Dana Point, CA Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

Dana Point produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last 12 months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 12 months: 381
• •Median sold price, last 12 months: $2,000,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $1,015
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $1,299,000 and $3,200,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 381 closed sales in Dana Point over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $2,000,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $1,299,000 and $3,200,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 368 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $821 and $1,422 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Dana Point, CA (October 2026)

The median home price in Dana Point is $2,000,000, measured across the 381 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $1,299,000 and $3,200,000.

Where Dana Point sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Dana Point over the last 12 months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $1,299,000 and $3,200,000. Among the 262 California markets with a published band, Dana Point's middle-half spread ($1,299,000 to $3,200,000) ranks 244th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 38 days, across 89 Dana Point closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 13 days, across 136 Dana Point closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months

The Dana Point angle

Dana Point gives a citywide figure very little to work with. It should not start an estimate for a specific address. What it can do is provide context for a comp-based range. Find the closest matches on property type and size, report how many you used, and quote a range rather than a point. The band's upper portion covers more ground than its lower portion. A property that belongs above the midpoint therefore sits in the most dispersed part of an already wide market, and with a shallow comp pool, the inclusion of any one high-side sale can shift the result substantially. Tighten the matching criteria instead of adding marginal comparables.

From market read to offer price

A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Dana Point address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Dana Point, CA
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0617946
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 381
Median sold price: $2,000,000
Median sold $/sqft: $1,015 (368 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Dana Point over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Dana Point city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 12% of the 381 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone matched it at $2,000,000.