Lafayette
Detached 11 closed
- Median sale price
- $1.65M -2.9% YoY
- Median $/sq ft
- $741
- Median days on market
- 21
- Sale to list
- 102.0%
December 2023 Issue
The Lamorinda Report December 2023
Orinda detached home prices fell 24.9% year over year in December 2023, 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.
- Total closings
- 32 -34.7% YoY
- Orinda Detached median
- -24.9% year over year
- Median days on market
- 22 days -24.1% YoY
- Sale to list
- 100.0% +3.6% YoY
At a Glance
December 2023 at a glance
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.
Moraga
Detached 4 closed
- Median sale price
- $1.92M +12.8% YoY
- Median $/sq ft
- $694
- Median days on market
- 56
- Sale to list
- 95.6%
Condo 3 closed
- Median sale price
- $525K -4.3% YoY
- Median $/sq ft
- $508
- Median days on market
- 54
- Sale to list
- 92.5%
Townhouse 3 closed
- Median sale price
- $1.2M +3.9% YoY
- Median $/sq ft
- $750
- Median days on market
- 8
- Sale to list
- 100.1%
Orinda
Detached 11 closed
- Median sale price
- $1.6M -24.9% YoY
- Median $/sq ft
- $765
- Median days on market
- 17
- Sale to list
- 98.6%
Trends
Market trends over time
Select a property type, then toggle metrics and communities. The current year is partial.
Select a property type, then toggle metrics and communities. No blended median is shown. The 2025 year is partial.
What This Means for Lamorinda
Orinda detached home prices fell 24.9% year over year in December 2023, 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 buyers and sellers inside Moraga Country Club specifically, where floor plan and sale history tell a more precise story than the citywide numbers alone. Worth a conversation if any of that sounds like where you are.
Transactions with a Story
The sales that beat expectation, and the ones that fought for it
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.
$4.58M
3963 Los Arabis Dr
Closed over list
$1.55M
14 Berkshire Street
14 Berkshire Street closed 20.08% over list in 10 days.
$2.15M
16 Donald Dr
16 Donald Dr closed 16.28% over list in 7 days.
$2.06M
26 Hidden Valley Rd.
26 Hidden Valley Rd. closed 16.06% over list in 19 days.
$1.35M
3260 Silverado Ct
3260 Silverado Ct closed 12.59% over list in 24 days.
$2M
88 Silverwood Dr.
88 Silverwood Dr. closed 11.42% over list in 8 days.
The long road to closing
$1.65M
3445 Shangri La Rd
3445 Shangri La Rd spent 126 days on market before closing 5.71% below list.
$2.98M
7 Oak Flat Road
7 Oak Flat Road spent 84 days on market before closing 6.89% below list.
$2M
92 Courter Ln
92 Courter Ln spent 67 days on market before closing.
$1.4M
1098 N Thompson Road
1098 N Thompson Road spent 65 days on market before closing.
MCC Spotlight
Moraga Country Club
Moraga Country Club sales are reported as detached and townhouse homes only. MCC has no condominium sales in our data, so its price split is narrower than Moraga citywide.
December 2023 closings by floor plan:
$1.55M
14 Berkshire Street
- Sold
- $1.55M
- List
- $1.29M
- DOM
- 10
- $/sq ft
- $1002
Transaction log
Closed sales in Lamorinda, December 2023
Every closed sale across Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda for December 2023, reported by property type.
| Address | City | Type | Sale price | Closed | DOM | Sq ft |
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Questions
About this month's data
What was the median home price in Moraga in December 2023?
In December 2023, Moraga's median sale price was detached homes at $1.92M, condominiums at $525K, townhouses at $1.2M. 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.
What was the median detached home price in Lafayette in December 2023?
Lafayette's median detached sale price in December 2023 was $1.65M across 11 closings, with a median of 21 days on market.
When are Lamorinda home prices highest during the year?
Across 2021 through 2025, our detached-only seasonal index shows sale prices peaking in May and reaching their low in January.
Does Moraga Country Club include condominiums?
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.
REALTOR, BrightWork Realty Advocates
Ben Olsen
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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