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The Lake Forest file

Lake Forest, house by house.

1 builder community is actively selling here — new competes with resale.

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This week

  • Price cuts25+ in Lake Forest
  • New listings18 in Lake Forest
  • Status changes25+ in Lake Forest

Lake Forest this week

What moved, what dropped and what changed hands in Lake Forest, read the way an inspector reads a house.

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Listing photo of 21886 Winnebago
Biggest price cut

21886 Winnebago

-$300,000 · was $1,999,000, now $1,699,000

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As of September 22. Listing brokerage shown on each row. A named property carries photography only when it matches the exact feed record.

Neighbourhoods

Tile maps: neighbourhood positions from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors; Lake Forest boundary from US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line.

Who is buying in Lake Forest

How local buyers financed recent purchases, alongside the homes whose listing status changed this week.

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ConventionalAn appraiser and an inspector both price condition.
CashNo lender, so condition lands as a discount, not a repair list.
VAThe home has to pass, not just appraise.
FHAThe appraiser flags the same condition items.
OtherTerms decide it more than the loan type does.
IrvineMission ViejoRancho Santa MargaritaLaguna WoodsLake Forest
Lake Forest and the markets next to it. Boundaries: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line.

Closed sales that stated how the buyer paid, as of September 22, 2026. Addresses as of September 22; listing brokerage shown on each row.

Properties worth watching

The homes I’m following in Lake Forest. See the listing, then talk through what it means for your next move.

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Listing snapshots, as of September 22. Property photos are supplied with the listing; brokerage credited on each card.

Where prices moved in Lake Forest

Closed sales by ZIP, the last twelve months against the twelve before. It tells you which side of the city is moving, not what your house is worth.

Price my file →
92610$1,229,000Median sale price$635Median $/sq ft$1,199,450Median a year ago111Closed salesFlat vs last year
92630$1,246,500Median sale price$637Median $/sq ft$1,180,000Median a year ago582Closed salesUp vs last year
92679$1,245,000Median sale price$625Median $/sq ft$995,000Median a year ago52Closed salesUp vs last year

Sep 2025–Sep 2026 against Sep 2024–Sep 2025, as of September 22, 2026.

Auctions & what's moving

No agency publishes one authoritative trustee-sale calendar, so we never print one — here is what actually exists, next to this week's real Lake Forest headlines.

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Auction calendar

  • OC Treasurer-Tax Collector — Property AuctionsRun from the county’s own tax-sale page — every source we check is listed on /auctions/.
  • Trustee salesPrivate aggregators carry the actual lender foreclosures; no central California calendar exists. We watch four of them and bid for you.
  • Came off the market unsoldListings leave without selling every month. Registered members see those addresses.
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New construction

  • Serrano Summit (Soria collection)Lennar · verify: community was selling and marketed as mostly sold as of the builder's last published update, confirm current phase and remaining inventory with the builder desk. Not published, confirm with the builder desk

Confirmed on each builder's own page, checked September 23.

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What's moving in Lake Forest

No working headline feed for this market this run. These are the outlets the desk reads for Lake Forest, and the desk note carries what we hear locally in the meantime.

  • Orange County RegisterWatched weekly
  • KTLA 5Watched weekly
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