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This week

  • Price cuts1 in Shafter
  • New listings2 in Shafter
  • Status changes1 in Shafter

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Shafter this week

What moved, what dropped and what changed hands in Shafter, read the way an inspector reads a house.

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Local news

PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION

City of Shafter · Oct 1

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As of October 19. Listing brokerage shown on each row. A named property carries photography only when it matches the exact feed record.

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Who is buying in Shafter

How local buyers financed recent purchases, alongside the homes whose listing status changed this week.

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Shafter and the markets next to it. Boundaries: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line.

Addresses as of October 19; listing brokerage shown on each row.

Properties worth watching

The homes I’m following in Shafter. See the listing, then talk through what it means for your next move.

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Listing snapshots, as of October 19. Property photos are supplied with the listing; brokerage credited on each card.

Where prices moved in Shafter

Closed sales by ZIP, the last twelve months against the twelve before. It tells you which side of the city is moving, not what your house is worth.

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93263$401,000Median sale price$232Median $/sq ft$399,000Median a year ago24Closed salesFlat vs last year

Oct 2025–Oct 2026 against Oct 2024–Oct 2025, as of October 19, 2026.

Auctions & what's moving

No agency publishes one authoritative trustee-sale calendar, so we never print one — here is what actually exists, next to this week's real Shafter headlines.

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Auction calendar

  • Kern County Treasurer and Tax Collector — Tax Sale InformationRun from the county’s own tax-sale page — every source we check is listed on /auctions/.
  • Trustee salesPrivate aggregators carry the actual lender foreclosures; no central California calendar exists. We watch four of them and bid for you.
  • Came off the market unsoldListings leave without selling every month. Registered members see those addresses.
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New construction

  • Gossamer GroveLennar · Selling now — Valencia, California, Orchard & Celestial series. Not published; confirm with the builder desk

Confirmed on each builder's own page, checked October 19.

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What's moving in Shafter

  • PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATIONCity of Shafter · Oct 1
  • Prout wants to finish the job on CouncilThe Shafter Press · Oct 5
  • Raphael Zamudio running to give residents a voiceThe Shafter Press · Oct 5
  • Despite delays, Shafter Online to debut in '26The Shafter Press · Oct 5
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