What was the Laguna Beach median sale price in September 2026?

County records showed a $2,800,000 all-home median across 30 recorded sales as of September 28, 2026, according to Realty.com.

How many homes are for sale in Laguna Beach right now?

RealtyHop showed 144 residential homes for sale (116 houses, 16 condos, 1 townhouse, 11 multifamily), with the live count refreshed hourly as of October 23, 2026.

What is the current 30-year fixed mortgage rate in this update?

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey averaged 7.32% for the 30-year fixed for the week ending October 22, 2026 — down from 7.40% the prior week and 113 basis points above 6.19% a year earlier.

Are Laguna Beach buyers paying full asking price?

September MLS sales closed at 95.7% of asking (26 sales as of September 28, 2026), according to Realty.com.

How long are Laguna Beach homes taking to sell?

Realty.com’s September 2026 release did not include a median days-on-market figure, so this update uses Redfin: homes sold over the three months ending September 2026 had a median of 71 days on market (103 days a year earlier). RealtyHop reported a 97-day average for current listings, which is not a median for closings.

Laguna Beach Housing Market Update — Friday, October 23, 2026

The September price picture

Realty.com’s September county-records release is unchanged this week (still 30 recorded sales as of Sep 28), while live asking inventory has thinned sharply since last Friday.

All-home median sale price

$2,800,000

September 2026 · county records (30 recorded sales, as of Sep 28)

The September county-records read still covers 30 recorded sales at a $2,800,000 median — the same release as the October 16 edition (no new recordings posted since Sep 28). The typical sale range ran $1,500,000–$3,915,000 at $1,516 per square foot, and 63.3% of buyers paid cash. In the same release, MLS logged 26 September sales closing at 95.7% of asking, as of Sep 28.

Source: Realty.com (county records), September 2026 as of Sep 28 — extracted Oct 23, 2026.

Live asking prices

$4,696,500

Median list price · live

144 residential homes currently for sale: 116 houses, 16 condos, 1 townhouse, 11 multifamily. Asking inventory refreshes hourly; listings range from $3,073,750 in the lower quartile to $9,349,250 in the upper quartile at $1,879 per square foot.

Source: RealtyHop (live) — extracted Oct 23, 2026.

Price per square foot

$1,516

September 2026 · Realty.com, county records

The median sold price worked out to $1,516 per square foot across September's 30 county-recorded sales.

Source: Realty.com (county records), September 2026 as of Sep 28 — extracted Oct 23, 2026.

Sale-to-list

95.7%

September 2026 · Realty.com, MLS (26 sales, as of Sep 28)

September MLS sales closed at 95.7% of asking price — buyers here are paying below asking.

Source: Realty.com (MLS), September 2026 as of Sep 28 — extracted Oct 23, 2026.

Market time — from Redfin this week

Realty.com’s September release did not include a median days-on-market read, so this week’s market-time figure comes from the next source in our chain: Redfin’s median for homes sold over the three months ending September 2026 — a longer window than the single-month September price figures.

Median days on market71 daysRedfin, homes sold — 3 months ending Sep 2026

Other snapshot97 daysRealtyHop average, current listings, as of Oct 23 (not a median)

Active inventory144RealtyHop live count, refreshed hourly

Sources: Redfin (median days on market, 3 months ending Sep 2026), Realty.com and RealtyHop.

How the 144 break down

Live asking inventory spans detached houses, condos, townhouses and a small multifamily slice — the segments buyers actually shop.

Houses for sale

116

of 144 live listings

Detached houses make up the largest share of the 144 live listings.

Source: RealtyHop (live) — extracted Oct 23, 2026.

Condos, townhouses and multifamily

28

of 144 live listings · 16 condos, 1 townhouse, 11 multifamily

Attached and multifamily homes round out current asking inventory beyond the 116 detached houses.

Source: RealtyHop (live) — extracted Oct 23, 2026.

7.32%

30-year fixed average
Week ending October 22, 2026

Rates are the pressure point

The 30-year fixed rate eased to 7.32% — down from 7.40% the prior week — and stood 113 basis points above 6.19% a year earlier. The 15-year fixed averaged 6.68%, down from 6.71% the prior week and up from 5.44% a year ago. “The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined this week, offering some relief to prospective homebuyers,” Freddie Mac said in its weekly release.

Borrowing costs at 7.32% are still slowing urgency. That does not make every home negotiable, but it rewards buyers who compare condition, days on market and seller motivation carefully.

Source: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, weekly averages as of October 22, 2026 (released Oct 22, 12 p.m. ET; extracted Oct 23, 2026).

National context

Laguna Beach’s September read sits inside a broader market where bond yields set the tone for borrowing costs and investors watch jobs and inflation data for the Federal Reserve’s next move.

4.96%10-year Treasury par yield on Oct 22 (U.S. Treasury daily yield curve), down from 5.13% on Oct 21 and 5.12% on Oct 20 — mortgage rates follow bond yields.
29,000Jobs added in the September employment report (released Oct 2), with unemployment at 4.2% — Reuters reported the slowdown nearly took another Fed rate hike this month off the table.
This week, Oct 22Freddie Mac’s weekly average eased to 7.32% (as of Oct 22), down from 7.40% for the week ending Oct 15.

Sources: U.S. Treasury daily par yield curve, Oct 22, 2026 (extracted Oct 23, 2026); Reuters coverage of the BLS September jobs report, Oct 2, 2026 — extracted Oct 5, 2026.

How to read these figures

Realty.com’s September 2026 county-records median ($2,800,000, 30 recorded sales as of Sep 28) is the freshest monthly closed-sale figure; the release is unchanged from the October 16 edition (no new September recordings posted). Realty.com does not publish a median-sale-price YoY %; its assessor repeat-sales index reads +18.4% YoY (as of Sep 30) — a different methodology, not presented as median-price YoY. Median days on market was not published in Realty.com’s September release, so it comes from the next source in the fallback chain: Redfin reports a 71-day median for homes sold over the three months ending September 2026 (Redfin calculations from MLS and/or public records; 103 days a year earlier) — a different source and a longer window than the single-month September price figures. RealtyHop’s 97-day figure (as of Oct 23) is an average for current listings, not a median for closings. Active-inventory counts vary by source and methodology: RealtyHop’s live residential count showed 144 (116 houses, 16 condos, 1 townhouse, 11 multifamily), refreshed hourly — down from 274 on Oct 16 — while Realty.com’s MLS snapshot (as of Sep 27) showed 153 homes for sale at a $4,995,000 median list price. MLS sales closed at 95.7% of asking in September (26 sales as of Sep 28), with 63.3% of county-recorded buyers paying cash. Redfin is used only for median days on market; its city page was checked on Oct 23, 2026. The 30-year rate is Freddie Mac’s week-ending-October-22 average (released Oct 22 at noon ET), down from 7.40% the prior week.

Realty.com — county records + MLS, September 2026 (extracted Oct 23, 2026)
Redfin — median days on market, homes sold, 3 months ending Sep 2026 (checked Oct 23, 2026)
RealtyHop — live listings (extracted Oct 23, 2026)
Freddie Mac — PMMS, week ending Oct 22, 2026 (released Oct 22, 2026; extracted Oct 23, 2026)
U.S. Treasury 10-year par yield, Oct 22, 2026 (extracted Oct 23, 2026)
Reuters — September 2026 jobs report coverage (extracted Oct 5, 2026)

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Laguna Beach Housing Market Update — Friday, October 23, 2026