South
Irvine's Great Park has been chosen as the official base camp for the U.S. Men's National Team ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, delivering a measurable international prestige signal to one of South OC's most active residential submarkets.
Central
A 5-2 vote blocks a rental registry and eviction tracking proposal, reinforcing a landlord-friendly policy direction in a city where renters occupy 60% of all housing units.
North
Fullerton discovered $10 million in reserves was already spent, leaving the city facing a $13.7M deficit and reserves that could fall to 2% by 2027. A public budget meeting is set for March 30.
OC active listings hit 3,815, up 1.4% week-over-week. Median list price dips to $1,998,000. Sold/list ratio holds at 99%. Buyers are negotiating again.
Homeowners are finally swapping their golden handcuffs for moving vans as a 16% surge in new listings marks the most aggressive spring opening in years.
New listings jumped 16.4% as the 30-year fixed holds at 6% — its lowest since 2022. Full pricing, inventory, and rate analysis across all four OC submarkets.
Rates just broke below 6% for the first time in 3.5 years. Buyer demand is up. Inventory is up. The spring market is arriving early.
Your Orange County real estate intelligence — week ending February 20, 2026. Three years of golden handcuff paralysis are finally giving way. Buyers and sellers are meeting in the middle, with 6% now the accepted baseline.
Everything worth knowing in your corner of the OC.
OC active listings hit 3,815, up 1.4% week-over-week. Median list price dips to $1,998,000. Sold/list ratio holds at 99%. Buyers are negotiating again.
Newport Beach's 2050 General Plan reaches its final draft review on March 19, setting the blueprint for housing density, land use, and infrastructure across the city for the next 25 years. Public comments are still open ahead of the Planning Commission session.
Mission Viejo's city council approved a controversial 418-unit, six-story apartment project on Marguerite Parkway in a narrow 3-2 vote.
Santa Ana just became one of the few cities in California to ban the rent-pricing software landlords use to synchronize increases.
A tenant group just received city approval to pursue a November ballot measure capping rent increases at 3% annually. Nearly 18,000 signatures needed by August.
Homeowners are finally swapping their golden handcuffs for moving vans as a 16% surge in new listings marks the most aggressive spring opening in years.
Newport Beach approved demolishing the Big Newport theater to build two luxury high-rise condo towers near Fashion Island — the biggest land-use shift in Newport Center in years.
Saddleback Valley USD adopted a statutory school fee increase March 5, raising costs for new residential construction in Mission Viejo, Laguna Hills, and Lake Forest. Buyers of newly built homes in SVUSD cities can expect those costs to be embedded in final sale prices this spring.
Shopoff Realty Investments has finalized the 83-acre Westminster Mall acquisition. Entitlements are filed for 2,250+ homes, 220,000 sq ft of retail, and a hotel. Demolition begins Q1 2026 in Central OC's largest private redevelopment in decades.
Yamaha Motor Corporation confirmed plans to relocate its U.S. headquarters from Cypress to Georgia by 2028, placing a 25-acre commercial campus on the market in one of North OC's most supply-constrained submarkets.
New listings jumped 16.4% as the 30-year fixed holds at 6% — its lowest since 2022. Full pricing, inventory, and rate analysis across all four OC submarkets.
Dana Point's $600M harbor overhaul is two-thirds done. New marina docks open this spring, seven waterfront buildings arrive by end of year, and a weekly farmers market is already underway.
