Orange County · California
Harbor estates, Balboa Peninsula village, and the move-up destination for Huntington Harbour sellers heading south.
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Newport Beach is a coastal city in central Orange County, California, anchored by Newport Harbor, the Balboa Peninsula, and the Pelican Hill / Crystal Cove luxury enclaves. Inventory ranges from $1.5M cottages on the Peninsula to $30M+ custom estates above the harbor.
Last updated 2026-05-08
Market snapshot
Median sale price
$3,500,000
Closed, last 6 months
Median days on market
30
List to close, sold
Active listings
273
Currently on market
Median price / sq ft
$1,446
Closed sales
Homes sold (6 mo)
353
Closed, trailing 6 months
Sale-to-list ratio
97.4%
Median close vs list
Months of supply
5 mo
Inventory vs absorption
Median list price
$4,800,000
Active inventory
Live Newport Beach statistics from the California Regional MLS (CRMLS) via CoreLogic Trestle, refreshed automatically and deemed reliable but not guaranteed. For a precise, address-level read, ask Craig and Justin.
Neighborhoods & communities
West Newport
A grounded look at West Newport, the numbered-streets beach neighborhood between the Santa Ana River jetty and the Balboa Peninsula, where oceanfront, Seashore Drive, and classic duplex stock all trade.
Newport Shores
A grounded look at Newport Shores, the one-entrance beach community at the west end of Newport Beach with its own association, pool, and a canal running through the middle.
Newport Island
A grounded look at Newport Island, the small residential island tucked inside the West Newport canals, reached by bridge from 38th Street, where cottages and rebuilt bayfront homes share a compact street grid.
Balboa Coves
A gated enclave of waterfront homes on the north side of the West Newport channels, one of the few gated bayfront communities in the city.
Newport Crest
A townhome community on the bluff above Sunset Ridge Park, minutes on foot from the West Newport sand.
Newport Terrace
A townhome community on the city's northwest border by Talbert Regional Park, mapped between Placentia Avenue and West 19th Street.
Newport Knolls
A small residential pocket in the Superior Avenue corridor near Hoag Hospital and Sunset View Park.
One Nautical Mile
A newer detached-home and rowhome community off Superior Avenue, named for its distance to the Newport Pier and built around a private mews.
Villa Balboa
A mid-rise condominium community on the bluff near Hoag Hospital, where upper units carry ocean and Catalina views over Sunset View Park.
Park Lido
A condominium community in the Hoag Hospital corridor, a practical entry point into a Newport Beach address.
Seawind
A condominium community in the Superior Avenue corridor of West Newport, mapped as Seawind on the city tract map.
Lido Sands
A single-story beach-cottage community with a private clubhouse and pool, a short walk across Pacific Coast Highway from the West Newport sand.
Harbor Homes
A residential pocket in the upper Superior Avenue corridor on the city's west side.
Sea Faire
A small condominium community near the West Newport beach blocks.
Newport Beach Townhomes
A townhome community on the West Newport side of the city, mapped along the Coast Highway corridor.
Brookview II
A townhome community in the city's northwest corner near the Costa Mesa border.
Balboa Peninsula
A grounded look at the Balboa Peninsula, three miles of beach town between Newport Harbor and the open Pacific, with the piers, the Fun Zone, and oceanfront and bayfront rows.
Peninsula Point
A grounded look at Peninsula Point, the quiet single-family tip of the Balboa Peninsula past the Pavilion, framed by the Wedge, the harbor entrance channel, and its own village feel.
Central Newport
The mid-Peninsula blocks between the Newport and Balboa piers, a mix of beach cottages, rebuilt duplexes, and year-round locals.
Lido Isle
A grounded look at Lido Isle, the Mediterranean-styled island community in Newport Harbor, ringed by private beaches and docks and governed by the Lido Isle Community Association.
Lido Peninsula
The working-waterfront finger between the Cannery Village and the Turning Basin, home to shipyards, Lido House-adjacent redevelopment, and waterfront homes on leased and fee land.
601 Lido
A landmark mid-century bayfront condominium building at 601 Lido Park Drive with front-row Turning Basin views.
621–633 Lido
Bayfront condominium residences at 621–633 Lido Park Drive above the Turning Basin waterfront.
Vista del Lido
A bayfront condominium building at 611 Lido Park Drive overlooking the Turning Basin and Lido Isle.
Newport Bay Towers
A bayfront condominium building near the Balboa Pavilion with slip access and Fun Zone-to-ferry walkability.
Plummer Court
A small townhome enclave on the harbor side of the Peninsula.
Balboa Island
A grounded look at Balboa Island, the walkable Newport Harbor grid of cottages and rebuilt bayfronts around Marine Avenue, with the diligence that shapes a purchase here.
Little Balboa Island
A grounded look at Little Balboa Island, the quieter east island across the Grand Canal from Balboa Island proper, with the boardwalk ring and the diligence a bayfront purchase calls for.
Collins Island
A tiny gated spit of bayfront homes off the northwest corner of Balboa Island, one of the smallest and most exclusive addresses in the harbor.
Bay Island
A grounded look at Bay Island, the private car-free island in Newport Harbor held through a shareholder association and reached by footbridge, with the unusual ownership structure that shapes a purchase here.
Harbor Island
A grounded look at Harbor Island, the gated island of estate-scale bayfronts off Bayside Drive, consistently among the highest-priced addresses in Newport Harbor.
Linda Isle
A grounded look at Linda Isle, the guard-gated ring of about a hundred bayfront homes with dock frontage, across the channel from Bay Island and the Pavilion.
Beacon Bay
A grounded look at Beacon Bay, the bayfront enclave on city tidelands near Harbor Island Drive with its own beach and a distinctive leasehold history.
Bayshores
A grounded look at Bayshores, the gated bayfront community just inside the Coast Highway bridge, with the private beaches, association rules, and dock questions that shape a purchase here.
Bayside Cove
A gated waterfront condominium enclave on Bayside Drive at the harbor's south channel.
Bayside Village
A bayfront manufactured-home community on leased land by the Back Bay bridge, the most attainable waterfront address in the city.
Promontory Bay
Custom and semi-custom waterfront homes around a private basin between Bayside Drive and the harbor, most with deep-water docks.
Beacon Court
A small townhome court near the Coast Highway and Dover corridor.
Mai Kai
A small bayfront condominium community near the Balboa Village end of the Peninsula.
Newport Heights
A grounded look at Newport Heights, the city's original view neighborhood on the bluff above Mariner's Mile, with the wide lots, no-HOA freedom, and buyer diligence that shape a purchase here.
Cliffhaven
A grounded look at Cliffhaven, Newport Heights' western neighbor along Cliff Drive and Kings Road, where front-row bluff lots carry some of the harbor's best panoramas.
Kings Road
The bluff-edge street above Mariner's Mile whose south side is a wall of panoramic harbor-view homes, a market of its own within Cliffhaven.
Mar Brisas
A residential pocket on the Newport Heights side of the Irvine Avenue corridor.
Newport Villas
A small villa community in the corridor between Newport Heights and Westcliff.
Dover Shores
A grounded look at Dover Shores, the prestige community on the west bluff of the Upper Bay, where Galaxy Drive's bayfront customs overlook the ecological reserve and inner streets carry mid-century pedigree.
Dover Village
A townhome pocket at the Dover and Westcliff junction, minutes from Mariner's Mile and 17th Street.
Westcliff
A grounded look at Westcliff, the mid-century ranch neighborhood behind the 17th Street shops, with flat walkable streets near Mariners Elementary and the Mariners branch library.
Westcliff Grove
A small enclave within the Westcliff area on the map's Dover corridor.
Westcliff Villas
A villa-style condominium pocket on the Westcliff side of Irvine Avenue.
Baycrest
The Baycrest North and South tracts behind Dover Shores: broad mid-century lots on curving streets, one of the city's steadiest move-up markets.
Harbor Highlands
The Mariners-area tracts around Mariners Park and Library, single-story postwar homes that remodel and resell with remarkable consistency.
Cherry Lake
The residential pocket around the private Cherry Lake on the Upper Bay's west side, mapped as Cherry Lake Area and Cherry Lake Estates.
North Bay Homes
A residential pocket at the north end of the Upper Bay near the Santa Ana Heights border.
Back Bay Anniversary Homes
A postwar tract on the Upper Bay's northwest rim, mapped among the Back Bay residential pockets.
Back Bay Condos
Condominium residences in the Back Bay area near the Newport Beach Golf Course.
Santa Ana Heights
The equestrian-zoned residential district above the Back Bay, annexed into Newport Beach, where half-acre lots and horse trails meet John Wayne Airport convenience.
Bayview Terrace
A gated small community in the Bayview corridor at the top of the Upper Bay.
Bayview Court
A companion Bayview-corridor enclave near the Back Bay's north rim.
Vista Bahia
A view pocket above the Upper Bay on the map's northeast rim.
Cherry Lake Estates
The estate parcels adjoining the private Cherry Lake, among the most unusual landholdings on the Upper Bay's west side.
Eastbluff
A grounded look at Eastbluff, the 1960s tracts on the east rim of the Upper Bay in Newport Beach, with the housing stock and buyer diligence that shape a purchase here.
The Bluffs
A grounded look at The Bluffs, the greenbelt townhome community terraced along the Upper Bay in Newport Beach, with the HOA context and buyer diligence that shape a purchase here.
Bluffs Homes on the Bay
The front-row Bluffs section whose greenbelts spill toward the Back Bay rim, the most view-forward of the Bluffs tracts.
Bluffs Original
The first-built Bluffs section, the core of the greenbelt townhome community on the Upper Bay bluff.
Bluffs Park Homes
A later Bluffs section oriented around the community's park greenbelts.
Bluffs Plaza Area
The Bluffs blocks nearest Eastbluff Village Center on the map's plaza edge.
Bluffs Tennis Villas
The Bluffs section built around the community's tennis club corner.
Big Canyon
A grounded look at Big Canyon, the guard-gated golf community around Big Canyon Country Club in Newport Beach, with the amenities, HOA context, and buyer diligence that shape a purchase here.
Big Canyon Custom
The custom-estate streets inside Big Canyon's gates, the community's top price tier.
Big Canyon Broadmoor
The Broadmoor-built section of Big Canyon, single-family homes on the club's fairway side.
Big Canyon Deane
The Deane Homes section of Big Canyon, a mid-size single-family tract inside the gates.
Big Canyon McLain
The McLain-built section on Big Canyon's north side.
Big Canyon Fairway One
Townhome-style residences along Big Canyon's first fairway.
Big Canyon Villas
The villa condominiums at Big Canyon's Jamboree edge.
One Ford Road
A grounded look at One Ford Road, the guard-gated 1990s Pacific Bay community in Newport Beach, with its amenity core and the buyer diligence that shape a purchase here.
Balboa (One Ford Road)
The Balboa collection inside One Ford Road's gates.
Bayridge (One Ford Road)
The Bayridge collection inside One Ford Road.
Pacific Heights (One Ford Road)
The Pacific Heights collection inside One Ford Road.
Providence (One Ford Road)
The Providence collection inside One Ford Road.
Stonybrook (One Ford Road)
The Stonybrook collection inside One Ford Road.
Summerwind (One Ford Road)
The Summerwind collection inside One Ford Road.
Belcourt
A guard-gated community of custom, manor, and townhome sections off Ford Road, quietly one of the city's most consistent luxury enclaves.
Belcourt Custom
The custom-home section inside Belcourt's gates.
Belcourt Hill
The Hill section of Belcourt.
Belcourt Manor
The Manor section of Belcourt.
Belcourt Terrace
The Terrace section of Belcourt.
Belcourt Gallery
The Gallery collection of Belcourt.
Belcourt Town Collection
The townhome collection inside Belcourt.
Granville
A gated single-story condominium enclave beside the Newport Beach Country Club, steps from Fashion Island.
Versailles
A bluff-top condominium community on the Superior corridor with ocean views from upper units.
Villa Point
A condominium community at the Jamboree and Coast Highway corner below Fashion Island, across from the Balboa Island bridge.
Villa Granada
A Mariner's Mile-corridor condominium pocket on the map's Coast Highway edge.
Villa Siena
A small villa community along the Mariner's Mile corridor.
Sea Island
The Lusk and McLain golf-course condominiums along the Newport Beach Country Club fairways, mapped as Sea Island.
Harbor Cove Palisades
A gated community above the harbor's Promontory reach, mapped as Harbor Cove Palisades.
Harbor Grove Promenade
A small community mapped on the Upper Bay's west approach.
Harbor Hill
A gated enclave on the Harbor View hillside above Corona del Mar.
Newport North Townhomes
The townhome side of Newport North above the Bonita Creek corridor, close to UCI and the 73.
Newport Villas North
A villa community in the Newport North area near Bonita Creek Park.
Bonita Canyon
The late-1990s villages off Bonita Canyon Drive (Madison, Wentworth, Westridge, Sherwood and neighbors), Newport schools with an Irvine-border address.
Madison
One of the Bonita Canyon villages off Prairie Road.
Lucera
A Bonita Canyon-area village on the map's northeast residential rim.
Bonnie Bay Highland Homes
A postwar pocket on the map's upper west side near the Irvine Avenue corridor.
Harbor View Homes (Port Streets)
A grounded look at Harbor View Homes, the Port Streets, Newport's greenbelt community around a clubhouse pool and Andersen Elementary, with the buyer diligence that shapes a purchase here.
Harbor View Knoll
A knoll-top community between the Port Streets and Spyglass hillside.
Newport Hills Estates
Estate lots on the Harbor View hillside adjoining the Port Streets.
Harbor Ridge
A guard-gated ridge community of Crest, Custom, and Estates sections with panoramic ocean-to-city views from the Spyglass hilltop.
Seawind (Harbor View)
A Harbor View-area community mapped on the San Miguel corridor.
Seaview
A gated single-family enclave off San Joaquin Hills Road above Corona del Mar.
Wyndover Bay
A small gated community in the Harbor View hills, mapped as Wyndover Bay.
Windward East
A condominium pocket on the map's west-side Superior corridor.
Westcliff East
The eastern Westcliff blocks toward Dover Drive.
Westcliff West
The western Westcliff blocks along Irvine Avenue.
Castaways
A grounded look at Castaways, the 1990s bluff community above the mouth of the Upper Bay, where rim streets look straight down the channel to the harbor.
Harbor Island Drive Custom
The custom bayfront parcels along Harbor Island Drive outside the island gates.
NB Locals Only
NB Locals Only is our local guide to Newport Beach: coffee, parks, things to do with kids, and the food worth crossing town for, with real parking notes.
Best coffee
Where to find good coffee in Newport Beach, mapped by area and what each one's good for.
Best parks & playgrounds
The Newport Beach parks and playgrounds families actually rotate through, ranked.
Best things to do with kids
The Newport Beach kid days that actually work, ranked by a local who's done them all.
Best kids fishing spots
Where the fish bite, the parking works, and a kid can reel one in before the attention span runs out.
Best burritos
Where to find a great burrito in Newport Beach, mapped by area and occasion.
Best tacos
Where to find great tacos in Newport Beach, with a fish-taco lean befitting a harbor town.
Best pizza
Where to find good pizza in Newport Beach, mapped by area and what kind of night you're having.
Best breweries
Where to find good beer in Newport Beach, mapped by area and what each pocket's good for.
Best hikes & trails
Where to hike and walk in Newport Beach, mapped by trail and what each one's good for.
Local, no pressure
Reach out to Craig and Justin Ratowsky for a local, no-pressure real estate conversation. We'll walk your timing, your goals, and what the data says is realistic before any commitment.
