Fremont Union High High
Single-family · 4 bedrooms · Cupertino, Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Sunnyvale
As of Sun, Oct 4, 7:41 AM PT
Typical-size homes · 1,700–2,300 sqft · last 90 days to Oct 4 · 51 sales
Houseticker tracks 1,152 homes in this market; 376 sold in the last year.
How prices compare
4-bedroom houses · Past 12 months
For 1,700–2,300 sqft homes, homes sell for 14% more per square foot in the Homestead High School zone than in the Fremont High School zone.
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| Zone | Median $/sqft | Median sale | Typical lot | Sales counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead High School | $1,735 | $3.35M | 8,000 sqft | 63 |
| Monta Vista High School | $1,667 | $3.45M | 7,500 sqft | 30 |
| Lynbrook High School | $1,643 | $3.27M | 6,500 sqft | 16 |
| Cupertino High School | $1,587 | $3.18M | 6,800 sqft | 24 |
| Fremont High School | $1,519 | $2.87M | 6,600 sqft | 52 |
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
The Fremont High School zone broke away from the rest of the market
Typical-size homes zoned to Fremont High School traded at a median of $1,554 per square foot over the 90 days to September 30, against $1,283 in the same 90 days last year, a 21.2% rise, based on 12 sales now and 14 a year earlier. That comparison stands clear of normal variation.
The market as a whole did not follow. The headline median slipped 2%, from $1,624 to $1,591, on 54 sales against 61. After adjusting for what sold, the change was 1.4% lower, which is within normal variation, so we read the market's price as unchanged. One zone's rise is not the market's.
Cupertino High School zone slipped further than the market, on thin evidence
Typical-size homes zoned to Cupertino High School traded at a median of $1,432 per square foot over the 90 days to September 30, down from $1,675 in the same 90 days last year, a 14.5% drop. The direction is down, but the evidence is not strong: it rests on 9 sales now and 8 a year earlier.
The whole market slipped 2% on the headline median, from $1,624 to $1,591, on 54 sales against 61. After adjusting for what sold, the change was 1.4% lower, within normal variation, so we read the market itself as unchanged. The zone's slide is the outlier, not the market.
The gap between cheaper and pricier sales narrowed this summer
Over the 90 days to September 30, the middle half of typical-size sales fell between $1,419 and $1,738 per square foot, a spread of 20%. In the same 90 days last year the middle half ran from $1,373 to $1,800, a spread of 26.3%. Both ends moved in: the 25th percentile rose while the 75th percentile fell. The direction is toward a tighter range, but the evidence is not strong, based on 54 sales now and 61 a year earlier.
Meanwhile the median itself barely moved: 2% lower on the headline, and 1.4% lower after adjusting for what sold, which is within normal variation.
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 · 1,700–2,300 sqft homes · past 12 months
Typical-size homes sold for $1,588 per square foot over the latest 90 days, about the same as the same 90 days last year (49 and 60 sales).
Homes that went pending in the latest 90 days took about 9 days to do it (47 homes; 1 more had no known listing date).
Price move explained
- Typical-size $/sqft, last 90 days
- $1,588 · ↓2.4% from a year ago
- After adjusting for what sold
- ↓1.9% 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 49 sales in the last 90 days and 60 in the same 90 days a year earlier. Adjusted for home size, lot size and school zone.
Are prices rising?
$1,588/sqft
about the same as the same 90 days last year
The typical price per square foot 1,700–2,300 sqft homes sold for over the last 90 days, worked out again each month: 49 sales in the last 90 days, and 60 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: $3.15M.
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?
$1,432–$1,790
the middle half of sales · 22.5% 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 49 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?
8% over the first asking price
64% sold over asking
How the typical sale over the last 90 days compares with the home's first asking price: 39 sales whose asking price we know, and 10 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 8% over the last asking price (42 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?
64%
sold over asking, down 7 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 39 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
18% 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: 47 in the last 90 days, and 1 left out without one. Pendings before September 19, 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.
Homes for sale and new listings each week appear once this market has twelve weeks of tracking, which began September 19, 2026.
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.
Price per square foot hides most of Lynbrook High's premium over Fremont High
Once home size, lot and city are held still, Lynbrook High zone sales traded at a 20.2% premium to Fremont High this quarter, with a range of 5.2% to 28.5%. The plain median price per square foot gap between the two zones is only 3.1%, because that figure does not account for what sold in each zone.
On a typical $3,150,000 sale, the difference is $636,000. This rests on 12 Lynbrook High sales among the 90 in this market in Q3 2026, so the range is wide. A buyer comparing the two zones on price per square foot alone would see a smaller gap than the sales support.
A school zone's premium depends on which city the home sits in
Reading school zone and city as a pair accounts for 1.7 points more of the price differences between this quarter's 90 sales than reading them separately, after home size and lot are held still.
Against Sunnyvale homes in the Fremont High zone, San Jose homes in the Lynbrook High zone traded 12.5% higher, based on 12 sales. Sunnyvale homes in the Homestead High zone traded 3.3% higher, based on 23 sales. For a buyer, a school zone's premium is not one number across the district. Which city the home sits in changes the comparison, so a comp in the same zone but a different city is not a clean match.
No single factor clearly leads in explaining this quarter's price differences
Home size, lot, school zone and city together explain 48% of the price differences between the 90 sales in Q3 2026. The rest is what the records cannot see: condition, updates, views, the street.
Of that 48, lot accounts for 30.9 points, home size 9.4, school zone 6.6 and city 0.8, but the gaps between those shares are not clear enough, on 90 sales, to say one factor explains more than another. With the others held still, a home 10% bigger is associated with a price 3.3% higher, and a lot 10% bigger with a price 2.3% higher.
For a buyer, the listing sheet alone leaves a large share of what a home here sells for unaccounted for.
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.