Blog > Where Sunnyvale Homes Sell Over Asking, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
In the 24 months to October 19, 2026, 1,533 Sunnyvale homes sold in the MLS records we can read (houses, condos and townhomes, repeat records removed). The typical one sold for 4.6% over its list price, and 72% sold over asking. For houses alone, the typical sale was 8.0% over and 79% sold over asking. Here is how that breaks down across our 26 Sunnyvale neighborhood guides.
The short answer
- Furthest over asking (guides with at least 10 sales): Cherry Chase (14.3% over, 85% of 46 sold over), Ortega Park (10.4% over, 91% of 44 sold over) and Cherryhill (10.0% over, 81% of 21 sold over).
- Closest to asking or under: Fairbrae (1.9% over, 56% of 25 sold over) and Lawrence Station (1.8% over, 65% of 133 sold over).
- 24 of the 26 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.
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.
| # | Neighborhood | Sales | Typical sale | Sold over asking | Median price | Houses: typical sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cherry Chase | 46 | 14.3% over | 85% | $2.71M | 14.3% over (46) |
| 2 | Rancho Verde | 8 | 11.8% over | 88% | $3.03M | 11.8% over (8) |
| 3 | Ortega Park | 44 | 10.4% over | 91% | $3.07M | 10.4% over (44) |
| 4 | Cherryhill | 21 | 10.0% over | 81% | $2.89M | 13.5% over (18) |
| 5 | Serra Park & West Valley | 102 | 9.9% over | 80% | $3.35M | 10.1% over (98) |
| 6 | Sunny Arts & Community Center | 43 | 9.5% over | 84% | $1.46M | 13.5% over (13) |
| 7 | Fairwood | 23 | 9.4% over | 87% | $2.95M | 9.4% over (23) |
| 8 | Birdland | 47 | 7.9% over | 81% | $2.73M | 7.9% over (47) |
| 9 | Ponderosa Park | 85 | 6.4% over | 78% | $2.6M | 10.7% over (62) |
| 10 | Cumberland & Las Palmas | 78 | 6.4% over | 77% | $2.81M | 7.9% over (60) |
| 11 | Braly Park | 34 | 6.1% over | 74% | $2.15M | 9.7% over (20) |
| 12 | Murphy Park | 48 | 6.0% over | 85% | $1.76M | 6.0% over (42) |
| 13 | Primewood | 6 | 5.8% over | 83% | $3.25M | 5.8% over (6) |
| 14 | Sunnyvale Manor & Sunnymount Gardens | 32 | 5.4% over | 78% | $1.87M | 6.2% over (28) |
| 15 | SNAIL | 88 | 5.1% over | 77% | $1.74M | 6.5% over (68) |
| 16 | Sunnyvale West | 42 | 4.4% over | 69% | $2.52M | 4.4% over (42) |
| 17 | Panama Park | 41 | 4.2% over | 73% | $2.65M | 8.3% over (29) |
| 18 | Lakewood Village | 60 | 3.6% over | 75% | $1.69M | 3.7% over (59) |
| 19 | San Miguel | 44 | 3.1% over | 64% | $1.38M | 6.0% over (22) |
| 20 | Fair Oaks Park | 124 | 3.0% over | 69% | $1.6M | 1.6% over (8) |
| 21 | Heritage District & Downtown | 42 | 2.0% over | 60% | $1.64M | 6.0% over (22) |
| 22 | Fairbrae | 25 | 1.9% over | 56% | $3M | 1.9% over (25) |
| 23 | Lawrence Station | 133 | 1.8% over | 65% | $1.52M | 4.5% over (33) |
| 24 | Sunset Oaks | 8 | 1.7% over | 63% | $1.04M | — |
Fewer than 5 sales in the window, so not listed: Fairorchard (3) and Rancho Sans Souci (4).
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. 1,153 of the 1,533 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 price per square foot by neighborhood, see Sunnyvale neighborhoods ranked; the Sunnyvale city guide links every guide. To see where we’ve sold, our Sunnyvale sales map shows the sales we can match to MLS records.
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