El Cajon weekly desk note
El Cajon saw 25 price cuts, 20 new listings and 25 status changes this week — down from 75 last week, as of September 27, 2026.
El CajonCaliforniaWeek of September 21, 2026
The week in El Cajon
What moved, what dropped and what changed hands in El Cajon, read the way an inspector reads a house.
The El Cajon file →The largest reduction on the desk was 121 S Stephanie Lane — down $813,186,000, from $814,000,000 to $814,000, listed by USAFC Realty.
25 listings changed status: 11 pending, 9 sold, 2 back on market, 2 active under contract. The brokerage on every row below is the listing brokerage on the record, not ours.
20 homes came to market, asking from $174,900 to $1,899,000.
That is the week, address by address. What any one of these rows means for a house on the same street is the question the file answers next.
On the streetA El Cajon street of the kind this week's rows sit on. Illustrative — not a photograph of any address listed below.
This week on the desk
- 669 Skyview StLPT Realty, IncSold▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 1738 Key LanePalisade Realty, IncPending▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 1512 E Madison AvenueUnited Real Estate San DiegoPending▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 1844 Hacienda Dr.Berkshire Hathaway HomeServiceSold▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 1577 Olive Hills AvenueAXEN RealtyBack on market▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 117 La CrestaKeller Williams RealtyActive Under Contract▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 1199 E Washington AveColdwell Banker WestComing Soon▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 1039 Alveda AveSeller Door RE & FinancePending▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
Bought by: I follow these closings myself — some of these buyers I know, a few were my clients. The names are for Vault members; everything else on the row is open.
Week of September 21, 2026. Listing brokerage shown on each row; the buyer's name stays behind the Vault.
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