These are the five highest-priced home sales reported in the Santa Cruz–Watsonville Area, California for the week ending November 8, 2026, and together they came to $10.76 million. Four of the homes are in Santa Cruz and one is in Aptos, all of them in Santa Cruz County.
The homes were built between 1946 and 1986, and their lots range from 6,055 square feet to 2.97 acres. One of the five is a multi-family property, and in one sale the same agent was on both sides.
No. 1 — $2,600,000 · 103 Pasatiempo Dr, Santa Cruz, California
The top sale of the week is a one-story ranch home at 103 Pasatiempo Drive in Santa Cruz, set on the 13th fairway of Pasatiempo Golf Course. It sold for $2,600,000.
Built in 1976, the home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,930 square feet on a 0.42-acre lot, with a security gate and an attached two-car garage. Inside, high vaulted ceilings with open beams rise over the main rooms, and the living room has a fireplace. Big windows look out to the fairway.
The backyard has a fenced in-ground swimming pool, a pool house and wide patios facing the golf course. The front yard is private and leaves room for gardens. The home sits in a golf course community, with Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley reached by way of Graham Hill and Highway 17.
The home went under contract 16 days after it was listed. Maureen Kendall of David Lyng Real Estate was the listing agent, and Bjorn Berg of eXp Realty of California Inc represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $2,305,000 · 230 Via Novella Dr, Aptos, California
Ocean views and a greenbelt define 230 Via Novella Drive in the Seascape area of Aptos, which sold for $2,305,000. At 3,404 square feet it is the largest home in this Top 5, and it stands on the smallest lot, at 6,055 square feet.
The two-story home was built in 1979 and has five bedrooms and four bathrooms. Exposed wood ceilings, vaulted and open-beamed, run over a living room and a separate family room, each with a gas fireplace, and skylights bring in more light. Slate and stone floors appear alongside carpet. The dining area has custom built-ins, and the Pacific can be seen from the kitchen and the family room as well as from a large deck where meals can be taken outdoors.
Two of the bedrooms have built-in Murphy beds and can double as an office or guest room. The primary suite has a walk-in closet, and a second bedroom has its own bath. Drought-tolerant plantings fill the fenced grounds, and the community has garden greenbelt trails. The beach, Seascape Park, a tennis club and the Resort are all a walk away. The property last sold for $2.1 million in 2025.
A contract came 10 days after the home was listed. Amber Melenudo of Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent, and Sheri Buenz of Bailey Properties represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $2,200,000 · 3430 Loma Alta Ln, Santa Cruz, California
At 3430 Loma Alta Lane in Santa Cruz, a gated hillside property of 2.97 acres, the largest lot in this group, sold for $2,200,000. The land slopes gently down, and the views take in the ocean and Monterey Bay, the mountains, wooded hills and the lights of the city. The property is 1.7 miles above the clubhouse of the DeLaveaga golf course.
Part of the land is planted with old olive trees, which the listing says were first planted in the 1880s by Jose Vicente DeLaveaga. There are also equestrian facilities: two covered stalls, a tack room and a fenced area for grazing horses, along with an outbuilding and a storage shed.
The California Contemporary Mediterranean home was built in 1975 and rises three stories. It has three bedrooms, two full baths and a half bath in 1,966 square feet, with hardwood and tile floors, custom tile work and fine woodwork throughout. Vaulted, open-beam ceilings cover the main rooms, and the family room has a wood-burning fireplace. A courtyard, a deck and a balcony or patio open the home to the outdoors.
A bedroom or office sits above the detached, oversized two-car garage. The property also has solar power, a whole-house backup generator and water from a shared mutual well.
Randall Brown of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent, and Kristen Valenza of eXp Realty of California Inc represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,855,000 · 1006 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz, California
The oldest home in this Top 5 is a 1946 bungalow at 1006 Seabright Avenue in Santa Cruz, a multi-family property that sold for $1,855,000. The record lists three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,250 square feet on a lot of 7,841 square feet.
The property has three units. The front home, with two bedrooms, keeps much of its postwar character: original wood floors, a stucco arch in the Deco manner and a kitchen with its original three-color tile counters, now paired with a new gas range in a retro style. Its living room has high, open ceilings and a fireplace, and a door from the kitchen and dining room leads to a private yard. Behind it is a one-bedroom unit added in the 1960s, and a detached cottage has its own kitchen and full bath.
Each of the three units has its own electric meter. A full-size detached two-car garage with a second set of laundry hookups completes the lot. The Seabright neighborhood is convenient to the harbor and the beaches.
Anthony Silveira of Time Realty was on both sides of the sale, as the listing agent and the buyer’s agent.
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No. 5 — $1,800,000 · 112 Rockridge Ln, Santa Cruz, California
On the Westside of Santa Cruz, the newest home in this group, built in 1986, sold for $1,800,000 at 112 Rockridge Lane. The two-story home has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,185 square feet on a lot of 7,405 square feet, with an attached two-car garage.
The living room and the family room are separate, and each has a wood-burning fireplace. Hardwood floors run through the home, skylights brighten it, and a large kitchen sits at its center. Above the garage is a large room that serves as the fifth bedroom and could also work as an office, media room or guest quarters. Outside are a deck, a back yard and a storage shed.
The street is a quiet one, with UC Santa Cruz, hiking and biking trails, parks, shops and cafes nearby, and the beach is a short bike ride away.
The home went under contract 22 days after it was listed. Robert Aldana of KW Thrive Santa Cruz was the listing agent, and Michael Loredo of eXp Realty of California Inc represented the buyer.
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