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Housing in Laguna Beach · A buyer's market

A typical Laguna Beach home is worth roughly $469,000

Homes typically sell in 127 days, below asking.

Typical home value
$469K
▲ 3.1% in a year · FL $359K
Estimate
Median sale price
$623K
May 2026 · Redfin
Days on market
127
Slower than FL (66)
Sale-to-list
95.3%
Homes sell below asking
Homes sold
18
in May · 165 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,840
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,358
FL $2,730

What kind of housing town is Laguna Beach?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The homes

73% of Laguna Beach households own their home

Half of Laguna Beach’s homes were built before 1986.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 27%

Florida: 68% own.

1986
typical home built · FL 1988
$2,358
median property tax bill · FL $2,730
0.54%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · FL 0.76%
54%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Market temperature

A buyer's market

More homes are for sale than are selling — about 9 months of supply. Buyers have room to negotiate.

Buyer’s marketA buyer's marketBuyer’sSeller’s

Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.

9.2
months of supply · FL 4.7
127
days to sell · FL 66
95.3%
of asking price, at sale
11.1%
sold above asking
12.5%
under contract within 2 weeks
27
new listings in May

Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 6.1 years of income

More than across Florida (4.8 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$316,000
Typical Laguna Beach home $469K

That’s $154K short of a typical Laguna Beach home.

The typical home, each month
$2,670
Loan $2,320Tax $210Insurance $140

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,840 a month here, $830 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Laguna Beach ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Laguna Beach’s typical property tax (0.54% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 61% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Laguna Beach rose 61% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Florida. Last year prices rose 3.1%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Laguna Beach home at roughly $469,000 today.

Laguna Beach areaFlorida
0%+100%+200%+300%200020052010201520202025
+3.1%
past year
+61%
past 5 years
+148%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $469K.

How Laguna Beach ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Laguna Beach, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,840

Renters already here pay a median of $1,266, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,560
1 bedroom$1,620
2 bedrooms$1,840
3 bedrooms$2,370
4 bedrooms$2,940
27%
of households rent · FL 32%
528
renter households
50%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · FL 60%
29%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,266
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Walton County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Laguna Beach vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Laguna Beach. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Laguna Beach$469K*+3.1%†$1,840—$76,607
Panama City Beach$415K−1.4%$1,94047$80,941

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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