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Silicon Valley Homes With a View: What They Sell For, City by City (2026)
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Views mostly come with hills, and hills come with their own questions: slope, access and fire zones. How many houses with a view sold in Silicon Valley, and for how much? In the two years to October 27, 2026, 1,805 of the 21,761 houses sold in 31 Silicon Valley cities had listings that mentioned bay, city-light, mountain, hillside, valley or other named views: 8%. Here’s what they sold for, how common they are in each city, and how they compare with the typical house nearby.
The short answer
- Median price: $2.38M ($1,047 per square foot, median 2,354 sq ft), against $2M for all houses.
- Against the typical house in the same city: 6% less per square foot.
- Sold over asking: 57%, against 63% for all houses.
- Most common in Woodside (35% of its house sales); least common in Santa Clara (1%), among cities with at least 5.
- This year vs. last: median $2.42M in the year to Oct 27, 2026 (940 sales), $2.3M the year before (865 sales), +5%.
Next steps
- Search homes for sale, then use Save Search to get new listings by email.
- What’s my home worth? A starting estimate, then a real one from a Property Nerd.
- Talk to a Property Nerd about houses with a view on your list.
City by city
Cities with at least 5 such sales, most common first (share of the city’s house sales). The last column compares each sale’s price per square foot with the median for all houses in its own city. Fewer than 5: Atherton and Sunnyvale. None: East Palo Alto.
| City | Sales | Share of house sales | Median price | Median $/sq ft | Sold over asking | $/sq ft vs. its city |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside | 49 | 35% | $3.88M | $1,231 | 27% | 9% less |
| Belmont | 115 | 34% | $2.5M | $1,256 | 71% | 2% less |
| Los Altos Hills | 56 | 29% | $5.62M | $1,680 | 46% | 5% more |
| Portola Valley | 42 | 29% | $5.68M | $1,467 | 36% | 5% less |
| Los Gatos | 161 | 22% | $2.57M | $930 | 27% | 24% less |
| Hillsborough | 48 | 21% | $5.66M | $1,361 | 58% | 10% less |
| Millbrae | 43 | 19% | $2.46M | $1,244 | 60% | 2% more |
| Daly City | 118 | 18% | $1.32M | $777 | 77% | 4% less |
| San Carlos | 78 | 16% | $2.89M | $1,266 | 53% | 10% less |
| South San Francisco | 54 | 12% | $1.47M | $836 | 74% | 6% less |
| Morgan Hill | 83 | 12% | $1.7M | $613 | 45% | 7% less |
| Gilroy | 83 | 12% | $1.48M | $521 | 37% | 1% less |
| San Bruno | 40 | 10% | $1.61M | $959 | 73% | 2% less |
| Burlingame | 37 | 10% | $3.38M | $1,365 | 70% | 10% less |
| Milpitas | 34 | 9% | $2.01M | $1,006 | 65% | about the same |
| San Mateo | 89 | 9% | $2.55M | $1,272 | 74% | about the same |
| Redwood City | 76 | 8% | $2.88M | $1,220 | 57% | 2% less |
| Saratoga | 37 | 8% | $4.42M | $1,312 | 57% | 15% less |
| Mountain View | 37 | 8% | $2.93M | $1,552 | 86% | 7% less |
| Monte Sereno | 6 | 8% | $7.47M | $1,516 | 33% | 1% less |
| Los Altos | 32 | 6% | $4.9M | $1,684 | 59% | 13% less |
| Cupertino | 24 | 6% | $3.34M | $1,240 | 38% | 25% less |
| San Jose | 417 | 5% | $1.9M | $912 | 63% | 7% less |
| Foster City | 6 | 3% | $2.6M | $1,184 | 67% | 6% more |
| Menlo Park | 12 | 2% | $4.45M | $1,446 | 50% | 14% less |
| Campbell | 6 | 2% | $2.82M | $1,157 | 50% | 6% less |
| Palo Alto | 8 | 1% | $3.99M | $1,595 | 50% | 23% less |
| Santa Clara | 7 | 1% | $2.15M | $972 | 71% | 27% less |
ZIP codes with the most
ZIP codes with at least 5 such sales, most first (up to 15).
| ZIP | City | Sales | Share of house sales | Median price | Median $/sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94002 | Belmont | 115 | 34% | $2.5M | $1,256 |
| 95020 | Gilroy | 83 | 12% | $1.48M | $521 |
| 95037 | Morgan Hill | 83 | 12% | $1.7M | $613 |
| 94070 | San Carlos | 78 | 16% | $2.89M | $1,266 |
| 95033 | Los Gatos | 76 | 34% | $1.56M | $674 |
| 94015 | Daly City | 71 | 18% | $1.33M | $806 |
| 95120 | San Jose | 70 | 13% | $2.54M | $1,002 |
| 95123 | San Jose | 55 | 8% | $1.62M | $881 |
| 94062 | Redwood City | 54 | 17% | $2.95M | $1,123 |
| 94080 | South San Francisco | 54 | 12% | $1.47M | $836 |
| 95127 | San Jose | 54 | 11% | $1.5M | $738 |
| 94403 | San Mateo | 52 | 12% | $2.5M | $1,198 |
| 94062 | Woodside | 49 | 35% | $3.88M | $1,231 |
| 94010 | Hillsborough | 48 | 21% | $5.66M | $1,361 |
| 94014 | Daly City | 47 | 19% | $1.25M | $714 |
San Francisco, for comparison: 1,124 of 5,034 house sales (22%), median $1.97M, 78% sold over asking.
Reading it right
- Counted from listing descriptions. A house counts when its listing says so; some houses with the feature never mention it, so the true share is a little higher.
- The feature isn’t the only difference. These houses also differ in size, lot and location; the “vs. its city” column takes the city out but not the rest.
- Small samples swing. Every row shows its sale count.
- Past sales aren’t a forecast or the value of any one home.
How we counted
Closed sales of houses (MLS property type “single family home”) between October 28, 2024 and October 27, 2026 in 31 cities of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, reported to the MLS and read through the IDX feeds that power our home search, with repeat records from different feeds removed (normalized address plus sale date). Price per square foot uses sales with 400 sq ft or more; “vs. its city” uses cities with at least 30 such sales.
City by city
Prices, neighborhoods and a live search for each: San Jose, Los Gatos, Belmont, San Carlos, Daly City, San Mateo, Los Altos Hills, Woodside, Hillsborough, Morgan Hill, Portola Valley, Millbrae, Gilroy, Redwood City and South San Francisco.
Go deeper
Hillside homes often sit in fire hazard zones; check any address on Flood & Fire Zones by Neighborhood and the Insurance Lab. Neighborhood by neighborhood: the neighborhoods with the most single-story homes, pools, ADUs and views. More from the same sales: single-story houses, houses with an ADU and houses with a pool, and what each home style sells for.
Looking for houses with a view?
A Property Nerd will pull the recent sales closest to what you want and set up a search for the next one, including homes that come up before they’re public. Call (408) 373-1660 or (650) 383-8606, or book a strategy call. Commissions are negotiable, and we offer bundled services, so ask us what’s included.