Published October 3, 2026 in Market Update

Less inventory is keeping Newport Coast fairly tight

By Julian Hakim

Real estate, Newport Coast

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 49 homes for sale in Newport Coast (ZIP 92657) in the three months ending July 31, 2026. That is down 15.5% from a year before. Fewer listings mean a well-prepared home has less competition.

At the same time, Realtor.com reported 1.16 million active listings nationally in September. Newport Coast is running on a much tighter supply than the country as a whole.

New listings are up a little, which helps buyers

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 48 new listings in ZIP 92657 in the three months ending July 31, 2026. That is up 2.1% from the same period a year before. Fresh options are still coming to market, even if the total pool is smaller.

The Real Estate Data Aggregator put months of supply at 5 in ZIP 92657. That is down 1.6 months from a year before. Less supply tends to keep the market from tipping heavily toward buyers.

Homes are taking longer to sell

The Real Estate Data Aggregator recorded a median of 87 days on market in ZIP 92657 for the three months ending July 31, 2026. That is 35 days longer than the same period a year before. Not every home here sells quickly, and that is worth knowing before you price.

The share of homes that went under contract within two weeks of listing fell 17.2 points, the Real Estate Data Aggregator found. Only 16.1% of homes in ZIP 92657 moved that fast in the three months ending July 31, 2026. Patience is part of this market right now.

Prices moved sharply, but the sale-to-list ratio slipped

The Real Estate Data Aggregator put the median sale price in ZIP 92657 at $10,675,000 for the three months ending July 31, 2026. That is up 114% from the same months of 2025. A shift in which homes sold can move a median by a wide margin.

Still, the average sale price as a share of list price came in at 93.3%, down 2.4 points from a year before, according to the Real Estate Data Aggregator. Buyers are getting a little more room to negotiate than they did last year.

Nationally, Realtor.com reported that price cuts hit 20.8% of listings in September, the highest since October 2022. Mortgage rates climbed above 7% for the first time since January 2025, Realtor.com also noted. Those national pressures are part of the backdrop here too.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported U.S. house prices rose 2.6% from July 2025 to July 2026. Newport Coast's 114% median shift reflects the mix of homes that sold, not necessarily that same steady climb.

One street in Newport Coast can read very differently from the whole ZIP code. A home on one block may move faster or slower than these numbers suggest. These figures cover the full ZIP, not your corner of it.