San Mateo, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties are state’s priciest housing markets, but not its least affordable
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San Mateo County remains California's most expensive housing market, with buyers needing an annual household income of $578,400 to afford the median-priced home of $2.27 million, according to the California Association of Realtors' Third Quarter 2026 Housing Affordability report, That's more than five times the income needed nationally to afford a median-priced home. The post San Mateo, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties are state’s priciest housing markets, but not its least affordable appeared first on Mountain View Voice.