
$1,699,000
Single level living at the end of a coveted cul de sac: an open kitchen at the center of the house, two fireplaces, and a private backyard shaded by fruit and citrus trees.
Step through the entry and the house opens up. A light filled living room runs along the front of the home, warm wood floors underfoot, crown molding and wainscoting framing every wall, a fireplace anchoring one end. The heart of the home is the kitchen, where a large center island in stone anchors white cabinetry, stainless appliances, and a breakfast bar built for weekday mornings. It flows without interruption into the family room and its second fireplace, so whoever is cooking is never out of the conversation. Three bedrooms and two baths sit on a single level with no stairs anywhere, and the primary opens directly onto the yard.
Owned 12 kW solar, installed 2023 · No HOA · Single level · Cul de sac location
Orange County is holding its late summer pattern. Inventory is still a third below where it used to sit, more than a thousand buyers are waiting on the sidelines for rates to ease, and the luxury tiers have quietly started moving faster than they did in the spring. The buyers who win are the ones who move during the calm.
Orange County sees 1,535 pending sales a month today against a pre pandemic norm of 2,574. That gap of roughly 1,039 buyers is held back by affordability, not desire. When rates ease they come back all at once.
There are 5,054 active listings across Orange County today versus an average of 6,723 before the pandemic. That is a third fewer homes. When sidelined buyers return, the market simply does not have enough to offer them.
Expected market time in the luxury price ranges improved from a 110 to 188 day spread down to 96 to 168 days. The upper end of Orange County is accelerating, not stalling.
Source: The Orange County Housing Report, August 22, 2026, by Steven Thomas, Reports on Housing. All figures as of August 22, 2026.
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Newport Mesa Unified School District
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GreatSchools 6/10Everyday grocery, coffee, and errands
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One level. One cul de sac. One of Costa Mesa's most sought after neighborhoods.
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Mesa Verde is one of Costa Mesa's most established neighborhoods, and single level homes on a cul de sac are the part of it that trades the fastest. Come see it Saturday or Sunday, or reach out and I will open it for you privately.