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Where Santa Clara Homes Sell Over Asking, Neighborhood by Neighborhood

by Eric & Janelle Boyenga

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In the 24 months to October 27, 2026, 1,337 Santa Clara homes sold in the MLS records we can read (houses, condos and townhomes, repeat records removed). The typical one sold for 2.8% over its list price, and 64% sold over asking. For houses alone, the typical sale was 5.7% over and 73% sold over asking. Here is how that breaks down across our 21 Santa Clara neighborhood guides.

The short answer

  • Furthest over asking (guides with at least 10 sales): Westwood Oaks (8.9% over, 71% of 21 sold over), Sunny Brae (7.4% over, 79% of 33 sold over) and Briarwood (7.3% over, 74% of 130 sold over).
  • Closest to asking: Old Quad (0.4% over, 55% of 175 sold over) and Lawrence Station (at asking, 44% of 36 sold over).
  • All 21 guides had 5 or more sales in the window, enough to list here.
  • Over asking isn’t the whole story. Where many homes sell right at asking, list prices may simply sit closer to what homes end up selling for.

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Neighborhood by neighborhood

Guides with at least 5 sales, furthest over asking first. “Typical sale” is the median of each home’s sale price divided by the list price on its sale record. Each name opens its guide, with live listings and the last 12 months of sales.

#NeighborhoodSalesTypical saleSold over askingMedian priceHouses: typical sale
1Westwood Oaks218.9% over71%$2.45M9.3% over (20)
2Sunny Brae337.4% over79%$1.71M8.1% over (26)
3Briarwood1307.3% over74%$1.94M8.4% over (117)
4Mariposa Gardens267.0% over81%$2.28M7.4% over (24)
5Maywood956.8% over71%$2.38M10.0% over (58)
6Forest Park166.7% over63%$2.54M6.7% over (16)
7Westwood415.7% over80%$1.95M5.5% over (38)
8Killarney Farms564.7% over68%$2.06M5.2% over (54)
9Monastery Gardens174.2% over71%$1.85M4.2% over (17)
10Bowers/Monroe1673.8% over71%$1.75M5.4% over (130)
11Henry Schmidt Park543.0% over65%$1.75M3.3% over (36)
12Junipero Gardens472.8% over68%$1.5M8.6% over (24)
13Central Park West1321.9% over62%$1.59M7.1% over (60)
14Agnew Village441.9% over61%$1.35M3.4% over (31)
15Rivermark1041.8% over64%$1.39M5.9% over (16)
16Montague Park221.7% over59%$1.57M3.4% over (19)
17Fairway Glen191.2% over58%$1.52Mat asking (15)
18South of Forest221.1% over59%$2.19M6.5% over (19)
19El Camino Homes640.6% over55%$1.33M5.5% over (31)
20Old Quad1750.4% over55%$1.37M1.5% over (105)
21Lawrence Station36at asking44%$1.43M—

Reading it right

  • Sale-to-list measures price against asking, not value. A seller who lists low to draw offers will show a bigger “over asking” number than one who lists near the expected price, even if both homes sold for what the market would pay.
  • It uses the list price on the sale record, usually the last one, so a home that cut its price and then sold at the new price counts as “at asking.”
  • Small samples swing. Each row shows its sale count; a guide with 6 sales can move a lot when one more home closes.
  • Condos and townhomes behave differently from houses, so the last column shows houses on their own where a guide had at least 5 house sales.
  • Some guides overlap, and a sale inside two outlines counts in both. 1,235 of the 1,337 sales fall inside at least one of our guides.

Go deeper

How Much Over Asking tracks the same measure city by city with live MLS data, Bidding Wars by Price splits it by price band, and Homes Selling Under Asking shows the other side. For timing, the best month to sell in Santa Clara shows how often homes sold over asking by closing month since 2012. For price per square foot by neighborhood, see Santa Clara neighborhoods ranked; the Santa Clara city guide links every guide. To see where we’ve sold, our Santa Clara sales map shows the sales we can match to MLS records. Across every city we cover: Silicon Valley neighborhoods ranked by sale vs. asking.

The Santa Clara data series: housing market by the numbers · neighborhoods ranked by price per sq ft · ten years of prices by neighborhood · condos and townhomes · house prices by bedrooms · houses under $2M · houses at $2.5M and up · the best month to sell · the most expensive streets · houses by neighborhood · our sales map

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