6 El Cajon homes back on the market after being under contract
6 homes in El Cajon came back on the market this week after being under contract. This week in El Cajon: 24 new listings, 43 price cuts, 27 closed sales and 23 homes going under contract. Data as of October 11, 2026.
El CajonCaliforniaWeek of October 5, 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 886 Singing Trails Drive — down $151,000, from $1,750,000 to $1,599,000, listed by eXp Realty of Southern CA.
25 listings changed status: 15 sold, 4 pending, 3 back on market, 2 active under contract. The brokerage on every row below is the listing brokerage on the record, not ours.
24 homes came to market, asking from $300,000 to $5,500,000.
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
- 1946 GarrisonColdwell Banker WestActive Under Contract▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 12048 Calle De Medio Unit 156Realty Source, Inc.Pending▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 12044 Royal SPC 4Finest City Homes & LoansPending▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 8507 Happy Way NColdwell Banker WestSold▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 886 Singing Trails DriveeXp Realty of Southern CABack on market▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 13655 Highway 8 Business SPC 94Coldwell Banker WestPending▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 13792 Hwy 8 Business 18Mission Realty GroupSold▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ VaultWatch
- 8322 Ora Belle Ln.Mission Realty GroupSold▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ 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 October 5, 2026. Listing brokerage shown on each row; the buyer's name stays behind the Vault.
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