Lafayette
Detached 27 closed
- Median sale price
- $1.78M -0.8% YoY
- Median $/sq ft
- $727
- Median days on market
- 8
- Sale to list
- 103.3%
February 2021 Issue
The Lamorinda Report February 2021
Moraga detached home prices rose 40.3% year over year in February 2021, 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
- 57 +103.6% YoY
- Moraga Detached median
- +40.3% year over year
- Median days on market
- 8 days +14.3% YoY
- Sale to list
- 102.6% +2.4% YoY
At a Glance
February 2021 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 13 closed
- Median sale price
- $1.62M +40.3% YoY
- Median $/sq ft
- $760
- Median days on market
- 7
- Sale to list
- 104.6%
Condo 3 closed
- Median sale price
- $525K -31.5% YoY
- Median $/sq ft
- $459
- Median days on market
- 14
- Sale to list
- 100.0%
Townhouse 2 closed
- Median sale price
- $803K -6.9% YoY
- Median $/sq ft
- $540
- Median days on market
- 9
- Sale to list
- 103.5%
Orinda
Detached 11 closed
- Median sale price
- $1.86M +30.0% YoY
- Median $/sq ft
- $626
- Median days on market
- 29
- Sale to list
- 100.0%
Townhouse 1 closed
- Median sale price
- $1.41M
- Median $/sq ft
- $668
- Median days on market
- 9
- Sale to list
- 98.3%
Trends
Market trends over time
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What This Means for Lamorinda
Moraga detached home prices rose 40.3% year over year in February 2021, 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 sellers with genuine multi-offer potential who want real-time visibility into where demand actually sits, or 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.
$3.92M
1171 Monticello Rd
Closed over list
$1.87M
1252 Rimer Dr.
1252 Rimer Dr. closed 25.08% over list in 6 days.
$1.48M
3305 Berta Ln
3305 Berta Ln closed 23.08% over list in 17 days.
$1.67M
50 Buckingham Dr
50 Buckingham Dr closed 19.46% over list in 6 days.
$3.07M
3400 La Caminita
3400 La Caminita closed 18.27% over list in 12 days.
$1.41M
3293 Helen Ln
3293 Helen Ln closed 17.99% over list in 6 days.
The long road to closing
$2.1M
961 Oak View Cir
961 Oak View Cir spent 280 days on market before closing 6.63% below list.
$1.78M
3337 Walnut Ln
3337 Walnut Ln spent 188 days on market before closing 0.56% below list.
$1.1M
102 Wallace Circle
102 Wallace Circle spent 125 days on market before closing.
$1.86M
253 Manzanita Dr
253 Manzanita Dr spent 97 days on market before closing 1.74% below list.
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.
February 2021 closings by floor plan:
$1.06M
114 La Quinta St
- Sold
- $1.06M
- List
- $1.05M
- DOM
- 14
- $/sq ft
- $616
$1.45M
27 Indian Wells St
- Sold
- $1.45M
- List
- $1.47M
- DOM
- 8
- $/sq ft
- $513
Transaction log
Closed sales in Lamorinda, February 2021
Every closed sale across Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda for February 2021, 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 February 2021?
In February 2021, Moraga's median sale price was detached homes at $1.62M, condominiums at $525K, townhouses at $803K. 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 February 2021?
Lafayette's median detached sale price in February 2021 was $1.78M across 27 closings, with a median of 8 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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