From Market Journal IQ
Middletown Sat Empty for Seventy Years
Surveyed in 1850, seventeen years before Horton bought downtown.
One of San Diego's most prestigious close-in neighborhoods: historic estates, canyon views, and walkable villages.
Mission Hills is a small, high-end urban market, noisy month to month but firmly up over five years. On a smoothed basis, Mission Hills's median has risen roughly 41% over the past five years, and it's pushed back toward record territory in 2026.
The recent median sits around $1.12M, with about 3.4 months of supply, homes selling near 98.5% of original list, and a median of roughly 16 days on market.
Over five years the median sale price in Mission Hills is up about 41%, but the price per square foot is up about 18%. Those two usually move together. When the median runs well ahead, it is mostly a sign that larger or higher end homes make up more of what sells now, not that any given house gained 41%. The price per square foot figure is the closer read on what an owner actually gained.
Price per square foot is the sale price divided by the home's interior square footage.
Both figures use the same smoothed five year comparison: the average of the last twelve monthly medians against the average of the first twelve. A gap of eight points or more is treated as a mix shift. That threshold was set by testing, not picked: an earlier version flagged nine of nineteen areas, which is noise. It now flags eight of forty.
Prestige and location keep it competitive. Homes near the village move fast. With supply around 3.4 months and homes going near 98.5% of list, come in fully pre-approved and ready to move.
At this level, condition and staging matter most; well-presented homes sell near ask. Priced right, Mission Hills homes are selling close to ask in about 16 days.
Supply is running around 3.4 months. As long as listings stay scarce, prices hold firm; a rise in inventory would be the first sign of easing.
Rates sit higher than a year ago, the main headwind on demand. A meaningful drop would likely bring buyers off the sidelines fast.
Get Pre-Approved →Mission Hills (92103) spans the historic estate streets, the Hillcrest edge, and canyon-view pockets. Sub-area breakdowns coming.
Mission Hills is a smaller market, so a single month's median can spike or dip. Weigh the multi-year trajectory over any one data point.
What is the median home price in Mission Hills?
The median sale price in Mission Hills is $1.12M on a trailing three month basis, using closed sales through September 2026.
How long do homes take to sell in Mission Hills?
Homes in Mission Hills are selling in a median of about 16 days.
Is Mission Hills a buyer's or a seller's market?
Mission Hills has about 3.4 months of supply, which reads as a balanced market. Under three months favors sellers, three to six is balanced, and above six favors buyers.
How much have home prices risen in Mission Hills?
The median in Mission Hills is up about 41% over the past five years, measured as the average of the last twelve monthly medians against the first twelve.
Are homes in Mission Hills selling for asking price?
Homes in Mission Hills are closing at about 98.5% of original list price.
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