The LK Fox Market Report · Orange County
How’s the Orange County market doing for sellers right now?
Every month we explain what home prices and sales did in Orange County, in plain English, and what it means for your home.
Latest numbers · August 2026
Orange County at a glance
The median price of an existing single-family home in Orange County was $1,452,500 in August 2026, up 4.9% from a year earlier and down 1.5% from July. Sales were down 3.4% compared with August 2025, and the median home sold in 27 days.
At the August sales pace, the homes for sale would take about 3.1 months to sell.
What’s for sale now (September 2026)
Orange County listings in September: median asking price $1,287,500 (down 6.5% from a year earlier), 4,735 active listings (up 3.9%), median 53 days on market, and 21% of listings with a price cut.
Source: California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.), existing single-family homes, August 2026. Listing data: Realtor.com Economic Research, September 2026 — asking (list) prices, not sale prices. The report updates each month after C.A.R. publishes the prior month’s numbers.
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