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Published September 28, 2026 in Deal of the Week

This home asks $610 per square foot. Homes for sale around it are asking $777.

By Chris Robertson
Real estate, Mission Viejo, CA

That's why it made the list. 138 buyers have already saved it on Zillow. That's 373% more saves than the average of this week's finalists in Mission Viejo, CA. All 138 get an alert the second the price drops or someone else puts in an offer. Right now, you're ahead of all of them.

The numbers
Views on Zillow
Saves on Zillow
Homes analyzed
Fig 0.1 · The home. Listing photos go out with the address. Squinting won't speed that up.
The home
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,500 sq ft
$ ▬▬▬,▬▬▬
About 5 days listed. Address: ▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬
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Text me for the address — (949) 777-5607Opens your messages. No forms. We don't do forms.

In short
  1. $610 per square foot against $777 for homes around it.
  2. Ranked first of 1,342 active homes scored in Mission Viejo, CA this week.
  3. 3 beds, 2 baths, about 1,500 sq ft. About 5 days listed.
  4. Listings here have been up about 86 days.
  5. Price and address are held back. Text DEAL and they come to you.

Here's what we think happened.

While listed, it earned 138 saves and 1,318 views on Zillow. It ranked first on Zillow saves for the number of days it has been listed.

From the listing: “For all you "value buyers" here's your chance to create equity. This home has been a rental for the past 40 years and could use some tender loving care.”

Saves on Zillow · Mission Viejo, CA
  1. 1This home138 saves
  2. 2Finalist average29 saves
Zillow saves. Finalist average = the mean of this week's finalists in the area, this home included.
What stands out
  1. The major features of this home are having a front facing Livingroom as well as a spacious eat in kitchen with enough space for a table and six chairs.
  2. In addition, there is a separate family room to the rear of the kitchen designed for children's play area or an office.
  3. The master has a vaulted ceiling and a fifteen-foot-long closet for the parents as well as a private retreat totally separate from the other bedrooms.

What they saw when they opened the listing.

It's inside this circle · No pin, on purpose
Map of the approximate area, drawn as a circle rather than a pin
Fig 03.1 · The area

Then they did what you're about to do. They checked the neighborhood.

Asking $/sq ft nearby
The middle asking price per square foot of the homes for sale here now. Asking, not sold.
This home's $/sq ft
This home's own price per square foot, rounded to the nearest $5.
Avg. days listed
The clock every listing in the area is running against.
Active homes
Everything for sale here right now — the full set this pick was scored against.

The math. At $777 per square foot, the median ask nearby, 1,500 square feet would list for $1,165,500. This one asks less.

Similar listings, on the market right now.

Everything below is asking, not sold — these are the homes a buyer would be choosing between today, ordered by what each is asking.

Active listings comparable to this week's pick, ordered by asking price
AddressSq ftDays listedPrice
23236 Copante1,46969$745,000
61 Tierra Montanosa1,16440$750,000
28934 Paseo Picasso1,27847$795,000
606 White Oaks1,324236$805,000
This week's pick · held backAbout 1,500▬▬▬
Source · Active listing data via IDX feed · Deemed reliable but not guaranteed

Want the address?

It's ready to go. The address, the photos, the numbers behind the numbers.

Text DEAL to (949) 777-5607Text me

One text and it's yours, usually within the hour. (You're texting me, an actual person. I answer like one.)

What comes back
  1. The address, and the listing it belongs to.
  2. The photos, unblurred, all of them.
  3. The numbers this page is built on, including the ones we would not publish.
  4. A straight answer on whether it is actually right for you — including no.

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