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31502 Mar Vista
Listed by NextHome Pacific Estates · Shevy Akason · 949-769-1599
Laguna Beach Rentals
Laguna Beach is not one coastal rental market. Homes for rent here range from houses to condos to units in small older buildings, spread across the village, the coast, the hillsides and the canyon, and the listings also take in Emerald Bay, which sits just outside the city. Start with the kind of home and the bedrooms you need, then narrow down to the exact spot and what that specific property allows for parking, access and the lease.
These rentals are grouped using the MLS location label “Laguna Beach,” which also includes Emerald Bay. Emerald Bay is an unincorporated part of Orange County rather than part of the City of Laguna Beach, so check the address and exact location of any home you are considering.
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994 Temple Hills
Listed by Bren and Furstenfeld Estates, Inc. · Brian Furstenfeld · 949-922-2274
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340 Moss Street #back
Listed by Team Laguna Inc · Danielle Purcell · 949-874-1187
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995 Summit
Listed by Real Broker · Bruce Clark · 949-285-1207
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577 Ramona #A
Listed by Coldwell Banker Realty · Candice Henderson · 949-338-7791
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989 La Mirada
Listed by Livel Real Estate · Jill Lockhart · 714-928-5519
Current rental market
Current rental market
A current look at availability, housing types and bedroom choices.
Current rental snapshot
What the current MLS rentals in Laguna Beach look like right now. These are today's figures only — not a trend, a forecast or a market score.
232
$10,500
$6.49
35 days
Housing choices
Here is what is available to rent in Laguna Beach right now, by property type. Details such as pets, lease terms, outdoor space, accessibility and community access can vary by property, so confirm them in the individual listing.
- Single-family home148
- Condo30
- Apartment28
- Duplex10
- Townhouse5
- Fourplex/Quadruplex4
- Other rental3
- Triplex3
- Manufactured home1
Current bedroom distribution
How today’s rentals are spread across bedroom counts.
- 0–1 Bedrooms36
- 2 Bedrooms62
- 3 Bedrooms64
- 4+ Bedrooms70
We do not group asking rents into price ranges. A single set of ranges would not fit every South Orange County market, so each market is shown on its own terms.
Market brief
What makes this market different?
A Laguna Beach rental decision works best in order: pick the kind of home and the number of bedrooms, work out exactly where in town you want to be — village, coast, hillside or canyon — then drive the route and look hard at parking, and finally confirm the lease, community and access rules that belong to that one property. This page keeps those three things apart: what the area is like, what is listed right now, and the rules that can change from address to address.
Rentals here cover every size from studios to large homes, with houses the biggest group but plenty of condos, apartments and units in small buildings too. Asking rents stretch a long way at the top end, so the bedroom-by-bedroom figures above tell you far more than one citywide number.
What renters get here
- Exactly where in town the home sits, and how you get in and out
- Bedroom count and the kind of home
- Parking, the garage and how you reach the front door
- The real walking route to the beach, the village or wherever you go daily
- Condition, stairs and usable outdoor space
- How many genuinely similar rentals are available right now
What to watch for
- The listings here include Emerald Bay, which is not part of the City of Laguna Beach
- Asking rents range very widely, so one citywide median is easy to misread
- Parking and beach access depend heavily on the exact property and street
- Furnished, seasonal and short-term wording in a listing is not a verified fact — confirm it in the lease
- Community, gate, beach and parking rights have to be confirmed for that property
- Check school assignment with the district's official tool using the exact address
Market brief last verified September 19, 2026.
Market Structure
These listings cover more than the City of Laguna Beach
Homes are grouped here using the MLS location label "Laguna Beach", and that label takes in Emerald Bay. City and county records place Emerald Bay outside the city limits, in unincorporated Orange County.
- Where a listing appears on this site does not decide which city it is in
- Emerald Bay homes stay on this page, but they are not inside the city
- A ZIP code is not the boundary either
- City rules and rules for unincorporated areas are not the same
- Read the location note above before treating these listings as a city map
Local information reviewed September 19, 2026 · Based on Landscape and Scenic Highways Resource Document
Market Structure
Asking rents here stretch unusually far from bottom to top
What is listed at any moment runs from modest options all the way into a long, very expensive tail. That makes the citywide median a starting point only — use the bedroom-by-bedroom figures and compare actual similar homes before drawing any conclusion.
- Use the snapshot above for the current counts and medians
- Compare the same bedroom count and kind of home first
- Very expensive homes are shown, not filtered out, so they pull the average up
- Recheck what is listed whenever price or your alternatives matter
Updated September 19, 2026 · Based on current CRMLS rental listings
Market Structure
Houses, condos and units in small buildings are all part of this market
Laguna Beach is not simply a beach-house market. Houses are the largest group of rentals, but condos, apartments, townhomes and units in duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes all show up in the current listings.
- The housing choices above show what is actually listed right now
- Units in small older buildings are a real part of the supply here
- A listing described as an apartment is not necessarily a managed apartment community
- Decide what kind of home you want before comparing rents
Updated September 19, 2026 · Based on current CRMLS rental listings
Market Structure
Listings group into four parts of town, but each is not a separate page here
Most rentals are labelled as Laguna Village, North Laguna, South Laguna or Laguna Canyon. Those names line up well with how the town actually works and are useful for orientation, but none of them is a searchable rental area of its own on this site.
- These names help you picture where a home sits
- They are not city or legal boundaries
- None of them has its own rental page here
- All of these listings stay part of Laguna Beach
- Use the address, not the area name, to place a home
Updated September 19, 2026 · Based on current CRMLS rental listings
Tradeoffs
Village, coast, hillside and canyon feel like different places to live
Local research separates North Laguna, the village, the hillsides and ridgelines, Laguna Canyon and South Laguna because the terrain, the streets, the walk to the beach and the housing itself differ a lot. For a rental decision, exactly where a home sits usually matters more than the town name.
- A flat, walkable village street works very differently from a steep hillside one
- Being near the beach does not always mean it is easy to walk to
- Canyon and hillside routes change your daily driving
- Treat views, stairs, outdoor space and road noise as property-by-property questions
Local information reviewed September 19, 2026 · Based on Local Coastal Program
Housing
Housing choices in Laguna Beach
Housing Choice
Houses lead the mix, but condos and small buildings matter too
What is for rent here covers a wide range of home types rather than one dominant kind. The housing choices module above has the current counts; what matters for your search is comparing homes of the same type.
- Detached houses are the largest group right now
- Condos and townhomes remain part of the choice
- Apartments, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes also appear
- Some listings do not fit any of these labels neatly
- Use the live figures above rather than fixed numbers in this text
Updated September 19, 2026 · Based on current CRMLS rental listings
Housing Choice
How many bedrooms you need changes the rent picture sharply
Every size from studios and one-bedrooms up to four-plus is currently represented, and the typical asking rent climbs noticeably with each step. Use the bedroom selector in the snapshot above for the current figures.
- Use the 0–1, 2, 3 and 4+ bedroom views instead of one blended number
- Each size currently has enough listings to show a median
- The snapshot recalculates from what is available right now
- Today's medians are not forecasts or guaranteed rents
Updated September 19, 2026 · Based on current CRMLS rental listings
Housing Choice
Homes here span a century of building, so age explains style, not condition
Rentals range from early twentieth-century houses to recent construction, and local research describes cottages, mid-century coastal condos, custom hillside homes, tract-built pockets and later rebuilds. Age helps explain how a home is laid out; it says nothing about how it has been kept.
- Old and new homes sit side by side on the same streets
- Layout, parking and stairs often follow the era a home was built in
- Condition and any remodeling have to be checked at the property
- Do not assume anything about heating, plumbing or step-free access from the year built
Updated September 19, 2026 · Based on current CRMLS rental listings
Housing Choice
Parking varies enough here to be worth comparing directly
Some rentals have no garage at all, others have one, two or more spaces, and total parking varies just as much. Those numbers are a useful first filter but they do not tell you what parking you actually get to use.
- Check the listing for the current garage and parking counts
- No garage is a real answer here, not missing information
- Confirm the driveway, any assigned space, guest parking and street rules
- A parking number is not proof of a city permit, a community right or gate access
Updated September 19, 2026 · Based on Parking Permits and current CRMLS rental listings
Geography
Areas and communities
We have not published separate rental pages for individual Laguna Beach communities yet. As we confirm reliable rental boundaries and enough useful local information for an area, we will add deeper community guides here. For now, this page covers Laguna Beach as a whole.
Local context
Local context worth knowing
Local Context
Coastal planning shapes the town, but it does not answer lease questions
Laguna Beach's coastal plan, certified in 1993, guides much of the city, and the city identifies Blue Lagoon, Irvine Cove and Three Arch Bay as places where coastal review stays with the California Coastal Commission. For a renter the practical lesson is to check the actual property rather than assume one rule covers the whole city.
- The city's coastal plan has guided development since 1993
- Blue Lagoon, Irvine Cove and Three Arch Bay are handled differently
- Planning rules do not give a tenant beach rights, lease terms or community access
- Anything about the specific home still needs checking at the property
Local information reviewed September 19, 2026 · Based on Local Coastal Program
Watchouts
Short stays are regulated separately, and a listing cannot prove anything about them
The city runs its own licensing and zoning rules for short-term lodging, updated in 2025. Listings do not carry a reliable field showing whether a home is furnished, seasonal, short-term or licensed, so all of that has to be confirmed separately.
- City short-term rules change — check them at the official source
- Seasonal wording in a listing does not mean a home is licensed for short stays
- This site does not offer furnished or lease-length filters, because the data does not support them
- Confirm the actual lease term and any city licence before relying on short-stay wording
Local information reviewed September 19, 2026 · Based on Short-Term Lodging
Verification
School assignment comes from the address, not the neighborhood
Laguna Beach Unified publishes current boundary information and requires proof of residence to enrol. This page points you to that resource rather than promising a school from a neighborhood name, ZIP code or listing.
- Use the district's official boundary resource
- Check the exact rental address before relying on an assignment
- Emerald Bay is another reason the city label alone is not enough
- School quality is not part of the rental comparison on this site
Local information reviewed September 19, 2026 · Based on Landscape and Scenic Highways Resource Document and School Boundaries
Getting around
Practical geography
Practical Geography
Coast Highway and Laguna Canyon Road carry most of the traffic
Coast Highway runs the length of town along the water, and Laguna Canyon Road is the main way inland toward the freeway and toll roads. After that, the hillside streets make the last stretch to a specific home very much its own thing.
- Coast Highway links the beachside neighborhoods north to south
- Laguna Canyon Road connects downtown inland
- Steep or narrow hillside streets can change your practical route
- Drive the actual trip at the hour that matters rather than trusting a general drive time
Local information reviewed September 19, 2026 · Based on Local Coastal Program
Practical Geography
"Near the beach" can mean a very different walk
Local research separates easy level approaches from bluff stairways, steep hillside descents and routes that cross Coast Highway. Distance on a map can hide the slope, the steps, the crossing, a gate, or the climb back up.
- Check the actual walking route, not the distance on a map
- Look at the stairs and the climb home
- Confirm any private gate or community access applies to tenants
- Beach access belongs to the specific home and street, not to Laguna Beach as a whole
Local information reviewed September 19, 2026
Practical Geography
City parking permits exist, but not every address qualifies
The city runs several parking-permit programs, each with its own eligibility rules and proof-of-residence requirements. A lease can serve as proof for some of them, but that does not mean every rental gets the same permit or street parking.
- Check the city's current parking-permit page for the exact program
- Confirm whether the rental's address qualifies
- City permits are separate from on-site, community, guest and private-street rules
- Recheck, because programs and fees change
Local information reviewed September 19, 2026 · Based on Parking Permits
Local rental intelligence
Local rental intelligence for Laguna Beach
Choose the view that fits you. It is the same local information, organized differently — nothing is hidden behind a role.
Verification
Keep three things apart when checking a claim about a rental here
A sound Laguna Beach rental decision uses three layers: what is listed right now, what the area itself is like, and the current documents for the specific property and community that can change from one address to the next.
- What the current listings actually say
- What the coast, village, hillside and canyon settings are like
- What the lease, community, parking, access and school records establish for that address
- If a claim changes by property or over time, check it rather than treating it as citywide
Updated September 19, 2026 · Based on current CRMLS rental listings
Before you decide
Questions to ask before you decide
These stay questions on purpose. Where our sources do not settle something, we tell you what to confirm instead of guessing.
Does a Laguna Beach listing mean the home is inside the city?
Not always. These listings also include Emerald Bay, which is unincorporated Orange County.
This site groups rentals using the MLS location label, and that label takes in Emerald Bay. City records place Emerald Bay outside the city limits, so the page carries a location note rather than pretending the two boundaries are the same.
What to check
- Confirm the exact address and which jurisdiction it is in when that matters
- Remember city rules may not apply to Emerald Bay addresses
- Do not use a ZIP code or a listing description to decide where a home is
- Ask the listing agent if the jurisdiction affects your decision
Local information reviewed September 19, 2026 · Based on Landscape and Scenic Highways Resource Document
How much weight should I give the citywide median rent?
Use it as background, then immediately narrow by bedrooms, home type and location.
There are enough rentals here for the figures to be meaningful, but asking rents spread very widely and the typical rent changes a lot with each extra bedroom. Compare the same size and kind of home before leaning on the citywide number.
What to check
- Recheck the current count and when it was updated
- Use the same bedroom size
- Compare the same kind of home
- Account for exact location, parking, condition and access
- A median asking rent is not a guaranteed lease price
Updated September 19, 2026 · Based on current CRMLS rental listings
What should I actually compare a Laguna Beach rental against?
Start with what you need and what the home is, then narrow by location.
Match bedroom count, kind of home, size, condition, parking and exact location first. With rentals here ranging from houses to condos to units in small buildings, across a very wide price range, a similar home in a nearby market can be a better comparison than a very different home a few blocks away.
What to check
- Same bedroom count
- Comparable kind of home
- Similar size and condition
- Comparable parking and access
- Similar village, coastal, hillside or canyon setting
- Currently available, not already leased
Updated September 19, 2026 · Based on current CRMLS rental listings
Compare
Nearby markets worth comparing
Nearby markets renters often look at alongside this one. These are neighbors worth comparing, not a ranking, and no market is called better than another.
Dana Point
Dana Point is the coastal comparison to the south. Even between two beach towns, the right choice still comes down to bedroom count, the kind of home, parking, access and exactly where the home sits.
Comparison reviewed September 19, 2026
Laguna Niguel
Laguna Niguel offers more conventional condos and houses while staying close to the coast. Compare what is actually listed, the bedrooms you need and the drive rather than treating the two as interchangeable.
Comparison reviewed September 19, 2026
San Clemente
San Clemente is the broader coastal comparison: another South County market with both beachside and inland neighborhoods. Which one fits depends on the kind of home, bedroom count, how important beach access is, and parking.
Comparison reviewed September 19, 2026
Aliso Viejo
Aliso Viejo is the inland comparison if attached homes, managed apartments or simpler driving matter more to you than a coastal location. Base the choice on the home you need and your daily trips.
Comparison reviewed September 19, 2026
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Sources and verification
Source MLS: CRMLS · Information last updated Sep 21, 2026, 4:06 AM Pacific
Advertising broker: First Team Real Estate - Orange County (First Team Real Estate), CA DRE #01008773 · Displaying subscriber: Jacob Lawlor, CA DRE #01899247
This information is for consumers' personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing.
Local intelligence sources
- Local Coastal Program · City of Laguna Beach · Last verified September 19, 2026 · Next review September 19, 2027
- Landscape and Scenic Highways Resource Document · City of Laguna Beach · Last verified September 19, 2026 · Next review September 19, 2027
- Short-Term Lodging · City of Laguna Beach · Last verified September 19, 2026 · Next review December 19, 2026
- Parking Permits · City of Laguna Beach · Last verified September 19, 2026 · Next review December 19, 2026
- School Boundaries · Laguna Beach Unified School District · Last verified September 19, 2026 · Next review December 19, 2026
- Current CRMLS rental listings · South OC Rentals (CRMLS via SimplyRETS) · Last verified September 19, 2026 · Next review October 19, 2026
- South OC Rentals methodology · South OC Rentals · Last verified September 19, 2026 · Next review September 19, 2027
- Local market research · South OC Rentals · Last verified September 19, 2026 · Next review September 19, 2027
- South OC Rentals geography and data methodology · South OC Rentals · Last verified September 19, 2026 · Next review December 19, 2026
Current rental figures come from the MLS listing data above. Local information is researched separately and carries its own review date.