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Market data, neighborhood guides, Eichler history and how-tos for buyers and sellers, from Eric & Janelle Boyenga and the team at Compass.
East Palo Alto Housing Market by the Numbers: Prices, Bidding Wars and the Price Ladder Since 2012
What does East Palo Alto’s housing market look like in numbers? Everything below comes from closed MLS sales in East Palo Alto, read in October 2026, and from the datasets on our Property Nerds® market pages. The last 12 months run October 2025 through September 2026 (92 sales). Each section links t
Best Month to Sell a House in San Francisco: 4 Years of Sales, Month by Month
When do San Francisco homes sell best? We sorted the 18,028 San Francisco sales that closed from January 2022 through December 2025, as reported to the MLS with repeat records removed, by the month they closed. Our MLS records cover San Francisco fully only from 2022, so these figures pool all 2022–
San Francisco Luxury Homes: Where $3.5 Million+ Houses Sold, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
Where do top-of-market single-family houses sell in San Francisco? In the two years to October 27, 2026, 629 of the 4,562 single-family houses that sold in San Francisco (14%) closed at $3.5 million or more, by the MLS records we can read with repeat records removed. In 2022, 218 did all year; in 20
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