Median Sale Price
$1,579,204
9.8% YoY
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Laguna Niguel Real Estate
Live listings, recent sales, and a local’s guide to Laguna Niguel, from a brokerage that has worked this coast since 1983.
64,355
Population
$1.2M
Median Home Value
$140,452
Household Income
14.7 sq mi
Land Area
Laguna Niguel is a master-planned city in south Orange County, California, set on the coastal slope between the Laguna Beach coastline and Interstate 5, with about 64,000 residents across roughly 14.7 square miles. Incorporated on December 1, 1989 as Orange County’s 29th city, it grew from the original 7,100-acre town plan drawn by architect Victor Gruen and is now essentially built out, so its housing inventory comes almost entirely from resales rather than new construction. Homes belong to named tracts, each with its own floor plans, association, and price history, ranging from condos near Crown Valley Parkway to custom estates behind the guard gates of Ocean Ranch and Bear Brand Ranch. The median home value runs around $1.2 million, and permanent parks, greenbelts, and trail corridors are fixed parts of the master plan. Realatrends, a full-service Orange County brokerage headquartered nearby in Laguna Beach since 1983, has represented Laguna Niguel buyers and sellers for decades.
Laguna Niguel real estate climbs the hills between the Laguna Beach coastline and Interstate 5, from condos near Crown Valley Parkway to custom estates behind the guard gates of Ocean Ranch and Bear Brand Ranch. This page tracks all of it: every active Laguna Niguel home for sale, recent sold data, a live market dashboard, and a full local guide to the city’s communities, schools, parks, and trails. Realatrends has been a locally owned and operated Orange County brokerage since 1983, headquartered just over the ridge in Laguna Beach, and we have represented Laguna Niguel buyers and sellers for decades. For a private showing, a custom search, or a pricing analysis on a specific Laguna Niguel property, reach out anytime.
Laguna Niguel Homes For Sale
Browse every active Laguna Niguel home for sale in the live MLS feed below, newest listings first. The feed updates throughout the day and spans the whole city: condos in communities like Pacific Island Village and Village Niguel Heights, single-family tracts in Marina Hills and Kite Hill, ocean-view homes along the Niguel Summit ridge, and custom estates inside Bear Brand Ranch. Recently sold homes appear here too. In a hillside city where the view from one street to the next can move a price by hundreds of thousands of dollars, those sold comps are the most reliable pricing signal available, and our brokers review them as part of every pricing analysis we run.
Prefer to have the market come to you? We will build a saved search that alerts you the moment a matching Laguna Niguel property lists. Our full MLS search tool covers every Orange County city, and our broker network surfaces off-market and coming-soon homes before they reach the public feeds. Tell us what you are looking for and we will watch the market for you.
About Laguna Niguel
Laguna Niguel began as part of Rancho Niguel, a Mexican land grant first held by San Juan Capistrano rancher Juan Avila and purchased late in the nineteenth century by landowner Lewis Moulton. A century of cattle and sheep grazing ended in 1959, when the Laguna Niguel Corporation acquired the land to develop one of California’s first master-planned communities. Viennese architect Victor Gruen drew the original 7,100-acre town plan, AVCO Community Developers took over the buildout after acquiring the corporation in 1971, and the villages they platted across these hills filled in over the next three decades. Laguna Niguel incorporated on December 1, 1989, becoming Orange County’s 29th city.
Today the city holds about 64,000 residents on the coastal slope of south Orange County, with Laguna Beach over the ridge to the west, Aliso Viejo to the north, San Juan Capistrano to the east, and Dana Point between the city and the sand. Laguna Niguel is essentially built out, which shapes everything about its housing market: growth ended years ago, inventory comes only from resales, and the master plan’s parks, greenbelts, and trail corridors are permanent fixtures rather than placeholders awaiting development.
That planning heritage matters when you shop here. Laguna Niguel homes belong to named tracts, each laid out as a unit with its own floor plans, association, and price history. Two houses a quarter mile apart can sit in different communities with different amenities, different dues, and different trajectories. Buyers who learn the tract names quickly read the market far better than buyers who only compare bedroom counts, and a local broker who knows those tracts street by street reads it better still.
Laguna Niguel Neighborhoods and Communities
The city organizes itself into dozens of named communities rather than a handful of loose districts. These are the areas buyers ask about most, and the names you will see repeatedly in the listing feed above.
Ocean Ranch
Ocean Ranch is the city’s marquee guard-gated address, a community of roughly 400 Mediterranean-styled homes on the Bear Brand ridge in southern Laguna Niguel, minutes from Salt Creek Beach and the Monarch Beach resort corridor. Homes range across the Residence and Executive collections up to fully custom estates, many with ocean views down the Salt Creek corridor. When buyers picture luxury Laguna Niguel living, this is usually the picture, and our dedicated Ocean Ranch page tracks its market in detail. Nearby, the Cameray Pointe condos put the Bear Brand area within reach at a fraction of estate pricing.
Bear Brand Ranch
Bear Brand Ranch is the city’s other premier gate, a custom-estate community in the southern hills where individually designed homes sit on some of the largest residential parcels in Laguna Niguel. Listings here appear in the feed as Bear Brand Ranch Custom, and they anchor the top of the city’s market. Inventory is scarce in any given year because owners hold these properties for the long term, so serious buyers should set alerts and ask us about off-market availability.
Monarch Summit and the Pacific Island Drive Ridge
Pacific Island Drive climbs the city’s seaward ridge to some of the most dramatic vantage points in south Orange County. Near the top, Monarch Summit II is a 55+ community of 190 single-story attached homes built in the mid-1970s, with a clubhouse, pool, and spa, and views that sweep from the ocean across the coastline to the valley. The surrounding hillside carries a range of view homes and condo communities, including Pacific Island Village, whose two phases give first-time and lock-and-leave buyers an entry point on the same side of the city.
Laguna Sur
Laguna Sur sits behind gates staffed around the clock, high on the ridge that separates Laguna Niguel from the South Laguna coastline, and its homes claim some of the most direct ocean views in the city. The community trades at a premium for exactly that reason. When a Laguna Sur property reaches the feed, view orientation and lot position drive its price more than square footage, which makes recent sold comps essential reading before any offer.
Niguel Summit
Niguel Summit crowns its own stretch of hilltop with larger homes built for the panorama: ocean on one side, city lights on the other. Tracts within the summit, including Paragon and Capri, rotate through the listing feed regularly, and the community draws move-up buyers who want a view address without a guard gate’s price premium. Evening fog rolling up the canyons is part of the deal; so are the sunsets.
Marina Hills
Marina Hills is one of the city’s largest master-planned communities, a collection of single-family tracts built around association pools, tennis courts, and walking paths, with ocean views from some of its higher streets. It draws families who want newer floor plans, amenities within walking distance, and a straightforward path to the coast. Homes here span a wide band of sizes and prices, so the community serves both first-move-up buyers and households settling in for the long haul.
Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill mixes condominiums, townhomes, and single-family residences across a master-planned hillside threaded with greenbelts, community pools, and walking trails. The variety is the point. A buyer can start in a Beacon Hill townhome and move up to a detached home without leaving the neighborhood, and plenty have. Its location in the city’s southern half keeps Salt Creek, the Monarch Beach resorts, and Dana Point Harbor a short drive away.
Kite Hill, San Joaquin Hills, and the Central Villages
Kite Hill’s single-family streets, listed in the feed under names like Kite Hill South, typify the city’s family core: cul-de-sacs, community recreation, and proximity to parks and schools. San Joaquin Hills offers gated living with newer construction than most of the city’s housing stock. The central villages, including Niguel Hills, Villa Niguel, and Village Niguel Heights, fill out the middle of the market with established tracts at approachable prices, and the Foothill Townhomes do the same for attached living.
Beyond these, names like Crystal Cay, Vista Mar, Altamar, Vizcaya, Westhill, and West Nine Condos surface in the feed as inventory turns over. Every one of them is a distinct tract with its own association, floor plans, and resale history. We can pull that history for any address in the city, usually within the hour.
Living in Laguna Niguel
The master plan reserved generous ground for recreation, and the city has kept its end of the bargain. Laguna Niguel Regional Park spreads around a 44-acre lake, formerly Sulphur Creek Reservoir, with picnic grounds and paved paths circling the water. The Salt Creek Trail runs in two sections: an inland stretch through the regional park that connects to the Aliso Creek Trail, and a seaward stretch that follows the Salt Creek canyon downhill until it ends at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point. Residents ride or walk from their own neighborhoods to the sand on a paved path, a commute most of coastal California would envy.
Crown Valley Community Park serves as the city’s gathering place, drawing more than 240,000 visitors a year to its community center, year-round heated aquatics center, sports fields, sprayground, and the amphitheater that hosts the city’s Summer Concert Series. The Niguel Botanical Preserve climbs the hillside above the park, a volunteer-run garden that began in 1981 as a community vegetable plot and now ends at a hilltop labyrinth with views across the city. A YMCA rounds out the campus.
The shoreline itself sits just past the city line, and getting there takes minutes. Salt Creek Beach waits at the bottom of the trail, Dana Point Harbor and its charter fleet sit a short drive down Golden Lantern, and the Monarch Beach resorts occupy the bluff in between. The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel even carries the city’s name, though it stands on the Dana Point bluff above Salt Creek. Laguna Beach’s coves, galleries, and restaurants lie over the ridge to the west. For commuters, Crown Valley Parkway runs the width of the city, linking Interstate 5 to the coast highway, and Metrolink trains serve the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo station on the city’s inland edge.
Schools Serving Laguna Niguel
Laguna Niguel sits within the Capistrano Unified School District, one of the largest districts in Orange County. Six public elementary schools and Niguel Hills Middle School operate inside the city, while the high schools serving Laguna Niguel students stand in neighboring cities: Dana Hills High School in Dana Point and Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo, depending on the address. Attendance boundaries can shift, and several neighborhoods sit near boundary lines, so verify the assigned schools for any specific home with the district. We flag school-boundary questions for our buyers during showings as a matter of course.
The Laguna Niguel Housing Market
Laguna Niguel prices read like a cross-section of coastal Orange County. Condominiums and townhomes regularly list under a million dollars, established single-family neighborhoods trade in the low to mid millions, view streets on the ridges command meaningful premiums, and custom estates behind the gates of Ocean Ranch and Bear Brand Ranch reach several times the citywide median. The live market dashboard on this page tracks current medians, inventory, and days on market as they change, so lean on it rather than any published average that went stale the month it printed.
Supply follows from geography and history. The city is built out, the gated communities turn over slowly, and view lots cannot be manufactured, so well-located homes hold their audience. Demand comes from south Orange County families moving up, buyers who shopped Laguna Beach and Dana Point and recognized the value one ridge inland, and downsizers trading larger properties for single-story floor plans on the view hills. Sellers sit in a strong position when preparation and pricing are handled with care, and a free home valuation is the right first step to see where your property stands today.
Expert Laguna Niguel Realtors
Realatrends Real Estate Services, Inc. has been locally owned and operated since 1983, headquartered at 1178 Glenneyre Street in Laguna Beach, just over the ridge from Laguna Niguel. Brokers R. Clark Smith III and R. Clark Smith IV carry a family practice now in its fourth generation of Orange County real estate, with more than $1 billion in closed sales. We represent buyers and sellers at every price point, condos through oceanfront estates, and we have walked Laguna Niguel’s tracts for as long as most of them have existed.
If you are selling, ask us for a no-obligation valuation and a tract-specific pricing analysis built on the sold comps that actually match your home. If you are buying, tell us what you want and we will line up showings, build your saved search, and watch the off-market channels. Reach a Laguna Niguel specialist here and we will take it from there.
Laguna Niguel Market Report
Updated June 2026
Days on Market
38 days
Active Inventory
153
New Listings (Month)
100
Year-Over-Year Change
9.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions About Laguna Niguel
Is Laguna Niguel a good place to live?
Yes. Laguna Niguel pairs one of California’s original master plans with Capistrano Unified schools, a regional park built around a 44-acre lake, and a paved trail that runs from its neighborhoods to Salt Creek Beach. The city of about 64,000 residents is essentially built out, so its parks, greenbelts, and trail corridors are permanent. Salt Creek Beach, Dana Point Harbor, and Laguna Beach are each minutes away, and Crown Valley Parkway connects Interstate 5 to the coast.
What are the best neighborhoods in Laguna Niguel?
The most requested communities are guard-gated Ocean Ranch and Bear Brand Ranch for custom and estate living, Laguna Sur and Niguel Summit for ridge-top ocean views, Marina Hills and Beacon Hill for family tracts with pools, trails, and recreation, and Kite Hill and San Joaquin Hills for established single-family streets. Each tract carries its own association, floor plans, and price history, so the right answer depends on how you live and what view, if any, you are buying.
How much do homes cost in Laguna Niguel?
Prices span a wide range: condos and townhomes regularly list under a million dollars, established single-family neighborhoods run in the low to mid millions, and custom estates behind the gates of Ocean Ranch and Bear Brand Ranch reach several times the citywide median, with view premiums driving prices street by street. For current numbers, use the live listing feed and market dashboard on this page.
Does Laguna Niguel have its own beach?
No sand sits within the city limits, but the coast is closer than the map suggests. The Salt Creek Trail runs downhill from Laguna Niguel neighborhoods to Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point on a paved path, and Dana Point Harbor and Laguna Beach’s coves are each a short drive away. Many Laguna Niguel homes trade on exactly this arrangement: ocean views from the ridges at prices below true oceanfront cities, with the beach a few minutes from the driveway.
What schools serve Laguna Niguel?
Laguna Niguel is served by the Capistrano Unified School District. Six public elementary schools and Niguel Hills Middle School operate inside the city, and students continue to Dana Hills High School in Dana Point or Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo, depending on the address. Boundaries can change and several neighborhoods sit near boundary lines, so verify school assignments with the district when evaluating a specific home.
Are there gated communities in Laguna Niguel?
Yes, several. Ocean Ranch and Bear Brand Ranch are the marquee guard-gated estate communities in the city’s southern hills, Laguna Sur pairs around-the-clock gate staffing with direct ocean views on the western ridge, and San Joaquin Hills offers gated living with newer construction. Gated inventory turns over slowly because owners hold these homes for the long term, so buyers targeting a specific gate should set alerts and ask about off-market availability.
Is Laguna Niguel a master-planned community?
Yes, and one of California’s first. The Laguna Niguel Corporation acquired the old Rancho Niguel land in 1959 and commissioned architect Victor Gruen to plan a 7,100-acre town, which AVCO Community Developers built out from 1971 onward. The city incorporated in 1989, and that heritage shows today in its organized tract structure, greenbelts, and trail corridors.
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