What is my home worth in Orange County and LA County? If you bought three or more years ago, your home might be worth more than the number you carry in your head, and the way to know is to look at recent comparable sales near your street. In the third quarter of 2026, single-family homes in Orange County sold for an average of $2,090,835, up 11.2% from a year earlier, and Los Angeles County homes in CRMLS averaged $1,551,572, up 8.0% (CRMLS, pulled October 3, 2026).
Christine pulls real comps for your street. It takes her about fifteen minutes, and you get a real number this week, at no cost and with no obligation.
Christine Almarines is a top real estate agent in Buena Park and Cerritos helping homeowners sell in Orange County and Los Angeles County. Below, you will see how each county moved in Q3 2026 and how to turn a county average into a number for your own home.
The market numbers in this article cover January 2025 through September 2026 from CRMLS. Comments about 2020 to 2022 reflect Christine’s own experience, not data. Los Angeles County homes are listed on more than one MLS, so the LA County figures cover only LA County homes in CRMLS and may not include every sale in the county.
Your home’s value usually tracks what similar homes near you have recently sold for. A county number blends too many cities and price bands to tell you that.
Orange County and Los Angeles County each cover many cities, from starter condos to large family homes. Christine works with homeowners in Buena Park and Cerritos, plus Anaheim, Bellflower, Cypress, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Long Beach, Lakewood, and Placentia. A home in one of those cities can sit far above or below its county average.
Both counties rose from a year earlier. The Orange County average sale price climbed 11.2% to $2,090,835, and the Los Angeles County average in CRMLS climbed 8.0% to $1,551,572.
Single-family detached homes in Orange County and Los Angeles County, from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS), pulled October 3, 2026. Los Angeles County homes are listed on more than one MLS, so the LA County column covers only LA County homes in CRMLS and may not include every sale in the county.
| Q3 2026 (Q3 2025 in parentheses) | Orange County | Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|
| Average sale price | $2,090,835 ($1,880,358) | $1,551,572 ($1,436,531) |
| Change from a year ago | Up 11.2% | Up 8.0% |
| Q2 2026 average sale price | $2,047,909 (Q3 about 2% higher) | $1,542,145 (Q3 about level) |
| Average days active in MLS | 33 (34) | 35 (35) |
| Percent of original price received | 97.9% (97.3%) | 98.8% (98.2%) |
| New listings | 3,972 (4,170), down 4.7% | 12,638 (13,337), down 5.2% |
| Closed sales | 3,174 (3,271), down 3.0% | 8,258 (8,229), about flat |
Month by month in Q3 2026:
| Month | County | Average sale price | Closed sales | Average days active | Percent of original price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | Orange County | $2,130,176 | 1,130 | 32 | 98.2% |
| July | Los Angeles County | $1,608,576 | 2,974 | 33 | 99.5% |
| August | Orange County | $2,069,993 | 1,034 | 32 | 97.9% |
| August | Los Angeles County | $1,502,584 | 2,691 | 35 | 98.5% |
| September | Orange County | $2,068,157 | 1,010 | 35 | 97.5% |
| September | Los Angeles County | $1,537,033 | 2,593 | 37 | 98.2% |
How to read it:
The first nine months of 2026 point the same way as the quarter. The average Los Angeles County sale price in CRMLS rose 13%, from $1,349,577 in January through September 2025 to $1,528,775 in the same months of 2026.
Closed sales rose too. 23,660 Los Angeles County homes in CRMLS closed in those nine months, up 13%. The longer view smooths out month-to-month swings, like the July to August dip in the table above. For Orange County, use the quarterly figures.
No. An 11.2% or 8.0% rise in a county average does not mean your home gained 11.2% or 8.0%.
An average describes the mix of homes that sold, not the value of any one home. Your neighborhood, square footage, lot, condition, and updates all move your number in their own direction.
In Christine’s experience, most people have no idea what their home is actually worth right now. Many owners who bought three or more years ago still carry an old number from 2020, 2021, or 2022. In her experience, values moved a lot over those years. If you have not checked lately, you may be sitting on more than you think. Or the number may be closer to what you expect. Comparable sales settle it either way.
Christine pulls recent comparable sales near your street and turns them into one number for your home. There is no cost and no obligation.
Online estimate sites, Zillow among them, are a fair starting point. They work from broad data and may not know your updates or the condition of your home. Comps for your street fill that gap.
Any homeowner who bought three or more years ago and has not looked at recent sales is a good candidate. In Christine’s experience, that owner often has not looked at all.
In her experience, these three reasons come up most:
Send Christine your address. She will pull comps for your street and get you a real number this week, at no cost and with no obligation.
How do I find out what my Orange County or LA County home is worth?
The clearest answer to “what is my home worth in Orange County and LA County” comes from recent comparable sales near your street. Christine pulls them in about fifteen minutes through the complimentary market evaluation.
Does it cost anything to find out?
No. Christine’s market evaluation is no cost and no obligation.
Is the county average sale price what my home is worth?
No. The Q3 2026 averages, $2,090,835 in Orange County and $1,551,572 for Los Angeles County homes in CRMLS, describe the mix of homes that sold, not any one home.
Did home prices go up in Orange County and Los Angeles County in 2026?
Compared with Q3 2025, yes. In Q3 2026 the average sale price rose 11.2% in Orange County and 8.0% for Los Angeles County homes in CRMLS (CRMLS, pulled October 3, 2026).
Is an online estimate good enough?
It is a fair starting point. Comparable sales for your street, adjusted for size, condition, and updates, give you a number you can plan around.
Who can help me with this in Orange County and LA County?
Christine Almarines of CA Real Estate Group, licensed since 2004, works with homeowners in Buena Park, Cerritos, and the surrounding cities. Get your complimentary market evaluation, start with the Sure Seller Course, or book a consultation.
Source: All market data is from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. InfoSparks © 2026 ShowingTime Plus, LLC. Single-family detached, Orange County and Los Angeles County, monthly data January 2025 through September 2026, as of October 3, 2026. Quarterly and year-to-date figures calculated from monthly data.
If you’re thinking about selling and want to know how your home should be positioned in today’s market, I’d be happy to help.
Your Buena Park home value might be higher than the number you carry in your head, especially if you bought more than three years ago and have not checked since. The only way to know is to look at real comparable sales on your street, and Christine Almarines can pull those for you this week.
In Q3 2026, single-family detached homes in Buena Park sold for an average of $1,045,412, up 4.3% from $1,002,350 in Q3 2025. Homes averaged 25 days in the MLS, and sellers received 98.5% of their original price (CRMLS, pulled October 3, 2026).
Christine Almarines is a top real estate agent in Buena Park and Cerritos helping homeowners sell in Orange County and Los Angeles County. Buena Park is her home market, and this article is for the owner who has not looked at their number in a while.
The market numbers in this article come from CRMLS and cover January 2025 through September 2026 only. Comments about how values moved between 2020 and 2022 reflect Christine Almarines’s own experience, not data in this report.
It can. The longer it has been since you bought, the more likely the number in your head is out of date.
In Christine’s experience, values in this area moved a lot between 2020 and 2022. Many owners who bought before or during that stretch still think in terms of their purchase price, or whatever number came up at their last refinance. She also finds that most people have no idea what their home is actually worth right now.
If you bought three or more years ago, you may be sitting on more than you think. Or you may not. A real number settles it, and it costs you nothing to ask.
Buena Park average sale prices are up from a year ago. The Q3 2026 average ran 4.3% higher than Q3 2025, and the first nine months of 2026 ran 4.8% higher than the same months of 2025.
Single-family detached homes in Buena Park, from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS), pulled October 3, 2026.
| Measure | 2026 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 average sale price | $1,045,412 | $1,002,350 | Up 4.3% |
| Q3 closed sales | 67 | 80 | Down 16% |
| Q3 new listings | 77 | 84 | Down 8% |
| Q3 average days in MLS | 25 | 24 | 1 more day |
| Q3 percent of original price received | 98.5% | 98.1% | Slightly higher |
| January to September average sale price | $1,040,850 | $993,172 | Up 4.8% |
| January to September closed sales | 190 | 205 | 15 fewer |
How to read it:
An online estimate is a fair starting point, but it works from broad data and cannot walk through your house. Real comparable sales on your street show what buyers recently paid for homes like yours.
Online estimate sites, Zillow among them, are useful for a quick look. The gap shows up in the details.
| An online estimate | Real comparable sales on your street | |
|---|---|---|
| How recent the sales are | May blend older sales or a wider area | Recent closed sales picked close to your home |
| Size and layout | Often relies on public records for square footage and rooms | Compares homes with a similar size and floor plan |
| Updates and condition | Usually cannot see a new kitchen or an older roof | Accounts for what was updated and what was not |
| Lot and street | Often treats nearby streets alike | Weighs lot size, a busy street, or a quiet cul-de-sac |
| Who checked it | A computer model | Christine, reviewing the sales that fit your home |
A current number helps with three decisions: whether to sell, whether to talk to a lender, or simply where you stand today.
| Situation | The question it answers | What your number does |
|---|---|---|
| Selling | Does a move make sense for me now? | Shows what buyers are paying for homes like yours, so you can plan your next step with real figures |
| Refinancing | Is it worth a conversation with a lender? | Gives you a current starting point. A lender decides what you qualify for. |
| Just knowing where you stand | What is my home worth today? | Replaces an old mental number with a current one, with no plans required |
No one can tell you where prices will go. What you can do is watch a few signals from the latest CRMLS data.
Send Christine your address. She pulls real comps for your street, and you get a real number this week, at no cost and with no obligation.
If the last number you saw for your home is three or more years old, start here.
How do I find out what my Buena Park home is worth?
The most reliable way to check your Buena Park home value is to compare it with recent closed sales of similar homes on or near your street. Christine pulls those comps for you and gets you a real number this week.
Does it cost anything to find out?
No. Christine’s market evaluation has no cost and no obligation.
Is an online estimate good enough?
It is a reasonable first look. It cannot see your updates, your layout, or what is happening on your specific street, which is where real comparable sales help.
Are Buena Park home prices going up?
The Q3 2026 average sale price for Buena Park single-family homes was $1,045,412, up 4.3% from Q3 2025 (CRMLS, pulled October 3, 2026). That average reflects the mix of homes that sold, not the value of any one home.
Do I need to be planning to sell?
No. Plenty of owners just want to know where they stand. Your number is useful whether you plan to sell, plan to talk with a lender, or plan to stay put.
Who can help me with this in Buena Park?
Christine Almarines of CA Real Estate Group, licensed since 2004, pulls real comps for Buena Park homeowners who want a current number. Get your complimentary market evaluation or book a consultation.
Source: All market data is from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. InfoSparks © 2026 ShowingTime Plus, LLC. Single-family detached, Buena Park, monthly data January 2025 through September 2026, as of October 3, 2026. Quarterly and year-to-date figures calculated from monthly data.
If you’re thinking about selling and want to know how your home should be positioned in today’s market, I’d be happy to help.
If you are asking “what is my Cerritos home worth,” the only way to know is to compare your home to real recent sales on and near your street. If you bought three or more years ago, your equity might be higher than the number you carry in your head. Christine Almarines can pull real comparable sales for your street and give you a real number this week.
The city as a whole was steady. The average Cerritos single-family sale price was $1,221,457 in Q3 2026, up 0.9% from $1,211,063 in Q3 2025, and homes spent an average of 17 days active in the MLS (CRMLS, pulled October 3, 2026). A flat city average does not tell you where your own home landed.
Christine Almarines is a top real estate agent in Buena Park and Cerritos helping homeowners sell in Orange County and Los Angeles County. She works with Cerritos homeowners who want a clear number before they decide anything.
The market numbers in this article cover single-family detached homes in Cerritos from January 2025 through September 2026, from CRMLS. Any comments about how values moved from 2020 to 2022 reflect Christine Almarines’s own experience in the market, not data shown here.
Home equity is what your home could sell for today minus what you still owe on it. To figure out yours, you need two numbers: your current loan balance, which is on your mortgage statement, and a realistic value for your home based on recent nearby sales.
The loan balance is the easy part. The value is where most people guess. In Christine’s experience, homeowners hold onto the price they paid or a number they heard years ago, and that number rarely matches today.
Illustration only, not data. Say someone bought a home for a made-up $500,000 several years ago.
| Item | Made-up amount |
|---|---|
| What the home might sell for today | $700,000 |
| What is still owed on the loan | $350,000 |
| Equity (value minus what is owed) | $350,000 |
These are round, invented numbers to show the math. They are not Cerritos figures.
An online estimate is a fair place to start, but it cannot see your house. Your real value comes from comparable sales. Online estimate sites, Zillow among them, work from broad data, so they can miss the details that buyers actually pay for.
Real comparable sales on your street add what a computer model can’t:
Cerritos prices held about even. The Q3 2026 average sale price was up 0.9% over Q3 2025, and January through September 2026 averaged $1,256,515 across 149 sales, up about 2.8% from $1,222,607 across 140 sales in the same months of 2025.
Single-family detached homes in Cerritos, from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS), pulled October 3, 2026.
| Measure | Q3 2026 | Q3 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sale price | $1,221,457 | $1,211,063 | Up 0.9% |
| Closed sales | 59 | 50 | Up 18% |
| New listings | 76 | 54 | Up 41% |
| Average days active in MLS | 17 | 25 | 8 days faster |
| Percent of original price received | 99.7% | 100.6% | Down 0.9 points |
And here is how the three months of Q3 2026 looked on their own.
| Month (2026) | Average sale price | Closed sales | Average days active |
|---|---|---|---|
| July | $1,269,579 | 20 | 16 |
| August | $1,240,284 | 19 | 18 |
| September | $1,155,450 | 20 | 17 |
How to read it:
The average moves because a different mix of homes sells each month. It reflects which houses closed, not a change in what your home is worth.
In July 2026 the Cerritos average was $1,269,579. By September it was $1,155,450. Cerritos had 59 sales in the quarter, so a few unusually high or low sales can move the average. A month with several larger homes pulls it up. A month with more smaller homes pulls it down. The same mix effect can help explain why Q3 came in 6.1% below Q2.
An average is not your home’s value. That is why, in a city that was flat year over year, your own comparable sales matter more than any citywide number.
Anyone who has not looked in a while should check. In Christine’s experience, three kinds of homeowners get the most out of knowing their number:
In Christine’s experience, homeowners who bought three or more years ago often have not looked at all. She has seen values in this area move a lot since 2020, 2021, and 2022, so the number in your head may be out of date.
A real review starts with your home and the sales closest to it, not a citywide average. Here is how it works with Christine:
Send your address and get a real number for your Cerritos home this week. No cost, no obligation, and no pressure to do anything with it.
How do I find out what my Cerritos home is worth?
To answer “what is my Cerritos home worth,” compare your home to recent sales of similar homes near your street. Christine Almarines pulls those comparable sales and gives you a real number this week.
Does it cost anything to find out?
No. Christine’s market evaluation costs nothing, and there is no obligation.
Did Cerritos home prices go up in 2026?
Slightly. The Q3 2026 average sale price was $1,221,457, up 0.9% from Q3 2025, and January through September 2026 was up about 2.8% from the same months of 2025 (CRMLS, pulled October 3, 2026).
How fast are Cerritos homes selling?
Single-family homes in Cerritos averaged 17 days active in the MLS in Q3 2026, down from 25 days a year earlier.
Is the Cerritos average price the value of my home?
No. The average reflects the mix of homes that sold in a given period. Your value depends on your home’s size, condition, updates, lot, and street.
Who can help me with this in Cerritos?
Christine Almarines of CA Real Estate Group, licensed since 2004, works with Cerritos homeowners. Get your complimentary market evaluation, start with the Sure Seller Course, or book a consultation.
Source: All market data is from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. InfoSparks © 2026 ShowingTime Plus, LLC. Single-family detached, Cerritos, monthly data January 2025 through September 2026, as of October 3, 2026. Quarterly and year-to-date figures calculated from monthly data.
If you’re thinking about selling and want to know how your home should be positioned in today’s market, I’d be happy to help.
Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, and in Southern California that usually means warm evenings, plenty of kids in costumes, and a lot of foot traffic up and down our front walkways.
A few simple home maintenance checks now can help make your porch and walkway safer for trick-or-treaters, and for you too.
Costumes can make it hard to see where to step, and kids are often looking at the candy, not the ground. Good lighting helps.
Do this early in the week, so you are not hunting for a bulb on Halloween afternoon.
Walk the path from the sidewalk to your front door slowly, the way a child in a costume would. Look for:
Repair what you can, and clearly mark or remove what you cannot fix before Halloween. If a handrail is loose or a step is damaged, it is worth getting repaired properly. Wondering about liability if someone trips? Read Halloween Hazards: Are Homeowners Liable for Injury to a Trick-or-Treater?
Branches at face height and plants growing over the walkway can scratch or trip trick-or-treaters. Trim shrubs, vines, and tree limbs so the path is open and the front door is easy to see from the street.
This one is easy to miss in Southern California. If your sprinklers or drip system run in the evening, the walkway and lawn can be wet and slippery just when kids are coming up the path. Check your timer and pause watering on Halloween night.
Doorbell traffic can stress dogs. Plan where your pets will be during peak trick-or-treat hours.
If you decorate with real pumpkins, remember that carved pumpkins can spoil quickly in warm weather. Carve them closer to Halloween and keep them out of direct sun. Looking for pumpkins? See our SoCal pumpkin patch guide.
Southern California neighborhoods see a lot of foot traffic on Halloween, with warm evenings, families out together, and kids who are watching the candy, not the ground.
A well-lit, clear walkway helps everyone get to your door safely, and it saves you a last-minute scramble on the day itself.
Call a professional if you notice significantly uneven or cracked concrete, a damaged step or handrail, or if your outdoor lighting has a wiring problem. Do not take a chance on electrical work you are not comfortable doing.
Prices vary by home and by what needs fixing, so ask for a written estimate.
A safe, well-lit walkway welcomes trick-or-treaters and helps keep everyone, including you, from tripping or slipping. Take ten minutes this week to walk the path, fix what you can, and set yourself up for an easy Halloween night.
Decorating too? Read our Halloween decoration safety checklist. Buena Park families can also get a free Halloween Night Survival Kit from CARE Group, and you can find more seasonal advice in our home maintenance tips.
Replace burnt-out bulbs, keep the walkway well lit, remove tripping hazards like cords and hoses, and keep the path clear of overgrown plants.
Look for cracked or uneven concrete and pavers, loose steps, wobbly handrails, curled doormats, and anything stretched across the walkway.
It is a good idea. Evening watering can leave walkways and lawns wet and slippery when kids are walking up to your door.
Call a pro for significantly uneven concrete, damaged steps or handrails, or any outdoor lighting wiring problem.
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