The typical home value in
Orange County
is projected to be
$1,202,500
for the month of
February.
January’s
finalized data reported the typical value of a home in the
county
to be
$1,190,000—down
0.83%
over the previous 12 months.
For comparison,
state-level
data pegged home values at
$780,100
in
California
for the most recent reporting period.
That number is expected to float around
$773,800
in
February.
Orange County
had
2,141
new listings and
1,668
listings that went under contract in
January,
increasing
the area’s total available inventory to
3,840—up
6.82%
from the previous month. Inventory is projected to have further
increased
in
February.
Of those
3,840
active listings,
19.17%
reduced their price in the month of
January.
The median listing price for homes in
Orange County
grew
4.17%
from
December
to
January,
bringing the current median listing price to
$1,250,000.
Based on projected data for
February,
listing prices may continue to
grow.
The number of days that homes have been on the market prior to going under contract
fell
year-over-year. In
January 2026,
the median time for a listed property to go pending was
61
days, compared to
67
days in
January 2025.
In recent months the median number of days from listed to pending appears to be decreasing.
That trend is predicted to have carried through to this
February.
