I'm Kelli Miller, a Realtor with Compass. Del Mar is less than two square miles, and the price of a home here swings more inside those two miles than in any other town I work in. Over the past year the median sale in 92014 was $3,062,500, but a house in Olde Del Mar had a median of $4,800,000 while a home up in Del Mar Heights had a median of $2,510,000. Most of what I do here is help people work out which part of town they are actually shopping in.
If you're thinking about buying or selling in Del Mar, I would love to hear what you have in mind.
In Del Mar the price depends on which side of Camino Del Mar you are on, how close you are to the ocean, and whether you are up on the Heights. Here is how I think about the four parts of town. The numbers come from the 166 homes that sold in 92014 over the past year.
The hill north and west of the village: Stratford Court, Ocean View, Balboa, Serpentine, Seaview and Pine Needles. Narrow streets, mature trees, no sidewalks, and the best ocean views in town. This is where the largest sales happen and where the design review process matters most if you plan to remodel.
48 sales · median $4,800,000
median $1,948 / sq ft
Ocean Front, Coast Boulevard and the numbered streets running down to the sand south of the village. A small number of homes trade here each year and they vary enormously, from a walk-to-the-beach cottage to an oceanfront house. Only eight sold in the past year, so comparable sales are thin and pricing takes real work.
8 sales · median $3,925,000
median $1,921 / sq ft
The blocks around the Del Mar Plaza and the 15th Street shops, including the condo buildings at 1552 and 1562 Camino Del Mar. Mostly attached homes, six of the eight sales last year. This is the most walkable part of town and the easiest way into Del Mar proper.
8 sales · median $1,627,500
6 of 8 were condos
The mesa along Del Mar Heights Road plus the south end streets near Carmel Valley Road. Mango, Recuerdo, Mira Montana, Cordero, Durango, the Caminito streets and the Via streets above the lagoon. This is where most of Del Mar trades, and where nearly everything under $3,000,000 is.
102 sales · median $2,510,000
median $1,089 / sq ft
A hundred and nineteen detached homes sold in the past year, from $1,400,000 up to the oceanfront sale on Camino Del Mar. They were about seventy percent of everything that traded, which is a higher share than in most beach towns down here.
119 sales · median $3,950,000
median $1,351 / sq ft
Forty-seven attached homes sold, with a median of $1,560,000. The least expensive was a one-bedroom on Mango Drive at $518,000. If you want a Del Mar address without a Del Mar house price, this is usually the way in.
47 sales · median $1,560,000
from $518,000
If you are also looking a little further north, I have pages for Solana Beach, Cardiff by the Sea, Encinitas and Carlsbad.
Olde Del Mar had a median of $4,800,000 last year and Del Mar Heights had a median of $2,510,000. Same zip code, same schools in most cases, very different money. Working out which one fits your budget is usually the first conversation I have with a buyer here.
The median Del Mar sale closed at 97.2% of its asking price, and 114 of the 166 homes that sold went for less than they were asking. That is a meaningfully softer number than Carlsbad or Encinitas. It does not mean every seller will move, but it does mean a full price offer is rarely required.
Most of Del Mar sits in the California Coastal Zone, and the city runs its own design review on top of that. An addition or a remodel that would take a few months elsewhere can take considerably longer here. If you are buying something to change, find out what is actually approvable before you remove your contingencies.
The train runs along the bluff on the west side of town, and there is a long running public discussion about moving those tracks inland. It affects some streets and not others. I will tell you where a specific house sits relative to all of it.
Most of what sells under $3,000,000 in Del Mar is up on the Heights or at the south end. You get more house and a quieter street, and you give up the walk to the village. Our mortgage calculator is a good place to start on the numbers.
A $3,062,500 median across all of Del Mar is close to meaningless for any individual house. Olde Del Mar sells at $1,948 a square foot and the Heights at $1,089. I price from the handful of sales that actually compare to your home, which in a town this small sometimes means going back further than twelve months.
The typical sale went from listed to closed in 54 days last year, and detached homes took 58. That is slower than the towns just north. A seller who plans for a longer runway tends to do better than one who panics and cuts the price in week three.
Of the 166 homes that sold, 114 closed below asking and the largest discount was 21.6%. Only 30 sold above. A price reduction shows up in every buyer’s search, so the number you launch at matters more here than in a faster market.
A Compass Private Exclusive lets us show your home to serious buyers before it goes on the MLS, with no public days-on-market count while we test the price. In a town where the days-on-market number is visibly higher, that option is worth considering.
Del Mar homes sell on light, views and outdoor space. Shooting an ocean view at the wrong hour throws it away. We shoot late in the day, and on the view homes we go back if the marine layer does not cooperate.
I grew up in Encinitas, a few towns up the coast, and I have worked this stretch of 101 for my whole career. Del Mar is small enough that the differences between streets matter, and that is the part I enjoy.
I played Division I softball at the University of Vermont, earned my MBA at USC’s Marshall School of Business, and came back to North County to sell real estate here. I have two young kids, so I understand what a move asks of a family, and I always return calls the same day.
Negotiation is the part of the job I am best at. What my clients tell me they remember most is that nothing came as a surprise. Most of my business now comes from past clients and their referrals, and that means a lot to me.
Last year I ranked 59th in sales volume among more than 20,000 agents in San Diego County. I am currently representing the seller at 116 Nob Avenue in Del Mar, and I update the market numbers on this page every month whether or not I have a home for sale here.
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Over the past 4 years, Kelli has helped me buy and sell 3 different homes. She knows the market, was able to price my homes competitively and helped me purchase homes in a very competitive market. She has consistently been professional and gracious.
I've had 4 buying and selling transactions with Kelli and they were all amazing. She's a hard worker, good negotiator and knows how to get past even the most difficult counterpart broker. She's very responsive and knowledgeable.
Having sold 12 homes in our lives I can say the experience with Kelli was the ultimate. Her promptness to our queries was of the highest level. Kelli's knowledge of the market was invaluable in allowing us to receive a fair price for the sale of our home.
Kelli has a ton of connections in every trade, which is amazing when remodeling or needing quality contractors you can trust. Above all, Kelli has a wonderful personality and does everything with integrity.
Three Del Mar closings, two of them on the buy side, plus a listing on the market right now.
| Address | Closed | Sold price | Beds | Size | Represented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13871 Durango Dr | May 25, 2026 | $2,950,000 | 4 bd | 2,714 sf | Buyer |
| 1240 Ladera Linda | Jan 12, 2026 | $2,120,000 | 3 bd | 2,660 sf | Seller |
| 1515 West Ln | Jul 18, 2022 | $5,270,000 | 6 bd | 4,067 sf | Buyer |
1240 Ladera Linda is a good example of why local knowledge matters in this zip code. The address reads like Solana Beach and most people assume it is, but it sits in Del Mar. I represented the seller, and it closed in January 2026.
13871 Durango Drive was a buyer side deal up on the Heights. It came on the market in April 2026 and we closed it in May.
1515 West Lane was a competitive one. Six bedrooms on a lot of more than an acre, and we got my buyer into escrow and closed in eleven days in the summer of 2022.
I am also representing the seller at 116 Nob Avenue, a five bedroom of about 5,441 square feet currently asking $9,000,000. It is on the market now rather than sold, so it is not in the table above.
Closings by Kelli Miller at Compass. Full collection on our sold homes page.
Updated October 2, 2026. Closings from San Diego MLS (92014, residential, close of escrow 10/2025–10/2026, n=166). Active listings from San Diego MLS as of October 2, 2026. I refresh this section monthly.
The median asking price of the 45 homes for sale in Del Mar today is $4,650,000, well above the $3,062,500 that homes actually sold for over the past year. That gap is mostly a mix problem: 34 of the 45 listings are detached houses, and the detached asking median alone is $5,397,500. It does not mean values jumped by fifty percent.
Here is what buyers actually paid over the past year:
Asking price tells you about the homes for sale this week. Sold price tells you about the market.
Del Mar is the softest of the coastal towns I work in right now. The median sale closed at 97.2% of asking, 114 of 166 homes sold for less than they were asking, and the typical home took 54 days from listing to closing. With about three months of supply, a buyer who is patient and well prepared usually has some room. The exception is the well priced house in a part of town where almost nothing trades, and in Del Mar there are several of those.
166 closed sales in 92014, all residential property types.
Detached houses had a median of $3,950,000 across 119 sales. Condos and townhomes had a median of $1,560,000 across 47 sales. Twelve homes sold for more than $7,000,000.
These are the most recent sales in 92014, listed by any brokerage, most recent first. I have included the ones that sold below asking too, because most of them did.
| Address | Type | Asked | Sold | Diff | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14184 Mango Dr | Detached | $1,800,000 | $1,850,000 | +2.8% | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 240 25th St | Townhome | $2,995,000 | $2,700,000 | −9.8% | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 13754 Mango Dr, #315 | Condo | $672,000 | $640,000 | −4.8% | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 13995 Mira Montana Dr | Detached | $5,875,000 | $5,508,000 | −6.2% | Sep 27, 2026 |
| 1562 Camino Del Mar, #551 | Condo | $1,695,000 | $1,695,000 | list | Sep 17, 2026 |
| 955 Intrepid Ct | Condo | $949,000 | $909,000 | −4.2% | Sep 15, 2026 |
| 2133 Cordero Rd | Detached | $4,245,000 | $4,100,000 | −3.4% | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 13051 Caminito Del Rocio | Townhome | $1,850,000 | $1,800,000 | −2.7% | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 13502 Caminito Carmel | Detached | $2,350,000 | $2,225,000 | −5.3% | Sep 7, 2026 |
| 2016 Ocean Front | Detached | $23,500,000 | $21,000,000 | −10.6% | Sep 4, 2026 |
| 13721 Pine Needles Dr | Detached | $4,795,000 | $4,450,000 | −7.2% | Sep 3, 2026 |
| 13843 Recuerdo Dr | Detached | $2,200,000 | $2,100,000 | −4.5% | Aug 30, 2026 |
| 343 Serpentine Dr | Detached | $4,200,000 | $4,100,000 | −2.4% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| 13803 Recuerdo Dr | Detached | $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | list | Aug 26, 2026 |
Source: San Diego MLS, closed sales in 92014 regardless of listing brokerage. Data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Over the twelve months to October 2026, the median sale in 92014 was $3,062,500 across 166 homes. Detached houses had a median of $3,950,000 and condos and townhomes had a median of $1,560,000. Sales ran from $518,000 for a one-bedroom condo on Mango Drive to $49,999,999 for an oceanfront house on Camino Del Mar.
The 45 homes listed today have a median asking price of $4,650,000 against a $3,062,500 median for last year's sales. Thirty-four of those 45 listings are detached houses, and detached homes are the expensive half of this market. The mix is doing the work, not a jump in values.
Usually a little under. The median sale closed at 97.2% of asking. Of the 166 homes that sold, 114 went for less than they were asking, 22 closed at list and 30 sold above. The largest discount over the year was 21.6%.
The typical home went from listed to closed in 54 days last year. Detached houses took 58 days and condos and townhomes took 48. The homes on the market right now have been listed for a median of 51 days.
Del Mar Union School District covers the elementary years, and San Dieguito Union High School District covers middle and high school. Attendance boundaries are set by address and do change, so it is worth confirming the assignment for a specific home with the district directly.
Del Mar proper is the village and the streets west of it, down to the beach. Del Mar Heights is the mesa above and east of the village, along Del Mar Heights Road. They share the 92014 zip code, and last year the Heights had a median of $2,510,000 against $4,800,000 in Olde Del Mar. A lot of homes with Del Mar mailing addresses are also in 92130, which is Carmel Valley and a different market again.
Compared with the towns just north of here, a buyer has more room in Del Mar right now. Most homes are selling under asking and taking close to two months. That said, Del Mar is small and some streets only see a handful of sales a year, so I look at it house by house rather than drawing a conclusion about the whole town.
It helps most with pricing and with boundaries. A home on Stratford Court, a condo at 1562 Camino Del Mar and a house on Recuerdo Drive share a zip code and sell for very different numbers. There are also addresses that read like Solana Beach but are legally Del Mar, which changes the comparable sales entirely.
If you’re thinking about selling, I would love to come see your home. That’s the only way I can give you an accurate opinion of value, and in a town this varied it matters more than usual. If you’re buying, tell me what you’re looking for and I’ll let you know what’s realistic in Del Mar right now.
I’m happy to hop on a call whenever works for you.
Kelli Miller
Realtor, Compass · North County Coastal · DRE 01840131
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Kelli Miller, Realtor, DRE 01840131. Compass is a licensed real estate broker, DRE 01527365. Equal Housing Opportunity.
Market data compiled October 2, 2026 from San Diego MLS closed sales and active listings in 92014. Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. Figures describe past transactions and are not a prediction of future results. School attendance boundaries are set by the districts and are subject to change.
