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May 2025 Issue

The Lamorinda Report May 2025

Orinda detached home prices fell 19.4% year over year in May 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
82 -1.2% YoY
Orinda Detached median
-19.4% year over year
Median days on market
13 days +22.7% YoY
Sale to list
100.0% -1.7% YoY
Sourced from the local MLS
Split by property type
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At a Glance

May 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.

May 2025

Lafayette

Detached 33 closed
Median sale price
$2.27M -3.2% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$925
Median days on market
10
Sale to list
100.0%
Condo 1 closed
Median sale price
$855K -41.0% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$590
Median days on market
19
Sale to list
107.5%
May 2025

Moraga

Detached 9 closed
Median sale price
$2.02M +1.0% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$863
Median days on market
14
Sale to list
100.2%
Townhouse 3 closed
Median sale price
$1.4M +12.7% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$651
Median days on market
8
Sale to list
100.0%
May 2025

Orinda

Detached 35 closed
Median sale price
$1.89M -19.4% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$826
Median days on market
19
Sale to list
98.7%
Townhouse 1 closed
Median sale price
$1.49M -3.9% YoY
Median $/sq ft
$501
Median days on market
69
Sale to list
93.4%

What This Means for Lamorinda

Orinda detached home prices fell 19.4% year over year in May 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
$5.91M

38 Valley View Dr

Orinda | 7 days on market | 5,070 sq ft

Closed over list

$3.76M

91 Lombardy Ln

Detached | Orinda | 9 days on market

91 Lombardy Ln closed 29.81% over list in 9 days.

$2.27M

3520 Silver Springs Rd

Detached | Lafayette | 7 days on market

3520 Silver Springs Rd closed 26.74% over list in 7 days.

$2.8M

6 Snowberry Ln

Detached | Orinda | 2 days on market

6 Snowberry Ln closed 16.91% over list in 2 days.

$3.61M

3957 Happy Valley Rd

Detached | Lafayette | 2 days on market

3957 Happy Valley Rd closed 14.6% over list in 2 days.

$3.95M

878 Santa Maria Way

Detached | Lafayette | 10 days on market

878 Santa Maria Way closed 13.02% over list in 10 days.

The long road to closing

$1.63M

147 Camino Don Miguel

Detached | Orinda | 184 days on market

147 Camino Don Miguel spent 184 days on market before closing 8.45% below list.

$1.41M

623 Laird Ln

Detached | Lafayette | 94 days on market

623 Laird Ln spent 94 days on market before closing.

$2.04M

147 Brookfield Dr

Detached | Moraga | 76 days on market

147 Brookfield Dr spent 76 days on market before closing 2.86% below list.

$1.49M

154 Ravenhill Rd

Townhouse | Orinda | 69 days on market

154 Ravenhill Rd spent 69 days on market before closing 6.58% 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.

May 2025 closings by floor plan:

Inverness
$1.4M

136 Greenbriar

Detached

Sold
$1.4M
List
$1.4M
DOM
12
$/sq ft
$767
Plan 3 Plus Bonus
$1.4M

3 Doral Dr

Townhouse

Sold
$1.4M
List
$1.4M
DOM
8
$/sq ft
$651
Inverness Expanded
$1.71M

762 Augusta Dr

Townhouse

Sold
$1.71M
List
$1.71M
DOM
0
$/sq ft
$1037
Transaction log

Closed sales in Lamorinda, May 2025

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

In May 2025, Moraga's median sale price was detached homes at $2.02M, townhouses at $1.4M. 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 May 2025?

Lafayette's median detached sale price in May 2025 was $2.27M across 33 closings, with a median of 10 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 May 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.