The Orange County housing market, month by month, with the source beside every figure.
The Gregory James Group Orange County Market Report tracks the county's housing market each month: median sale price, homes sold, days on market and sale-to-list ratio, for the county and for Newport Beach, Irvine and Santa Ana. The latest county median, for September 2026, was $1,207,298.
Updated October 28, 2026
The Gregory James Group Orange County Market Report is a short, dated read on the county's housing market, published each month by Greg Toussieng, a California real estate broker, DRE #01495415. It is written for owners deciding when to sell, buyers deciding how hard to negotiate, and anyone who wants Orange County's numbers with the source printed beside them.
How is the Orange County housing market doing this month?
The latest figures are in the card below, for September 2026, from Redfin Data Center. Homes sold at 98.8% of list price, and the median home went under contract in 47 days. The full report for the month, with what the figures mean for sellers and buyers, is the October 2026 Orange County market report.
Orange County · September 2026 · Source: Redfin Data Center
How do Orange County home prices compare city by city?
Orange County home prices differ more between cities than they move in any one month. The coastal cities carry the highest medians and the older inland cities the lowest, so the county figure is a blend of very different markets. The table gives the latest month for each city with a guide.
| Place | Median sale price | 12-month change | Median days on market | Homes sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Beach | $3,848,167 | +13.2% | 65 | 284 |
| Irvine | $1,449,310 | -6.5% | 61 | 556 |
| Santa Ana | $849,595 | +3.7% | 44 | 206 |
| Orange County | $1,207,298 | +0.6% | 47 | 1,805 |
Each city's own page goes deeper into its market, its neighbourhoods and what sells there. More cities join the table as their guides are written.
What is the Orange County housing market forecast?
Nobody can tell you where Orange County prices will be in a year, and this report does not try. It reports what already happened, with dates and sources, and leaves the forecasting out.
What you can watch are the signals that tend to move before prices do. Days on market rising for several months in a row means buyers are taking longer to commit. A falling sale-to-list ratio means more homes are selling below their asking price. Growing supply, measured in months of inventory, gives buyers more choice. When all three move the same way for a quarter, prices usually follow. Each monthly report shows those figures side by side so you can see them line up, or not.
The Orange County real estate market is easiest to read from four figures taken together: the median sale price, the number of homes sold, the median days on market and the sale-to-list ratio. The median tells you the middle of what sold, though it shifts when the mix of homes changes, for example when more condos sell in a month. The number of homes sold shows whether that median rests on a broad base or a thin one.
Days on market and sale-to-list show who has the edge. Homes selling at or above list price within two or three weeks point to a seller's market, and longer days with sales below list point the other way. Read the four together, check your own city rather than the county alone, and then look at the sales on your street, which is what a buyer's lender and appraiser will do.
How is this report made?
Every figure comes from one named public source, shown beside it, and two sources are never mixed in one number. Medians use closed sales of single-family homes, condos and townhomes in the month. A city with fewer than 10 sales in a month shows no median, because a handful of sales can swing it. Each figure is replaced when the next month's report is published, and older reports keep their own dated pages.
The figures are general information about the market. They are not an appraisal of any home.
Want the figures for your own street? Ask Greg for a written analysis.
Where are past monthly reports?
Each month has its own page, listed here newest first.
Greg prepares a written valuation from recent sales near you. Start with the address.
Common questions
Where do the Orange County housing market figures come from?
Each figure in the Gregory James Group Orange County Market Report comes from one named public source, shown beside it: Redfin Data Center. Two sources are never mixed in one number, and a city with fewer than 10 sales in a month shows no median, because a handful of sales can swing it. The full table is free to download as a CSV.
How often is the Orange County market report published?
The Orange County market report is published once a month, within the first ten days, and covers the month before. Each report keeps its own dated page so figures can be quoted and compared later, and this page always shows the newest one. Figures are replaced only when the next month's report goes up.
Are Orange County home prices going down?
Orange County's median sale price changed +0.6% on a year earlier in September 2026, from Redfin Data Center. One month is a small sample and the mix of homes sold moves the median, so the direction over several months is the better guide. Each monthly report shows the trend beside the latest figure.
Is the market report an appraisal of my home?
The Orange County market report is general information about the county and its cities and is not an appraisal of any home. A home's value depends on its street, lot, condition and the recent sales around it. For a written analysis of one home, use the home-value page and Greg Toussieng will send a comparative market analysis.
- Redfin Data Center, public monthly housing data (planned source; each figure caption names the source used) · checked 2026-10-28
- California DRE licence lookup · checked 2026-10-28
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