0.0183 -0.6149
Jul 2021 342 0.1593 -0.5296
Aug 2021 347 0.0146 -0.4678
Sep 2021 333 -0.0418 -0.4567
Oct 2021 323 -0.0301 -0.4236
Nov 2021 302 -0.0636 -0.4136
Dec 2021 274 -0.0944 -0.4061
Jan 2022 256 -0.064 -0.3687
Feb 2022 222 -0.1328 -0.3528
Mar 2022 206 -0.0721 -0.3869
Apr 2022 228 0.1044 -0.2649
May 2022 245 0.0769 -0.1847
Jun 2022 312 0.2735 0.0576
Jul 2022 364 0.1651 0.0629
Aug 2022 492 0.3535 0.4179
Sep 2022 489 -0.0071 0.4692
Oct 2022 462 -0.0542 0.4326
Nov 2022 439 -0.0498 0.4536
Dec 2022 411 -0.0638 0.5027
Jan 2023 345 -0.1606 0.3477
Feb 2023 284 -0.1768 0.2793
Mar 2023 283 -0.0035 0.3738
Apr 2023 261 -0.0777 0.1473
May 2023 247 -0.0536 0.0082
Jun 2023 267 0.0789 -0.1458
Jul 2023 287 0.075 -0.2118
Aug 2023 355 0.2391 -0.2785
Sep 2023 371 0.0437 -0.2416
Oct 2023 402 0.085 -0.1299
Nov 2023 410 0.0187 -0.0672
Dec 2023 425 0.0366 0.0328
Jan 2024 393 -0.0742 0.1391
Feb 2024 380 -0.0344 0.3363
Mar 2024 372 -0.0211 0.3127
Apr 2024 403 0.0848 0.5441
May 2024 467 0.1576 0.8887
Jun 2024 491 0.0514 0.8405
Jul 2024 528 0.0765 0.8429
Aug 2024 585 0.108 0.6479
Sep 2024 616 0.053 0.6626
Oct 2024 591 -0.0406 0.4701
Nov 2024 577 -0.0237 0.409
Dec 2024 564 -0.0225 0.3286
Jan 2025 471 -0.1658 0.1972
Feb 2025 449 -0.0457 0.1831
Mar 2025 464 0.0323 0.2476
Apr 2025 510 0.1003 0.2655
May 2025 553 0.0833 0.1844
Jun 2025 622 0.1258 0.2681
Jul 2025 661 0.0627 0.2519
Aug 2025 693 0.0477 0.1838
Sep 2025 680 -0.0181 0.1039
Oct 2025 687 0.0103 0.1624
Nov 2025 662 -0.0371 0.1464
Dec 2025 621 -0.0612 0.1011
Jan 2026 543 -0.1256 0.1541
Feb 2026 501 -0.0773 0.1158
Mar 2026 540 0.0768 0.164