August 2026 Market Data •Redfin City-Limits Figures

Here’s where the Dana Point market stands as of August 2026, the most recent full month of closings, with year-over-year comparisons to August 2025. Figures are Redfin city-limits data.

At a Glance — Dana Point, August 2026

“Competition” reflects Redfin’s Compete Score — a 0–100 rating of how hard buyers compete for homes over the trailing three months, based on how many offers homes receive, how often they sell above asking, how quickly they go pending, and the sale-to-list ratio.

Prices and Pace

Dana Point closed August at a $1,948,710 median, 6.2% above last August. That is a healthy gain, though a step down from the 13.6% annual increase the city posted in June, and the median itself eased about 2% from that reading. Volume was lighter, with 115 closings, down 7.4% from a year ago.

Pace improved meaningfully. Median days on market fell 17 days year over year to 43, and the typical Dana Point home now goes pending in about 44 days — down from roughly 51 in June. The city holds a somewhat competitive rating with a Compete Score of 60, placing it comfortably between the fast mid-tier cities to the south and the slower luxury markets to the north.

Where the Leverage Sits

Dana Point is one of the more balanced markets on the coast. The sale-to-list ratio came in at 98.7% — the average sale closed about 1% under asking — and 26.5% of homes sold above list, roughly one in four. Price reductions were the lowest in coastal Orange County at 22.5%, down from June. That combination says sellers here are pricing accurately and buyers are responding, without the bidding-war intensity found inland. There is room to negotiate, but not much of it, and mostly on listings that have been sitting.

What This Means for Buyers

This is a market that rewards being ready rather than being aggressive. Homes go pending in about six weeks and one in four sells above asking, so a lowball opening on a fresh, well-presented listing is likely to go nowhere. Be pre-approved, see properties early, and save your negotiating energy for homes that have been on market beyond about forty-five days.

Dana Point covers a lot of ground in value terms — Monarch Beach, the Lantern District, Capistrano Beach and the harbor-adjacent neighborhoods all price differently. Anchor your expectations to comparable sales in the specific area you want, and if an ocean view is part of the equation, understand that view premiums here are large and not well captured by any citywide figure.

What This Means for Sellers

The numbers favor you, provided you price accurately. A 98.7% sale-to-list ratio and the lowest reduction rate on the coast mean sellers in Dana Point are, on the whole, getting their pricing right — and being rewarded for it with a six-week timeline.

The lesson runs the other way too. In a city where fewer than a quarter of listings reduce, a price cut is a conspicuous signal that you started too high. Come to market at a defensible number supported by recent nearby sales, put real money into presentation, and expect to be in escrow in about a month and a half.

Bottom Line

Dana Point is the coast’s balanced market — up 6.2% year over year, closing within about 1% of asking, going pending in roughly six weeks, and carrying the lowest price-reduction rate in coastal Orange County. Neither side has a decisive edge, which makes accurate pricing and prompt action the deciding factors.

Data provided by Redfin (redfin.com). Figures are city-limits monthly data for August 2026; competitiveness and time-to-pending reflect Redfin’s trailing three-month Compete Score.