Laguna Beach, CA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Laguna Beach, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Laguna Beach sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 219
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $3,250,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $1,580
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $2,290,000 and $4,500,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 219 closed sales in Laguna Beach over the last six months, with a median closing price of $3,250,000. 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 $2,290,000 and $4,500,000. 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. 81% of the Laguna Beach closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 217 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $1,246 and $2,129 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Laguna Beach, CA (September 2026)

The median home price in Laguna Beach is $3,250,000, measured across the 219 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $2,290,000 and $4,500,000.

Where Laguna Beach sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Laguna Beach over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $2,290,000 and $4,500,000. Among the 262 California markets with a published band, Laguna Beach's middle-half spread ($2,290,000 to $4,500,000) ranks 209th 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 61 days, across 97 Laguna Beach closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 13 days, across 110 Laguna Beach closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Laguna Beach angle

Few closings and a broad spread make Laguna Beach a market to price cautiously. Together they mean the citywide median cannot anchor a specific property, and there may not be enough matched sales to replace it cleanly. The workable approach is to match on property type, accept a looser size and condition window than you would prefer, and be candid about the resulting uncertainty. The upper half of the band covers more dollars than the lower half, so a comp set drawn from the high side carries a great deal of absolute spread. Quote a range, attach the count of sales behind it, and treat $3,250,000 as context rather than as a starting number.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. 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 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 Laguna Beach 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: Laguna Beach, CA
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0639178
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 219
Median sold price: $3,250,000
Median sold $/sqft: $1,580 (217 qualifying)
Property mix: 81% houses
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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 Laguna Beach over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.