Hillside neighborhoods above National City, north of the 54: postwar Paradise Hills and the 1970s and 80s tracts of Bay Terraces.
Paradise Hills jumped this summer. The three month median sat near $690K through the spring, climbed to about $800K in August and was around $763K in September. On a smoothed basis, Paradise Hills's median has risen roughly 30% over the past five years.
The recent median sits around $762,833, with about 2.8 months of supply, homes selling near 100.1% of original list, and a median of roughly 18 days on market.
Over five years the median sale price in Paradise Hills is up about 30% and the price per square foot is up about 23%. The two agree, which is what you want to see. It means the gain reflects prices rising rather than a shift in the kind of home selling, so the headline number is a fair read on what an owner 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.
Homes here are selling at asking. With supply around 2.8 months and homes going near 100.1% of list, there is not much room to negotiate.
September homes sold in a median of about 18 days. Price it right and it should move.
Supply is running around 2.8 months. As long as listings stay scarce, prices hold firm; a rise in inventory would be the first sign of easing.
Many buyers here are military families and first time buyers who finance, so rates move this market.
Get Pre-Approved →Paradise Hills is the older part, mostly 1950s and early 60s single story homes. Bay Terraces, north and south, is where the building has been since 1969, mostly tract homes plus some larger apartment and townhome complexes. Part of Bay Terraces is in 92114.
No Mello Roos district covers 92139 on the county's list. Some Bay Terraces tracts were planned around shared recreation areas and may carry HOA dues, so check the specific home.
This was Rancho de la Nacion land, used for lemon and olive orchards, and Paradise Hills joined the city in 1929. Most of the homes went up in the 1950s and early 60s, and the city's 1969 plan for South Bay Terraces opened the hills to the east for tracts and apartments. Navy families made it a center of San Diego's Filipino American community from the Vietnam War years on. The 1987 Skyline-Paradise Hills community plan describes it as almost completely single family. 92139 is the ZIP.
What is the median home price in Paradise Hills?
The median sale price in Paradise Hills is $762,833 on a trailing three month basis, using closed sales through September 2026.
How long do homes take to sell in Paradise Hills?
Homes in Paradise Hills are selling in a median of about 18 days.
Is Paradise Hills a buyer's or a seller's market?
Paradise Hills has about 2.8 months of supply, which reads as a seller market. Under three months favors sellers, three to six is balanced, and above six favors buyers.
How much have home prices risen in Paradise Hills?
The median in Paradise Hills is up about 30% over the past five years, measured as the average of the last twelve monthly medians against the first twelve.
Are homes in Paradise Hills selling for asking price?
Homes in Paradise Hills are closing at about 100.1% of original list price.
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