U.S. vs. Brea home values: How do they compare?

This is how Brea housing looks compared to the rest of the nation by Zillow’s math.
The online housing tracker’s national databases can help add some perspective to the high price of local living.
As of November, for example, Orange County real estate by Zillow’s math — the No. 5 nationally in housing market size — has a median home value of $696,200, 13th highest in the 1,700-plus U.S. counties tracked. That’s after surging 44.7 percent in the last five