Humboldt Real Estate Economics

This research is produced by the Department of Economics at Cal Poly Humboldt.

We collect data from primary and secondary sources to analyze real estate market conditions in Humboldt County, California. We present a monthly overview of the real estate market and update our data as we receive it.

News and Forecast

Read the Home Sales section of the latest Humboldt Economic Index

Data

Seasonally Adjusted Housing Index (based on houses sold)
Median House Price
Inflation-Adjusted House Prices
Annual House Price Appreciation
Average House Rent
Price-to-rent Ratio (good way to to see when the market has returned to "normal")
Foreclosures, 1979-2025

Note: Contact Professor Eschker for data

Housing Boom Archived Data

For Sale Listings Arcata
For Sale Listings Eureka
Monthly Mortgage Payments
Inflation-Adjusted Monthly Mortgage Payments
Affordability

Humboldt County Research

Institutional Real Estate Investors in Humboldt County, 2025 Project and Slides.
Covid-19 Foreclosure Moratoria Impacts, 2025 (PDF)
The Pain Begins, October 14, 2008 (pdf)
March 12, 2008 panel discussion on the economy with Humboldt Economics faculty and students (mp3)

Listen to the October 5, 2007 KHSU radio interview with Prof. Eschker about subprime and housing issues (mp3)
It's a National Housing Market, September 2007
Monthly Mortgage Up Despite Lower Interest Rates by Erick Eschker, April 2006
Humboldt County Surrounded by Most Overvalued Housing in the Nation by Erick Eschker, December 2005
Is There a Housing Bubble in Humboldt County? The Housing Market in a Rural California Region, 1989-2004, by Erick Eschker and Soren Messner-Zidell, October 2005, and Executive Summary October 2005