Market Report
The Dana Point housing market, as it actually is right now.
I work this stretch of coast every week, and I pull the numbers straight from the MLS rather than a national estimate site. This is the current read on Dana Point: what is selling, how fast, and where price actually sits. For the wider picture, I write it up every issue in my newsletter, Coastal Currents.
Latest available reading: Dana Point — July 2026 snapshot, June single-family closings.
By the Numbers
The current read on Dana Point.
Single-family detached closings from the MLS, plus a city-wide snapshot across all residential.
Dana Point Single-Family · June 2026
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13
Median Days on Market
Down from 19 days last June.
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3.2
Months of Supply
Tighter than 4.3 months a year ago, and flat all spring.
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$2.10M
Median Sales Price
A lower-priced mix closed in June; the trailing three months ran $2.10M to $3.15M. Single-month medians move at low transaction counts.
Dana Point All Residential · July 2026 Snapshot
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32%
Listings with a Price Cut
Up slightly from 31% earlier in the spring.
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95.6%
Sale-to-List Ratio
Homes under $5M closed at 95.5% in May.
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+113%
10-Year Home Value Growth
Tracking San Clemente's +115%.
Sources: California Regional MLS via InfoSparks (June 2026 single-family closings) and Pacific Sotheby's July 2026 Market Report (May 2026 closings, May 2026 Zillow ten-year growth).
The Read
Dana Point caught up faster than most people noticed.
A year ago, Dana Point's residential market, single-family and condos combined, was taking around 100 days to clear inventory. This summer it is down near 80, with active inventory off sharply from where it sat last year. If you had Dana Point filed away as the slower, more patient alternative to San Clemente, the gap has quietly narrowed.
The supply story is sharper for houses. Detached inventory is running meaningfully tighter than a year ago, about 3.2 months of supply against 4.3 last June, and a well-priced single-family home has been finding its buyer in under two weeks. That is a genuinely tight market.
Inside town, two segments run on different clocks. Under five million dollars, well-located homes are closing quickly, often within a couple of weeks and within a few points of list. Above five million, where the Headlands and the oceanfront live, sales take far longer, frequently a few months on market, and the handful of trades each month swing the averages hard. Same town, two completely different negotiations, and knowing which one your home sits in changes everything about how you price and market it.
In Context
How Dana Point sits against its coastal peers.
Figures below are full residential, single-family and condos combined, from the latest July snapshot and May closings. This is how the South OC coast compares town to town.
| City | Days to Clear | Price Cuts | Sale / List |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Point | 81 | 32% | 95.6% |
| San Clemente | 68 | 34% | 101.1% |
| Laguna Beach | 176 | 40% | 97.6% |
| Newport Coast | 173 | 33% | 92.2% |
| San Juan Capistrano | 74 | 34% | 99.0% |
Dana Point clears inventory in about 81 days, third-fastest in this peer set behind San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano, and roughly twice as fast as Laguna Beach or Newport Coast, where homes sit closer to half a year. Its May closings came in near 96 cents on the list dollar, a step behind San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano, though single-month medians swing hard at Dana Point's low transaction counts. Over ten years, values are up +113% in Dana Point, tracking San Clemente's +115% and well ahead of Laguna Beach's +86%, with Newport Coast (+132%) leading the group. The long-term picture favors the coast across the board.
Sources: California Regional MLS via InfoSparks (ShowingTime Plus) and Pacific Sotheby's July 2026 Market Report. Ten-year growth per Pacific Sotheby's / Zillow.
The Town
The neighborhoods that make up Dana Point.
Dana Point is the harbor town between San Clemente and Laguna Beach, anchored by the harbor, Doheny, and Salt Creek. It is not one market. Where a home sits, up on the Headlands, down in the Lantern District, or south in Capo Beach, changes the buyer, the price, and the pace completely.
- The Headlands. The guard-gated, oceanfront top of the market, where The Strand at Headlands regularly trades well into eight figures. This is the segment that takes longer and negotiates harder.
- Monarch Beach. The resort-adjacent enclave around the Waldorf Astoria and Ritz-Carlton, with golf, Salt Creek Beach, and beach-club access. Stable, high-demand, and view-driven.
- Lantern District. The walkable village above the harbor along Del Prado, the heart of Dana Point dining and the most on-foot lifestyle in town. This is where the harbor revitalization is most visible.
- Niguel Shores. A guard-gated 1970s community with its own clubhouse, pool, and tennis, plus private access to the Strand beach walkway. Privacy and amenities at a relative value.
- Capistrano Beach (Capo Beach). The quieter, more character-driven south end near Doheny State Beach. A laid-back alternative to the flashier neighborhoods north of the harbor.
The other thing reshaping this town is the roughly $600M harbor revitalization, now visibly under construction and expected to keep building long-term value into the harbor-adjacent neighborhoods. If you want to understand a specific pocket of Dana Point, that is exactly the kind of thing I am happy to walk through with you.
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