Monthly cost of buying the typical home, at today's average 30-year rate. Change any number to fit your situation.
Zillow doesn't publish a rent index for this area.
Our forecast of +4.0% over 12 months would add roughly $3,863 a month in value to the owner's side, but the 80% range runs from −0.7% to +10.8%, so treat it as uncertain.
Estimates only. Excludes maintenance (often about 1% of the price a year), the return the down payment could earn elsewhere, and tax effects. Rent is the Zillow Observed Rent Index, a typical market rent for all home types.
Redfin, all residential, monthly. These feed the metro trend model.
Strongest forecast relative to the metro first. “vs. metro” ranks each ZIP within Santa Cruz, CA (100 = strongest).
| 95073 Soquel, CA | $1,370,855 | ▲ 6.3% | ▲ 5.5% −1% to +13% | 100 |
| 95064 Santa Cruz, CA | $694,665 | ▲ 11.8% | ▲ 5.3% −1% to +13% | 93 |
| 95060 Santa Cruz, CA | $1,387,947 | ▲ 6.2% | ▲ 5.2% −1% to +13% | 87 |
| 95010 Capitola, CA | $1,239,438 | ▲ 6.8% | ▲ 4.9% −2% to +12% | 80 |
| 95062 Santa Cruz, CA | $1,317,604 | ▲ 5.5% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 73 |
| 95018 Ben Lomond, CA | $835,731 | ▲ 5.5% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 67 |
| 95065 Santa Cruz, CA | $1,343,032 | ▲ 4.6% | ▲ 4.3% −2% to +12% | 60 |
| 95041 Felton, CA | $796,843 | ▲ 3.8% | ▲ 4.2% −2% to +12% | 53 |
| 95003 Aptos, CA | $1,340,174 | ▲ 2.3% | ▲ 4.0% −2% to +11% | 47 |
| 95005 Ben Lomond, CA | $907,598 | ▲ 4.0% | ▲ 3.9% −3% to +11% | 40 |
| 95007 Boulder Creek, CA | $764,390 | ▲ 2.1% | ▲ 3.5% −3% to +11% | 33 |
| 95066 Scotts Valley, CA | $1,257,359 | ▲ 2.4% | ▲ 3.3% −3% to +11% | 27 |
| 95019 Watsonville, CA | $757,950 | ▼ 0.4% | ▲ 2.9% −3% to +10% | 20 |
| 95017 Davenport, CA | $974,561 | ▲ 0.4% | ▲ 2.9% −4% to +10% | 13 |
| 95076 Watsonville, CA | $833,512 | ▲ 1.4% | ▲ 2.6% −4% to +10% | 7 |