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The Newport Beach file

Newport Beach, house by house.

Cash closings are common here — an offer with financing is competing uphill.

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This week

  • Price cuts25+ in Newport Beach
  • New listings25+ in Newport Beach
  • Status changes25+ in Newport Beach

Newport Beach this week

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

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Local news

New Culver City development will add hundreds of apartments, two parks and restaurants

Daily Pilot · Today

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As of November 8. Listing brokerage shown on each row. A named property carries photography only when it matches the exact feed record.

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

Who is buying in Newport Beach

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.
IrvineHuntington BeachCosta MesaLaguna BeachNewport Beach
Newport Beach and the markets next to it. Boundaries: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line.

Closed sales that stated how the buyer paid, as of November 8, 2026. Addresses as of November 8; listing brokerage shown on each row.

Properties worth watching

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

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Listing snapshots, as of November 8. Property photos are supplied with the listing; brokerage credited on each card.

Where prices moved in Newport Beach

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.

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92660$3,497,500Median sale price$1315Median $/sq ft$3,335,000Median a year ago354Closed salesUp vs last year
92661$5,243,125Median sale price$2501Median $/sq ft$5,000,000Median a year ago58Closed salesUp vs last year
92662$4,400,000Median sale price$2173Median $/sq ft$4,212,500Median a year ago45Closed salesUp vs last year
92663$2,850,000Median sale price$1427Median $/sq ft$3,425,000Median a year ago215Closed salesDown vs last year
92657$5,950,000Median sale price$1589Median $/sq ft$5,450,000Median a year ago110Closed salesUp vs last year
92625$4,212,500Median sale price$2013Median $/sq ft$3,975,000Median a year ago248Closed salesUp vs last year

Nov 2025–Nov 2026 against Nov 2024–Nov 2025, as of November 8, 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 Newport Beach headlines.

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Auction calendar

  • Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector — Property Tax 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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What's moving in Newport Beach

  • New Culver City development will add hundreds of apartments, two parks and restaurantsDaily Pilot · Today
  • Election Night 2026 Results: Newport Housing Measure HVoice of OC - Newport Beach · Yesterday
  • L.A. landlords are taking parking spaces from renters to build ADUs: 'It's my freedom'Daily Pilot · 2 days ago
  • Coastal O.C. voters make picks in city council races, local initiativesDaily Pilot · Today
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