How did home valuation prices perform in Orange County during 2025?

Hugh Nguyen, Clerk & Recorder of Orange County
Hugh Nguyen, Clerk & Recorder of Orange County
0Comments

The median sale price of a home sold in 2025 in Orange County rose by $50,000, while total sales decreased by 8.4%, according to BlockShopper.com.

Throughout 2025, 13,754 homes were sold in the county, with a median sale price of $1,350,000. This is a 3.8% increase over the $1,300,000 median sale price during the same period in 2024, when there were 15,008 homes sold.

Based on the latest available data from 2021, the median property tax in Orange County was $5,978, which stands at 0.4% of the median home sale price for 2025.

U.S. home prices continued to rise in 2025, with the national median reaching about $447,000 in June. That’s up 1.13% from a year earlier, according to Redfin. The data also show a significant gap in supply and demand, with 36% more sellers than buyers (a difference of 508,715 homes). By Redfin’s definition, a balanced market has seller and buyer numbers within 10% of each other.

The following histogram displays changes in median sales prices in Orange County from January 2024 to December 2025.

Information in this article was obtained from BlockShopper.com. The source data can be found here.



Related

Hugh Nguyen, Clerk & Recorder of Orange County

Orange County median home valuation prices rose by 2.7% in Q4 2025

The median sale price of a home sold in the fourth quarter of 2025 in Orange County rose by $35,000, while total sales decreased by 15.3%.

Hugh Nguyen, Clerk & Recorder of Orange County

Ladera Ranch property tax rates exceeded US average in Q4 2025

Homeowners in Ladera Ranch paid property taxes equal to 0.9% of their home’s value during the fourth quarter of 2025, surpassing the national average, data from BlockShopper.com show.

Hugh Nguyen, Clerk & Recorder of Orange County

Rancho Santa Margarita property tax rate below U.S. average in Q4 2025

Homeowners in Rancho Santa Margarita paid property taxes equal to 0.6% of their home value in the fourth quarter of 2025, which is under 0.7 times the national average, BlockShopper.com reports.

Trending

The Weekly Newsletter

Sign-up for the Weekly Newsletter from South OC Times.