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July 2025 Issue

The Lamorinda Report July 2025

Lafayette detached home prices rose 26.4% year over year in July 2025, 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
69 +4.5% YoY
Lafayette Detached median
+26.4% year over year
Median days on market
22 days +37.5% YoY
Sale to list
99.3% -1.0% YoY
Sourced from the local MLS
Split by property type
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At a Glance

July 2025 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.

July 2025

Lafayette

Detached 22 closed
Median sale price
$2.19M +26.4% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$916
Median days on market
14
Sale to list
99.9%
Condo 1 closed
Median sale price
$780K -41.7% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$838
Median days on market
57
Sale to list
98.9%
July 2025

Moraga

Detached 14 closed
Median sale price
$1.68M -11.8% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$764
Median days on market
40
Sale to list
99.6%
Condo 4 closed
Median sale price
$477.5K -23.0% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$498
Median days on market
28
Sale to list
98.9%
Townhouse 6 closed
Median sale price
$945K -29.2% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$637
Median days on market
23
Sale to list
99.2%
July 2025

Orinda

Detached 22 closed
Median sale price
$1.81M -24.1% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$802
Median days on market
20
Sale to list
99.3%

What This Means for Lamorinda

Lafayette detached home prices rose 26.4% year over year in July 2025, 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.

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.

Top sale this month
$7M

3890 Happy Valley Rd

Lafayette | 4 days on market | 4,958 sq ft

Closed over list

$3.3M

31 Old Millstone Ln

Detached | Lafayette | 1 days on market

31 Old Millstone Ln closed 24.53% over list in 1 days.

$2.42M

6 Greenwood Ct

Detached | Orinda | 34 days on market

6 Greenwood Ct closed 21.37% over list in 34 days.

$2.32M

3108 Del Oceano Dr

Detached | Lafayette | 4 days on market

3108 Del Oceano Dr closed 16.14% over list in 4 days.

$1.57M

1 Aspinwall Ct

Detached | Orinda | 7 days on market

1 Aspinwall Ct closed 10.92% over list in 7 days.

$2.1M

3363 Springhill Rd

Detached | Lafayette | 2 days on market

3363 Springhill Rd closed 10.82% over list in 2 days.

The long road to closing

$2.98M

45 Laird Dr

Detached | Moraga | 138 days on market

45 Laird Dr spent 138 days on market before closing 0.67% below list.

$2.25M

121 Brookline St

Detached | Moraga | 136 days on market

121 Brookline St spent 136 days on market before closing 2.18% below list.

$1.18M

812 Country Club Dr

Townhouse | Moraga | 106 days on market

812 Country Club Dr spent 106 days on market before closing 1.67% below list.

$1.65M

903 Augusta Dr

Detached | Moraga | 103 days on market

903 Augusta Dr spent 103 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.

July 2025 closings by floor plan:

Plan 2
$1.18M

812 Country Club Dr

Townhouse

Sold
$1.18M
List
$1.19M
DOM
106
$/sq ft
$803
Inverness
$1.55M

1746 Spyglass Ln

Detached

Sold
$1.55M
List
$1.55M
DOM
63
$/sq ft
$708
Forest Hills
$1.65M

903 Augusta Dr

Detached

Sold
$1.65M
List
$1.65M
DOM
103
$/sq ft
$583
Forest Hills
$2.25M

121 Brookline St

Detached

Sold
$2.25M
List
$2.3M
DOM
136
$/sq ft
$675
Transaction log

Closed sales in Lamorinda, July 2025

Every closed sale across Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda for July 2025, reported by property type.

Address City Type Sale price Closed DOM Sq ft
Questions

About this month's data

What was the median home price in Moraga in July 2025?

In July 2025, Moraga's median sale price was detached homes at $1.68M, condominiums at $477.5K, townhouses at $945K. 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 July 2025?

Lafayette's median detached sale price in July 2025 was $2.19M across 22 closings, with a median of 14 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.

Ben Olsen, REALTOR with BrightWork Realty Advocates
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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Data reflects closed transactions from the local MLS for July 2025, split by property type. Figures for the current calendar year are partial. This report is published by BrightWork Realty Advocates and is not an offer of representation.