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Brea, house by house.

6 price cuts and 4 new listings in Brea this week.

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This week

  • Price cuts6 in Brea
  • New listings4 in Brea
  • Status changes10 in Brea

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Brea this week

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

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Local news

Brea Moves to Issue $60 Million Bonds to Build Affordable Senior Housing

Voice of OC · Oct 8

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As of October 19. Listing brokerage shown on each row. A named property carries photography only when it matches the exact feed record.

NeighbourhoodsLiving in Brea →

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

Who is buying in Brea

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.
FullertonYorba LindaLa HabraPlacentiaBrea
Brea and the markets next to it. Boundaries: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line.

Closed sales that stated how the buyer paid, as of October 19, 2026. Addresses as of October 19; listing brokerage shown on each row.

Properties worth watching

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

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Listing snapshots, as of October 19. Property photos are supplied with the listing; brokerage credited on each card.

Where prices moved in Brea

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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92821$1,150,000Median sale price$591Median $/sq ft$1,080,000Median a year ago244Closed salesUp vs last year
92823$1,249,500Median sale price$635Median $/sq ft$1,480,000Median a year ago30Closed salesDown vs last year

Oct 2025–Oct 2026 against Oct 2024–Oct 2025, as of October 19, 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 Brea headlines.

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Auction calendar

  • Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector — Property Tax AuctionRun 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 Brea

  • Brea Moves to Issue $60 Million Bonds to Build Affordable Senior HousingVoice of OC · Oct 8
  • Call for Art - Now Open!City of Brea - News Flash · 3 days ago
  • Brea Residents Demand More Public Records Over Costco ControversyVoice of OC · Sep 2
  • One OC City Set to Pause Flock Cameras; Will a Second One Follow?Voice of OC · Oct 8
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