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

Laguna Woods's tracked sales are overwhelmingly condos, which changes how every number below should be read: the median tracks that segment, not a blend of property types. Here is what actually closed over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 361
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $455,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $415
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $327,500 and $600,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 361 closed sales in Laguna Woods over the last six months, with a median closing price of $455,000. 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 $327,500 and $600,000. 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. 89% of the Laguna Woods closings we track here are condos, so these figures describe that segment rather than every property type in the city, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 360 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $327 and $545 per square foot.

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

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

The median home price in Laguna Woods is $455,000, measured across the 361 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $327,500 and $600,000.

Where Laguna Woods sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Laguna Woods 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 $327,500 and $600,000. Among the 262 California markets with a published band, Laguna Woods's middle-half spread ($327,500 to $600,000) ranks 190th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 66th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 40 days, across 179 Laguna Woods closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 29 days, across 214 Laguna Woods closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Laguna Woods angle

Laguna Woods lands in unremarkable territory on both of the measures that drive comp strategy. The $327,500 to $600,000 band is about typical in width for the markets we track, and 361 closings is a solid sample. So $455,000 is a legitimate orientation point, and there is enough volume to build past it. Building past it means matching on property type first, then size, then condition, and reading the number off the survivors instead of adjusting the citywide figure. Track how many sales remain at each step. The band tilts upward, with more dollars between $455,000 and $600,000 than between $327,500 and $455,000, so a set weighted to the high side spans more in absolute terms. That belongs in the range you quote.

From market read to offer price

In a market this concentrated in condos, pricing any one property starts with its own segment, not the citywide line. 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 Woods 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 Woods, CA
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0639259
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 361
Median sold price: $455,000
Median sold $/sqft: $415 (360 qualifying)
Property mix: 89% condos
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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 Woods over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.