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East Palo Alto Luxury Homes: Where $1.4 Million+ Houses Sold, Neighborhood by Neighborhood

by Eric & Janelle Boyenga

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Where do top-of-market single-family houses sell in East Palo Alto? In the two years to October 27, 2026, 17 of the 148 single-family houses that sold in East Palo Alto (11%) closed at $1.4 million or more, by the MLS records we can read with repeat records removed. In 2012, none did all year; in 2025, 10 did. Here is where those sales happened, inside each of our neighborhood guides.

The short answer

  • Across the city: 36% of house sales closed at $1.2M or more, 11% at $1.4M or more and 6% at $1.5M or more. The highest sale was $2.11M in Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede.
  • Where they cluster (share of house sales at $1.4M+, guides with at least 8 house sales): Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede (32%).
  • None at $1.4M+ in the window: Kavanaugh & Newbridge.
  • What it buys: the typical house that sold for $1.4M or more went for $1.51M, with 2,258 sq ft ($707 per sq ft), against 1,245 sq ft and $825 per sq ft for all East Palo Alto houses.
  • Over time: no house sold for $1.4M or more in 2012; 23 did in 2021 and 10 in 2025, with 4 more from January through September 2026.

Next steps in East Palo Alto

Neighborhood by neighborhood

Guides with at least 8 house sales, highest share at $1.4M or more first. Each cell shows how many houses sold at that price or more and their share of the guide’s house sales. Each name opens its guide, with live listings and the last 12 months of sales.

NeighborhoodHouse salesMedian price$1.2M+$1.4M+$1.5M+
Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede34$1.28M21 (62%)11 (32%)4 (12%)
University Village & Ravenswood12$1M2 (17%)1 (8%)0 (0%)
The Gardens31$1.07M8 (26%)2 (6%)2 (6%)
Palo Alto Park34$1.04M11 (32%)1 (3%)1 (3%)
Kavanaugh & Newbridge30$990K7 (23%)0 (0%)0 (0%)

Fewer than 8 house sales, so not ranked: Westside (7 sales, 2 at $1.4M+).

Year by year since 2012

House sales at $1.4M or more each year, in East Palo Alto. The line is fixed in dollars while prices rose, so part of the climb is simply more houses crossing it: the median house sold for $285K in 2012 and $1.1M in 2025.

YearHouse sales$1.4M+ShareMedian house price
201210900%$285K
20137500%$420K
201410300%$514K
20158900%$646K
201611144%$767K
20179900%$850K
2018971111%$985K
20199078%$968K
20207146%$935K
20211132320%$1.02M
2022841821%$1.07M
202374912%$960K
2024861416%$1.05M
2025781013%$1.1M
2026 (Jan.–Sept.)5148%$1.08M

Reading it right

  • These are sale prices, not list prices, and they aren’t adjusted for inflation.
  • Size drives much of the top end, so compare price per square foot as well as price when you look at houses at $1.4M or more.
  • Small samples swing. Every cell shows its count, and one or two sales can move a small guide’s share.
  • Each sale counts once; none falls inside two of our guide outlines.
  • Past sales aren’t a forecast or the value of any one home.

How we counted

Closed sales of single-family houses reported to the MLS, read through the IDX feeds that power our home search, with one record per MLS number and only sales with a recorded living area and a map position, placed inside each guide’s outline. A sale counts at a price if it closed at that amount or more. The yearly table uses the same rules, by closing date, through September 30, 2026.

Go deeper

The Luxury Market Report follows the top of the market in 21 Silicon Valley cities, including Palo Alto and Menlo Park, and the Price Ladder shows where East Palo Alto’s top end sits against other cities. For East Palo Alto, see houses under $1 million, guide by guide, house prices by bedrooms and neighborhoods ranked by price per square foot; the East Palo Alto city guide links every guide. Across every city we cover: where $5M+ houses sold, neighborhood by neighborhood.

Common questions

What is the most expensive neighborhood in East Palo Alto?

By median house price over the two years to October 27, 2026, among our guides with at least 8 house sales: Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede ($1.28M), The Gardens ($1.07M) and Palo Alto Park ($1.04M).

How many East Palo Alto houses sell for $1.4 million or more?

17 of 148 house sales (11%) in those two years, and 10 in 2025 alone, up from none in 2012.

What was the highest house sale in East Palo Alto?

$2.11M in Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede, in the two years to October 27, 2026, by the MLS records we can read.

The East Palo Alto data series: housing market by the numbers · neighborhoods ranked by price per sq ft · where homes sell over asking · ten years of prices by neighborhood · condos and townhomes · house prices by bedrooms · houses under $1M · the best month to sell · the most expensive streets · lots by neighborhood

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