Cupertino Union Elementary
Single-family · 4 bedrooms · Cupertino, Los Altos, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Sunnyvale
As of Sun, Oct 4, 7:41 AM PT
Typical-size homes · 1,800–2,400 sqft · last 90 days to Oct 4 · 33 sales
Houseticker tracks 884 homes in this market; 275 sold in the last year.
How prices compare
4-bedroom houses · Past 12 months
For 1,800–2,400 sqft homes, homes sell for 20% more per square foot in the Homestead High School zone than in the Cupertino High School zone, on lots about 50% bigger.
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| Zone | Median $/sqft | Median sale | Typical lot | Sales counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead High School | $1,821 | $3.79M | 9,800 sqft | 31 |
| Lynbrook High School | $1,644 | $3.55M | 7,000 sqft | 18 |
| Fremont High School | $1,613 | $3.26M | 7,100 sqft | 20 |
| Monta Vista High School | $1,598 | $3.45M | 7,500 sqft | 32 |
| Cupertino High School | $1,517 | $3.29M | 6,800 sqft | 25 |
School zones are from each district's published boundaries. Boundaries and enrollment rules change: confirm a home's school assignment with the district.
Price & competition read · September 2026
A 2.9% price drop that mostly reflects which homes sold
After adjusting for what sold, prices for typical-size homes are within normal variation of a year ago: up 0.6%. The headline median fell 2.9%, from $1,646 to $1,598 per square foot, comparing the 90 days to September 30 with the same period last year, based on 35 recent sales and 40 a year earlier.
On the average sale, prices look 4.4% lower, and the mix of what sold explains 5 points of that. The biggest piece is which school zones sold: homes in the Homestead High School zone were 14% of sales, down from 35%. Lot size accounts for another 2.2 points, home size just 0.4 the other way.
Generated automatically from listing and sale records, and it can make mistakes: check the numbers before relying on them, and confirm details with the listing agent and public records. For information only: not an appraisal, and not financial, legal or real estate advice.
How this market is changing
4-bedroom houses · 1,800–2,400 sqft homes · past 12 months
Typical-size homes sold for $1,596 per square foot over the latest 90 days, 3% lower than the same 90 days last year (32 and 40 sales).
Homes that went pending in the latest 90 days took about 9 days to do it (28 homes).
Price move explained
- Typical-size $/sqft, last 90 days
- $1,596 · ↓3% from a year ago
- After adjusting for what sold
- ↑0.3% from a year ago
Houseticker read. Comparable homes are selling about where they were a year ago: the change is within normal variation.
Based on 32 sales in the last 90 days and 40 in the same 90 days a year earlier. Adjusted for home size, lot size and school zone.
Are prices rising?
$1,596/sqft
3% below the same 90 days last year
The typical price per square foot 1,800–2,400 sqft homes sold for over the last 90 days, worked out again each month: 32 sales in the last 90 days, and 40 in the same 90 days last year. Our sales records start October 4, 2023. The bars count the sales that closed each month. The typical sale price over the last 90 days: $3.28M.
Each point covers 90 days, so neighboring points share sales: look at the direction over several months. A month with a short bar has few sales, and one unusual home can swing it.
How widely do similar homes sell?
$1,483–$1,790
the middle half of sales · 19.2% wide
The 25th to 75th percentile of typical-size homes' price per square foot over the last 90 days, worked out again each month, on 32 sales. The width is that range as a share of the median.
A narrower range means similar homes sell at more predictable prices; a wider one means more room either way.
What do homes sell for against asking?
6% over the first asking price
58% sold over asking
How the typical sale over the last 90 days compares with the home's first asking price: 26 sales whose asking price we know, and 6 we never saw advertised. Our sales records start October 4, 2023.
Above the dashed line, homes sell for more than they first asked. Against the last asking price before the sale, the typical sale was 6% over the last asking price (28 sales). We lead with the first ask: after a price cut, the last ask makes a sale look stronger than it was.
How many homes sell over their first ask?
58%
sold over asking, down 13 points from the previous 90 days
The share of sales over the last 90 days that closed above the home's first asking price, worked out again each month, on the 26 sales whose first asking price we saw.
A rising share means more homes draw more than one offer; the typical sale above can stay level while the share moves.
How fast do homes go pending?
9 days
10% below the previous 90 days
The typical number of days from listing to pending over the last 90 days, for homes whose listing date we know: 28 in the last 90 days. Pendings before May 30, 2026 come from the histories of homes that later sold.
Fewer days means more competition. A home that went pending and fell through counts from its relisting.
Do I have more choices?
10 homes for sale
11 new listings in the last four weeks
Homes for sale on each Monday and listings that came on the market each week, tracked since May 30, 2026; 16 were already for sale then and are not counted as new.
More homes for sale means more choice and less pressure; a week with none listed is a real zero.
What explains price differences here · Q3 2026
Once a quarter, Houseticker analyzes recent sales to measure how price differences are associated with home size, lot size, city, and school zone while controlling for the other factors.
Prices fell from last quarter, but the year-ago comparison tells a quieter story
After adjusting for what sold, this quarter's prices came in 5.4% lower than Q2 2026, based on 37 sales this quarter against 41 the quarter before. The evidence is not strong, though: the move is directional but noisy.
The comparison that matches the season says less. Against Q3 2025, the adjusted change is 0.3% lower, a difference we cannot distinguish from normal variation. The median price per square foot for typically sized homes was $1,598 this quarter, $1,637 last quarter and $1,664 a year ago, from 42 sales then.
For a buyer, the quarter-to-quarter dip is not yet a new direction.
The year-over-year price drop is mostly about which school zones sold
The median price per square foot was 4% lower than in Q3 2025, $1,598 against $1,664, from 37 sales this quarter and 42 a year ago. That raw figure is noisy. After adjusting for what sold, comparable homes came in 0.3% lower, within normal variation.
The mix of what sold accounts for 4.8 points of the gap. School zones are the largest part at 3.3 points, lot size 1.9, with home size pulling 0.3 the other way. Homestead High made up 16% of this quarter's sales, against 33% a year ago.
For a buyer, the raw drop overstates what comparable homes did.
The same school zone carries a different premium depending on the city
Reading city and school zone together, rather than each on its own, explains 1.9 more points of the price differences between this quarter's 55 sales, on top of the 54% that home size, lot, school zone and city explain in all. The pairing is clear against normal variation.
Measured against Cupertino homes zoned to Monta Vista High, with size and lot held still, San Jose homes zoned to Lynbrook High traded at a 3.8% premium across 12 sales, the largest of any city and zone pairing. Sunnyvale homes zoned to Fremont High traded at a 1.5% premium across 13 sales, the smallest.
For a buyer, a zone's price is not one number: the city side of the line matters too.
What the records capture explains just over half of this quarter's price gaps
Home size, lot, school zone and city together explain 54% of the price differences between this quarter's 55 sales, each read with the others held still. Lot takes 39.9% of that explained share, school zone 8.8%, home size 4.6% and city 1%, but the lead is not clear enough to say one factor explains more than another.
The size and lot figures are ones we cannot measure yet: a home 10% bigger is associated with a 2.1% higher price, and a lot 10% bigger with 2% higher, but each range crosses zero.
The rest is what the records cannot see: condition, updates, views, the street. For a buyer, that is where a walk-through earns its keep.
Generated automatically from listing and sale records, and it can make mistakes: check the numbers before relying on them, and confirm details with the listing agent and public records. For information only: not an appraisal, and not financial, legal or real estate advice.