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Price per Square Foot by House Size on the Peninsula: Nine Cities (2026)
Price per square foot is the Peninsula’s favorite shorthand, and it changes with the size of the house as much as with the city. Here are house sales in nine San Mateo County cities, sorted by living area, with the price per foot for each size and what the next 100 square feet adds on each city’s me
Peninsula Home Appreciation by City: What the Same Houses Resold For (2026)
How much have Peninsula homes really appreciated? We matched 1,485 houses that sold in the last 24 months in nine San Mateo County cities to their previous sale since 2012. 1,099 were about the same size both times. The typical one gained from 2.6% a year in Daly City to 4.8% a year in Burlingame, a
Where Belmont Homes Sell Over Asking: By Price Range and Size (2026)
Do Belmont homes still sell over asking? In the last 12 months, the typical Belmont house closed 3.4% over asking, and 67% sold for more than their list price. That’s against 5.8% over asking the year before. But it depends on the price and the size: over the last 24 months, houses at $3.5M–$4M were
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