SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MARKET REPORT · JULY 2026
San Juan Capistrano’s 4-Bedroom+ Prices Jumped 42% — And the Data Backs It Up
Detached 4-bedroom+ single-family homes, July 2026
Where San Juan Capistrano’s 3-bedroom segment had only 2 sales to work with this month, the 4-bedroom+ tier had 12 — a large enough sample to take the numbers seriously. And what they show is a genuine, broad-based price jump: median sale price up 41.8%, average up 41.3%. When those two figures move together this closely, it’s a strong sign of real market appreciation, not a handful of outlier sales pulling the average around.
Less Activity, But Tighter Conditions
New listings fell 36.8% to 12, and active listings dropped 35.5% to 40. Pending sales fell sharply, down 63.6% to 4, and closed sales eased 33.3% to 12. Months of supply tightened to 3.6, down 30.8% — a meaningful shift toward a more seller-favorable market, even with lower overall transaction volume this month.
Median and average sale price moving almost identically (+41.8% and +41.3%) is a good sign of data reliability — it means the price increase reflects a broad shift across the sample, not one or two exceptional homes skewing the average. That gives us more confidence in this month’s price trend than we’d have in a segment where the two figures diverge sharply.
NEW LISTINGS
12
-36.8% MoM
ACTIVE LISTINGS
40
-35.5% MoM
PENDING SALES
4
-63.6% MoM
CLOSED SALES
12
-33.3% MoM
MEDIAN DOM
25
-26.5% MoM
MONTHS SUPPLY
3.6
-30.8% MoM
July 2026 activity snapshot for San Juan Capistrano 4BR+ detached SFH.
Faster Sales and Firmer Pricing
Average days on market fell 22.5% to 31, tracking reasonably closely with the median of 25 (-26.5%) — a fairly consistent speedup across the sample. List-price ratios firmed up: median sale-to-last-list rose to 98.4% (+0.9%) and average to 97.9% (+1.2%). Against original list price, sellers closed at 97.9% median (+3.5%) and 96.4% average (+2%) — both meaningful improvements from June.
Price per square foot held nearly flat, with both median and average landing at $718 (down 2% and 5.5% respectively) — interesting, since it means the price gains showed up primarily in overall sale price rather than a per-square-foot repricing, likely reflecting somewhat larger homes selling this month. Median sale price reached $2,912,500 (+41.8%), and average sale price hit $3,420,388 (+41.3%) — a substantial, well-supported gain given the size of this month’s sample.
What This Means for You
FOR BUYERS
This segment has genuinely repriced upward — expect meaningfully higher costs than earlier in the summer. With months of supply tightening and homes selling faster, waiting for prices to come back down isn’t the strategy this data supports right now.
FOR SELLERS
Conditions are strongly in your favor. Tightening inventory, faster sales, and a genuine, broad-based price increase all point the same direction. If you have a well-positioned 4-bedroom+ home, this is a strong window to bring it to market.
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Curious About a Different Area or Property Type?
This report covers San Juan Capistrano’s 4-bedroom+ detached homes specifically, but I track this data across Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, San Clemente, Laguna Beach, and Irvine too — other bedroom counts and property types included. If you want the numbers for your specific neighborhood or segment, just reach out and I’ll walk you through it.
Catching up? This month’s series also covers San Juan Capistrano’s 3-bedroom segment, San Clemente’s 3-bedroom and 4-bedroom+ segments, Dana Point’s 3-bedroom and 4-bedroom+ segments, Laguna Niguel’s 3-bedroom and 4-bedroom+ segments, Laguna Beach’s 3-bedroom and 4-bedroom+ segments, and Irvine’s 3-bedroom and 4-bedroom+ segments. Check out those reports on the blog for the fuller South Orange County picture.
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