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The first installment of your secured property tax bill is due on this date and is late after December 10.
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A closer look at the stories shaping Santa Monica neighborhoods this week.
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Weekly briefSanta Monica saw 19 price cuts, 25 new listings and 25 status changes this week — up from 58 last week, as of October 4, 2026.
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Weekly briefSanta Monica saw 16 price cuts, 25 new listings and 17 status changes this week — down from 64 last week, as of September 27, 2026.
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Weekly briefSanta Monica saw 14 price cuts, 25 new listings and 25 status changes this week — up from 61 last week, as of September 20, 2026.
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Weekly briefSanta Monica saw 16 price cuts, 25 new listings and 20 status changes this week, as of September 11, 2026.
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Market reportThe median Santa Monica home sold for $1,625,000 in September, against $1,934,150 in September 2025. In September 2026, 54 homes sold in Santa Monica at a median $1,625,000 ($1,042 a square foot), after a median 27 days on the market. In August it was 54 sales at a median $2,248,000.
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Santa Monica Daily PressSanta Monica City Council directed staff to study how a nonprofit conservancy could build and sustain the Great Park planned for the airport site closing in 2028.
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Closed sales by ZIP, the last twelve months against the twelve before. It tells you which side of Santa Monica is moving, not what your house is worth.
Price my file →Oct 2025–Oct 2026 against Oct 2024–Oct 2025, as of October 19, 2026.
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