Published October 8, 2026 in Market Update

Seal Beach Has 1.8 Months of Homes for Sale

By Lorette Murphree

Real estate, Seal Beach MLS Cleaned Oct 2026

I pulled every listing in the Seal Beach MLS through October 6, 2026. That is 147 homes that sold, 16 currently for sale, and a market that is moving faster than most people realize.

The one number that tells the whole story: 1.8 months. At the pace homes are selling right now, 8.7 per month, every home currently for sale would be gone in under two months. When supply gets this low, sellers are not negotiating down. They are holding firm.

Find your price range

The data covers 147 homes that sold. I cut them by what the seller first asked, so you can find the range that fits you and see what actually happened there.

What each range tells you

Under $1.5M: 45 homes sold, and not one came off the market without a sale. The typical home sold for $1,365,000, and sellers got 100% of their last asking price. This is the most active tier in the market, and it showed no weakness at all.

$1.5M to $1.75M: 38 homes sold at a typical price of $1,600,000. One home gave up. Every other seller got full price. This range moves steadily and cleanly.

$1.75M to $2M: 24 homes sold at a typical price of $1,875,000. One home gave up. The rest closed at 100% of asking. This tier is thinner, but sellers who priced it well did not give anything away.

$2M to $2.5M: 16 homes sold at a typical price of $2,245,500, and none gave up. A smaller pool of buyers, but the ones who showed up paid full price.

At $2.5M and up, 3 homes came off the market with no sale, the most of any range. 24 homes did sell, at a typical price of $2,812,500, and sellers still got 100% of asking. But this is the one tier where patience matters most and a small number of sellers did not find their buyer.

Do this, not that

The most common mistake, and what it costs

The most common mistake I see is a seller who prices high to leave room to come down. The thinking is: start high, drop later, and still land where you wanted. The Seal Beach data does not support it.

None of the 16 homes currently for sale have already dropped their price. Zero. And of the 147 that sold, the typical home got 100% of its last asking price across every single range. The homes that gave up, all 5 of them, came off the market entirely. They did not find a buyer at a lower number. They just stopped.

Pricing to negotiate is a strategy that works in a market with 6 or more months of supply, where buyers have choices and time. Seal Beach has 1.8 months. Buyers here are not waiting you out.

What sellers and buyers should do differently

If you are selling: the data from May 2025 through January 2026 shows a typical sold price of $1,622,000. From January 2026 through October 6, 2026, that number rose to $1,725,000. Prices moved up over the course of the file. Getting your price right from the start, not after a drop, is what put sellers on the right side of that move.

If you are buying: you are working against 1.8 months of supply in Seal Beach while the national average sits at 4.9 months (NAR, September 10, 2026). You have less room to wait and less room to negotiate than a buyer almost anywhere else in the country. On top of that, the 30-year fixed rate averaged 7.28% as of October 1, 2026, up from 6.34% one year ago, according to Freddie Mac's weekly rate survey. That combination, tight supply and higher rates, means knowing your budget before you look is not optional.