Mountain View-Los Altos Union High High
Single-family · 4 bedrooms · Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale
As of Sun, Oct 4, 7:41 AM PT
Typical-size homes · 2,000–2,800 sqft · last 90 days to Oct 4 · 27 sales
Similar homes here sell at very different prices, so one median only tells part of the story. Use the comparison below, and treat the headline as a rough center.
Houseticker tracks 627 homes in this market; 207 sold in the last year.
How prices compare
4-bedroom houses · Past 12 months
For 2,000–2,800 sqft homes, homes sell for 24% more per square foot in the Los Altos High School zone than in the Mountain View High School zone.
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| Zone | Median $/sqft | Median sale | Typical lot | Sales counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Altos High School | $2,115 | $5.00M | 10,600 sqft | 38 |
| Mountain View High School | $1,700 | $4.10M | 8,100 sqft | 67 |
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
Two in three sales now beat the first ask, but prices have not followed
Among the 44 of 53 recent sales whose original asking price we saw, 68% closed above it, up from 57% a year earlier. The median sale closed 5.6% above its original ask.
Prices tell a different story. Typical-size homes sold for a median $1,880 per square foot in the 90 days to September 30, against $1,905 last year: 1.3% lower and within normal variation, based on 27 sales and 25 a year earlier. After adjusting for what sold, the change is 8.9% higher, also within normal variation.
Bidding is pointing up, but the evidence is not strong, and we cannot say what buyers pay per square foot has moved with it.
The 1.3% price dip mostly reflects the lots that sold
The average price per square foot of typical-size homes rose 4.5% against the same 90 days last year, and the mix of what sold accounts for a 4.4-point drag, almost all of it the lots that sold (4.6 points). Home size added 0.9 points and school zones took 0.4 off. Los Altos High School's share of sales slipped to 41% from 44%.
After adjusting for what sold, the change is 8.9% higher, but that is within normal variation, based on 27 sales and 25 a year earlier. We do not read a price move either way. The 1.3% dip in the median, from $1,905 to $1,880, mostly reflects what sold.
Similar 4-bedroom homes are trading in a much wider price range than last year
The middle half of recent sales of typical-size homes, from the 25th to the 75th percentile, ran from $1,445 to $2,161 per square foot, a 38.1% spread. A year earlier the same band ran from $1,548 to $2,050, a 26.3% spread. The range widened at both ends, based on 27 sales and 25 a year earlier.
The median barely moved, $1,880 against $1,905, 1.3% lower and within normal variation. The direction in the spread is wider, but the evidence is not strong. For a buyer, a single comp now says less about the going rate for a similar home.
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 · 2,000–2,800 sqft homes · past 12 months
Typical-size homes sold for $1,880 per square foot over the latest 90 days, about the same as the same 90 days last year (27 and 24 sales).
Homes that went pending in the latest 90 days took about 10 days to do it (20 homes).
Price move explained
- Typical-size $/sqft, last 90 days
- $1,880 · ↓2.1% from a year ago
- After adjusting for what sold
- ↑5.4% from a year ago
What changed in the mix. This period's sales came with smaller lots: a typical 9,775 sqft against 10,076 sqft a year earlier.
Houseticker read. Most of the headline change reflects which homes sold, not a change in what comparable homes sell for: with the mix held fixed, the change is within normal variation.
Based on 27 sales in the last 90 days and 24 in the same 90 days a year earlier. Adjusted for home size, lot size and school zone.
Are prices rising?
$1,880/sqft
about the same as the same 90 days last year
The typical price per square foot 2,000–2,800 sqft homes sold for over the last 90 days, worked out again each month: 27 sales in the last 90 days, and 24 in the same 90 days last year. Our sales records start September 28, 2023. The bars count the sales that closed each month. The typical sale price over the last 90 days: $4.41M.
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?
$1,445–$2,161
the middle half of sales · 38.1% 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 27 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?
3% 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: 22 sales whose asking price we know, and 5 we never saw advertised. Our sales records start September 28, 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 2% over the last asking price (22 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, the same as 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 22 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?
10 days
9% 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: 20 in the last 90 days. Pendings before June 1, 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?
8 homes for sale
6 new listings in the last four weeks
Homes for sale on each Monday and listings that came on the market each week, tracked since June 1, 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.
The lots that sold this quarter hide a price move for comparable homes
Against Q3 2025, the plain median price per square foot was 1.3% lower, at $1,880 against $1,905, a difference we cannot tell from normal variation. Hold the mix of homes fixed, though, and comparable homes sold for about 10.2% more than a year earlier. The evidence is not strong, but it points up.
The gap comes from what sold. The mix pulled the raw figure down 3.4%: the lots that sold pulled it 4.2% that way, and home size pushed 1.2% the other. That is based on 27 sales this quarter and 27 a year ago. For a buyer, the headline median is not the price of a comparable home.
No single factor stands out in what separates this quarter's sale prices
We put every sale's price against home size, lot, school zone and city at once, each read with the others held still. Together they account for 71% of the price differences among 49 sales this quarter. The rest is what the records cannot see: condition, updates, views, the street.
Split fairly, lot carries 29.3% of the explained part, home size 19.8%, city 18.9% and school zone 3.1%, and the order is too close to call. A home 10% bigger was associated with a 5.7% higher price, and a lot 10% bigger with 2.6%, after controlling for the others. For a buyer, a sizable part of any price sits outside the records.
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.