New publication delivers monthly city-level reports for Roseville, Folsom, Rocklin, El Dorado Hills, and surrounding communities — built on public data sources and transparent methodology
May 1, 2026 — California Housing Market News (cahousingmarketnews.com) today announced its launch as an independent monthly publication covering the housing market across the Sacramento region. The site publishes city-level reports, cross-city comparisons, and construction trackers for Roseville, Folsom, Rocklin, El Dorado Hills, Fair Oaks, and other cities and unincorporated communities across Placer, El Dorado, and Sacramento counties.
The publication was founded by Eric W. Dolan, who also founded the science news site PsyPost.org. California Housing Market News applies a similar editorial philosophy — clear, sourced reporting on public data — to a market most local buyers, sellers, and agents struggle to read clearly: housing in the Sacramento suburbs.
What the site publishes
California Housing Market News focuses on what is measurable. Its regular coverage includes:
- City monthly reports — one per tracked city, covering median sale prices, sales volume, days on market, inventory, sale-to-list ratios, and affordability
- Cross-city comparisons — regional rollups showing where Sacramento-area suburbs are diverging on price, pace, and supply
- Construction trackers — monthly building permit activity at the city and metro level
Built on public, institutional data
Every figure published on California Housing Market News comes from public, institutional sources. The site aggregates, normalizes, and contextualizes data already published by:
- Redfin Data Center — median sale prices, transaction counts, days on market, inventory, and sale-to-list ratios at the city, ZIP, and state level
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) — Freddie Mac mortgage rates, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index, and other macroeconomic series
- Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) — typical asking rents for the middle tier of the rental market
- U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey 5-year estimates for income and demographics, and the Building Permits Survey for new construction
- California Department of Finance (E-5) — annual population and housing unit estimates for every incorporated city in California
Methodology is published openly: monthly principal-and-interest figures assume a 20% down payment and the prevailing 30-year fixed Freddie Mac rate; affordability is reported using both the price-to-income ratio and the share of monthly household income consumed by the mortgage payment, with thresholds drawn from the National Association of Realtors; months of supply uses standard industry conventions, with explicit caveats for thin markets where small sample sizes can swing the figures.
Why it matters
Sacramento-area housing coverage is typically split between national outlets that don’t cover individual suburbs and hyperlocal coverage that lacks consistent methodology. California Housing Market News fills that gap with month-over-month, city-by-city reporting tied to the same public data sources real estate professionals already trust — presented in a format buyers, sellers, and agents can actually use.
“There is a real shortage of clear, sourced, city-level housing reporting for the cities most Sacramento-area readers actually live in,” said Eric W. Dolan, founder of California Housing Market News. “Roseville, Folsom, Rocklin, El Dorado Hills — these markets behave differently from each other and differently from the statewide averages. The goal is to publish what’s measurable, show our work, and help readers understand what’s actually happening in their city.”
Availability
California Housing Market News is live now at cahousingmarketnews.com. New city reports are published monthly.
About California Housing Market News
California Housing Market News is an independent digital publication providing monthly housing market reporting for the Sacramento region. The site aggregates data from Redfin, the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Census Bureau, the California Department of Finance, and other public sources, and publishes city-level reports with transparent methodology and source disclosure. It was founded by Eric W. Dolan, founder of PsyPost.org. For more information, visit cahousingmarketnews.com.