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December 2025 Issue

The Lamorinda Report December 2025

Orinda detached home prices rose 6% year over year in December 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
48 +29.7% YoY
Orinda Detached median
+6.0% year over year
Median days on market
21 days +19.4% YoY
Sale to list
99.1% -0.1% YoY
Sourced from the local MLS
Split by property type
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At a Glance

December 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.

December 2025

Lafayette

Detached 17 closed
Median sale price
$1.82M +2.1% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$715
Median days on market
13
Sale to list
100.0%
Condo 2 closed
Median sale price
$1.06M
Median $/sq ft
$736
Median days on market
143
Sale to list
98.5%
Townhouse 1 closed
Median sale price
$1.35M
Median $/sq ft
$682
Median days on market
47
Sale to list
96.5%
December 2025

Moraga

Detached 8 closed
Median sale price
$1.69M -2.3% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$735
Median days on market
78
Sale to list
98.8%
Townhouse 1 closed
Median sale price
$815K -36.0% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$599
Median days on market
54
Sale to list
98.8%
December 2025

Orinda

Detached 17 closed
Median sale price
$1.59M +6.0% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$692
Median days on market
18
Sale to list
99.2%
Townhouse 1 closed
Median sale price
$982K
Median $/sq ft
$487
Median days on market
0
Sale to list
99.3%

What This Means for Lamorinda

Orinda detached home prices rose 6% year over year in December 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. 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
$5M

12 Las Aromas

Orinda | 36 days on market | 9,232 sq ft

Closed over list

$1.55M

3337 S Lucille Ln

Detached | Lafayette | 12 days on market

3337 S Lucille Ln closed 19.57% over list in 12 days.

$2.1M

2199 Hidden Pond Rd

Detached | Lafayette | 19 days on market

2199 Hidden Pond Rd closed 7.95% over list in 19 days.

$3.2M

90 Estates Dr

Detached | Orinda | 27 days on market

90 Estates Dr closed 7.06% over list in 27 days.

$1.48M

980 Janet Ln

Detached | Lafayette | 7 days on market

980 Janet Ln closed 6.09% over list in 7 days.

$1.53M

11 Los Dedos Rd

Detached | Orinda | 18 days on market

11 Los Dedos Rd closed 2.34% over list in 18 days.

The long road to closing

$1.68M

225 Rheem Blvd

Detached | Moraga | 242 days on market

225 Rheem Blvd spent 242 days on market before closing 1.06% below list.

$1.65M

70 Woodbury Highlands Place

Condo | Lafayette | 218 days on market

70 Woodbury Highlands Place spent 218 days on market before closing 2.94% below list.

$2.7M

3938 Los Arabis Dr

Detached | Lafayette | 212 days on market

3938 Los Arabis Dr spent 212 days on market before closing 9.85% below list.

$1.52M

85 Buckingham Drive

Detached | Moraga | 128 days on market

85 Buckingham Drive spent 128 days on market before closing.

Transaction log

Closed sales in Lamorinda, December 2025

Every closed sale across Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda for December 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 December 2025?

In December 2025, Moraga's median sale price was detached homes at $1.69M, townhouses at $815K. 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 2025?

Lafayette's median detached sale price in December 2025 was $1.82M across 17 closings, with a median of 13 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 December 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.