Orinda detached home prices rose 18.3% year over year in August 2026, the largest move of the three communities.
Median prices, days on market, and full property-type detail for Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda. Every figure is split by property type. No blended medians.
Each city is broken out by property type. Reporting a single blended median would misstate this market, most of all in Moraga, where condominium and townhouse prices sit well below detached homes.
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Orinda detached home prices rose 18.3% year over year in August 2026, the largest move of the three communities. The picture shifts for different kinds of buyers and sellers across Lamorinda this month. That's a real opportunity for anyone whose listing expired elsewhere and is ready to relaunch with a different strategy instead of just cutting the price, or sellers who'd rather fund pre-sale improvements than sell at a discount, through pre-sale construction financing. Worth a conversation if any of that sounds like where you are.
The month's standouts across all three towns: the top sale, the homes that closed furthest over list, and the ones that took the longest road to closing. Every note below is computed from the closing data.
18 Sycamore Rd closed 15.19% over list in 4 days.
21 MONTE VISTA ROAD closed 14.39% over list in 13 days.
3115 Del Oceano Dr closed 13.9% over list in 8 days.
3151 Sandalwood Ct closed 13.65% over list in 5 days.
957 Reliez Station Rd closed 13.11% over list in 10 days.
128 Oak Rd spent 120 days on market before closing 1.8% below list.
210 Lafayette Circle spent 114 days on market before closing.
3391 Woodview Dr spent 79 days on market before closing 16.83% below list.
919 Dewing Ave spent 78 days on market before closing 1.48% below list.
Every closed sale across Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda for August 2026, reported by property type.
| Address | City | Type | Sale price | Closed | DOM | Sq ft |
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In August 2026, Moraga's median sale price was detached homes at $1.88M, condominiums at $420K, townhouses at $1M. BrightWork reports each property type separately because a single blended median misrepresents the Moraga market, where condominium and townhouse prices sit far below detached homes.
Lafayette's median detached sale price in August 2026 was $1.85M across 27 closings, with a median of 14 days on market.
Across 2021 through 2025, our detached-only seasonal index shows sale prices peaking in May and reaching their low in January.
No. Moraga Country Club sales in our data are detached and townhouse homes only. It has no condominium sales, so its detached versus townhouse price gap is narrower than the citywide Moraga split.
Based on the most recent month of closed sales (August 2026), the median sale price in Lafayette is detached homes at $1.85M across 27 closings, condominiums at $935K across 3 closings. Each property type is reported separately because a single blended median would misstate this market. These figures come from local MLS closing data compiled by BrightWork Realty Advocates for the Lamorinda Report and update monthly as new closings are reported.
Based on the most recent month of closed sales (August 2026), the median sale price in Moraga is detached homes at $1.88M across 7 closings, condominiums at $420K across 1 closing, townhouses at $1M across 1 closing. Each property type is reported separately because a single blended median would misstate this market. These figures come from local MLS closing data compiled by BrightWork Realty Advocates for the Lamorinda Report and update monthly as new closings are reported.
Based on the most recent month of closed sales (August 2026), the median sale price in Orinda is detached homes at $1.79M across 13 closings. Each property type is reported separately because a single blended median would misstate this market. These figures come from local MLS closing data compiled by BrightWork Realty Advocates for the Lamorinda Report and update monthly as new closings are reported.
REALTOR, BrightWork Realty Advocates
DRE 02014153 / 01409268 (Ben Olsen)
Ben Olsen represents buyers and sellers through BrightWork Realty Advocates, with a practical, data-driven focus on Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda, the pricing patterns that actually move within each city, and the details that separate a well-timed decision from a rushed one.
This report is designed as a field guide for Lamorinda decisions: real closing data every month, split by city and property type, the sales that beat expectation and the ones that didn't, and a clearer way to read what's actually happening before you list or make an offer.
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