Freedom Homes

What Freedom Homes is

Freedom Homes is the 1954 tract on the Westside of Costa Mesa north of 19th Street, in the blocks between Harbor Boulevard and the Placentia Avenue corridor. Triangle Square and the 19th Street strip of downtown Costa Mesa are at the bottom corner where Harbor, Newport Boulevard and 19th meet, Lions Park and the library are a few blocks south, and Pomona Elementary sits on the tract's edge on Pomona Avenue. Placentia and Superior run straight down to Hoag and the sand at West Newport in about ten minutes, and the Santa Ana River trail and Fairview Park are out the back of the Westside. Estancia High is the zoned high school.

The name is not decorative. The streets are named for American civic institutions: President, Federal, Republic, Union, American, Senate, Continental and State Avenue, alongside Arbor, Monrovia, Dogwood, Oak, Whittier and Joann. The builder put the whole tract up in one pass, and the houses still show it: small single story ranch plans with a carport or garage, set back on lots that are generous for the price, with the original footprint often grown by an addition out the back.

Homes are detached single family residences on lots from 6,150 to 10,890 square feet, median 7,350. Sizes ran 1,034 to 3,100 square feet, median 1,635. Dues are $0 on every home. The life here is the Westside life: the newest restaurants in the city a short walk down 19th, the beach a ten minute drive, and a yard that was sized in 1954 for a family that spent its time outside.

Who buys here, and why

The first buyer is the one making the jump to a detached house for the first time, often out of an Eastside or Newport rental or a Westside condominium. Freedom Homes is one of the lowest priced detached tracts in Costa Mesa with a lot this size, and that buyer competes for the small original plans, 1,034 to about 1,500 square feet, which sell in six days at the highest per foot rate in the tract. The second is the add-on family. A 1,237 square foot house on a 7,350 square foot lot is an expansion platform, and the owners who buy the small plan, add the primary suite and the great room, and stay twenty years are the reason the larger homes here exist at all. The third is the builder. The two homes built after 2000 closed at a median that is roughly a million dollars above the 1954 stock, the Republic Avenue renovation below cleared $370,000, gross, in seven months, and the builders know both numbers; they buy originals at zero days on market, which is why one in four sales here never hits a portal.

What separates Freedom Homes from College Park, the other one builder tract from the same decade, is the land and the stage of the cycle. The lots here are larger, the entry price is lower, the Westside is the side of the city with the shorter drive to West Newport, and the flip market that has already remade College Park has barely started here: two repeat sales against College Park's five. What separates it from the rest of the Westside is that the Westside around it is being carved into small lot new construction with association dues, while inside Freedom Homes the 1954 lot pattern is intact and the dues are zero. Against Mesa Verde and the Eastside, this is the same school district and the same drive to the beach for considerably less money, in exchange for a smaller house and a neighborhood that is still in the middle of being rediscovered.

The finding: three quarters of this neighborhood is one model year

Here is the number, and I have not seen it published anywhere.

Of the 35 homes that closed in Freedom Homes over the last two years, 26 were built in 1954.

Not the 1950s. Not "mid century." Nineteen fifty four, on 74 percent of everything that traded. The rest: two from 1955, two from 1957, three from 1962, one from 2013 and one from 2024.

That makes Freedom Homes the most uniform neighborhood I have measured for these guides, more uniform than Mesa del Mar's six year build window and more uniform than One Ford Road's four. One builder, one year, one set of plans, still standing.

The practical consequence is that comparables here are nearly exact. When you find a Freedom Homes sale, you are almost certainly looking at the same house you are considering, from the same year, on a similar lot. Very few neighborhoods on this coast let you say that. It means an appraisal here is predictable, a pricing conversation is short, and the entire difference between one sale and the next is condition and square footage added since 1954.

What that uniformity does to the market

It makes it fast. Days on market ran 0 to 133, with a median of 9.

Twenty of the 35 sales, 57 percent, closed within ten days. Nine closed at zero days on market.

One in four Freedom Homes sales never accumulated a single day of public exposure. In a tract this legible, a correctly priced home does not need to be marketed, it needs to be announced.

Split by size and the speed gets more interesting:

• Homes under 1,500 square feet: 16 sales, median $1,262,500, median 1,237 square feet, at $1,079 per square foot, median 6 days on market.
• Homes at 1,900 square feet and up: 11 sales, median $1,670,000, median 2,151 square feet, at $767 per square foot, median 9 days.

The larger homes deliver roughly 74 percent more square footage for about 32 percent more money, at a 29 percent lower rate per foot. The small original houses cost more per foot and sell in six days, which is the same land driven pattern I found in Eastside Costa Mesa, just at a lower price point.

What homes actually sell for

Across the 35 closings, prices ran from $1,050,000 to $2,510,000, with a median of $1,453,500.

Price per square foot ran $483.87 to $1,320.12, median $960. Lot sizes ran 6,150 to 10,890 square feet, median 7,350.

The two homes built after 2000 closed at a median of $2,330,000, against $1,371,500 for the 30 homes built in 1960 or earlier. Two sales is a small sample, and it points the same direction as every other Costa Mesa neighborhood in these guides: the rebuild is worth roughly a million dollars over the original.

Two homes that traded twice, and they disagree

Freedom Homes produced two repeat sales in the last two years, and they tell opposite stories. Both belong on this page.

• 2064 Republic Avenue sold for $1,350,000 in April 2025 at zero days on market, then for $1,720,000 in November 2025 after 91 days. Up $370,000, about 27 percent, in under seven months.
• 2195 American Avenue sold for $1,695,000 in July 2025 at zero days on market, then for $1,670,000 in December 2025, also at zero days. Down $25,000 in five months.

The Republic Avenue pattern is a renovation: bought quietly, rebuilt into the open, turnkey product the first time detached buyer here is shopping for, and sold higher after three months of marketing. The 91 days say the ask tested the top of what that buyer will pay in this tract, and the close says the product was right even if the first number was not. The American Avenue pattern is two off market transactions five months apart with no gain, which is a transfer rather than a trade.

What both have in common is the zero day entry. In this neighborhood, homes get bought before they are listed, on both ends of the deal.

One home is for sale

As of November 1, 2026, Freedom Homes had two active listings and two homes under contract. The actives are 2103 Continental, a 1,569 square foot 1953 original at $1,650,000, and 2049 Monrovia, the 2,730 square foot 2022 rebuild, now at $2,195,995 after 65 days. Under contract are 2109 Monrovia at $1,200,000 in sixteen days and 2199 National at $1,749,000 in forty four.

Two things changed. The tract is no longer empty, and the outlier has moved: 2049 Monrovia has come down $179,005 from the $2,375,000 it asked in September. Thirty five homes traded in two years, and four in play at once is the deepest this tract has been.

That is what a nine day median produces. If Freedom Homes is where you want to be, watching a portal will rarely work, because most of the time there is nothing on the portal. The only reliable route is a direct subdivision level alert plus someone talking to owners before the sign goes up.

No HOA, no gate, no land lease

Freedom Homes has no homeowners association. Every home carries dues of $0, with no association name and no association amenities. No dues, no board, no architectural committee.

There is no gate and no community security. There is no land lease; Freedom Homes is fee simple.

What I check before writing an offer here

• Confirm the year built. With 26 of 35 sales from 1954, an outlier year usually means either a later infill build or a heavily reconstructed home. Both are worth knowing about.
• Systems, on a seventy year old house. Original panels, cast iron or galvanized drain lines and end of life roofs are the three items that most often become credit requests at this age.
• Permits on any square footage above about 1,300. The original plans were small. Larger homes here often reflect additions, and the permit history should match the recorded footage.
• The lot, which varies by 77 percent. Lots run 6,150 to 10,890 square feet. On a tract of nearly identical houses, the lot is one of the few real differentiators and it is not always priced in.
• Ask about off market inventory before you start looking. One in four sales here closes at zero days on market, and standing inventory is rarely more than a home or two.
• Compare within size class. The small originals and the expanded homes are two different products at very different rates per foot.

Frequently asked questions about Freedom Homes

Does Freedom Homes have an HOA?
No. Dues are $0 on every home, with no association name and no amenities.

Is Freedom Homes gated?
No.

When was Freedom Homes built?
Almost entirely in 1954. Of 35 recent sales, 26 were built that year, with two from 1955, two from 1957, three from 1962 and two later infill homes from 2013 and 2024.

What streets are in Freedom Homes?
President, Federal, Republic, Union, American, Senate, Continental and State Avenue, plus Arbor, Monrovia, Dogwood, Oak, Whittier and Joann.

What do homes in Freedom Homes sell for?
Across 35 recent closings, $1,050,000 to $2,510,000 with a median of $1,453,500.

What is the price per square foot?
Median $960, ranging $483.87 to $1,320.12. Homes under 1,500 square feet ran $1,079 per foot and homes at 1,900 square feet and up ran $767.

How big are the homes?
1,034 to 3,100 square feet, median 1,635. The original 1954 plans were small; the larger homes generally reflect additions.

How big are the lots?
6,150 to 10,890 square feet, median 7,350.

How fast do homes sell?
Median 9 days. Twenty of 35 sales closed within ten days and nine closed at zero days on market.

Why do so many sales happen at zero days on market?
Because the tract is uniform enough that buyers and agents know what a Freedom Homes house is worth without waiting for the market to tell them. Homes get matched with buyers before they are publicly exposed.

Is anything for sale in Freedom Homes right now?
Four homes are in play. As of November 1, 2026, 2103 Continental is active at $1,650,000 and 2049 Monrovia, the 2022 rebuild, is active at $2,195,995 after 65 days and a $179,005 reduction. 2109 Monrovia is under contract at $1,200,000 and 2199 National at $1,749,000. The Monrovia rebuild is still priced above every recorded close in the two year window.

How do I buy here if nothing is listed?
A subdivision level alert set to the Freedom Homes code rather than a citywide search, plus direct outreach to owners. In a tract where a quarter of sales never hit the public market, waiting for a listing is not a strategy.

Has the market moved here?
Two homes traded twice and they disagree. 2064 Republic Avenue went from $1,350,000 in April 2025 to $1,720,000 in November 2025, up about 27 percent. 2195 American Avenue went from $1,695,000 in July 2025 to $1,670,000 in December 2025, down $25,000. The first is a renovation, the second a transfer.

What does new construction sell for?
The two homes built after 2000 closed at a median of $2,330,000, against $1,371,500 for the 30 homes built in 1960 or earlier. Two sales is a small sample, and it points the same direction as the rest of Costa Mesa: the rebuild is worth roughly a million over the original.

Are there condos or townhomes in Freedom Homes?
No. All recent sales are detached single family residences.

Is Freedom Homes on a land lease?
No.

Which school district serves Freedom Homes?
Newport Mesa Unified School District. Pomona Elementary is on the tract's edge and Estancia High is the zoned high school. Attendance boundaries are set by the district and do change, so confirm your specific address with the district before relying on an assignment.

Where does the data on this page come from?
The California Regional MLS, filtered to the Freedom Homes subdivision code and cross checked against a public remarks search, using recorded closed sales rather than list prices or estimates. Figures are current as of the last update to this page and should be verified for any specific property.