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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.
Best Month to Sell a House in San Mateo: 14 Years of Sales, Month by Month
When do San Mateo homes sell best? We sorted the 12,113 San Mateo sales that closed from January 2012 through December 2025, as reported to the MLS with repeat records removed, by the month they closed. May closings sold over asking most often: in an average year, 72.7% of them went over, against 52
San Mateo Luxury Homes: Where $3.5 Million+ Houses Sold, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
Where do top-of-market single-family houses sell in San Mateo? In the two years to October 27, 2026, 98 of the 975 single-family houses that sold in San Mateo (10%) closed at $3.5 million or more, by the MLS records we can read with repeat records removed. In 2012, none did all year; in 2025, 45 did
San Mateo Houses Under $2 Million: Where They Sold, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
Shopping for a house in San Mateo on a budget near $2 million? Of the 975 single-family houses that sold in the two years to October 27, 2026, by the MLS records we can read with repeat records removed, 425 (44%) sold for less than $2 million. Here is where those sales happened, inside each of our n
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