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Selling a home in Mountain View
In Mountain View, 65% of sales since January 2024 closed over asking, with a median overbid of $128K, and more than half of sales were condos and townhomes. Here’s what the numbers say, what’s different about selling here, including the city’s own transfer tax, and what we’ve sold in town.
mountain view by the numbers
What the Mountain View market says right now
Mountain View closed 511 sales in the last 12 months, and 45% of them were single-family houses, the second-lowest share of the 25 cities with 100+ sales in the last 12 months. Price per square foot hasn’t passed its May 2022 high of $1,197; July–September 2026 came in at $1,109.
- median sale price$1.84Mlast 12 months, 511 sales; Silicon Valley $1.65M
- over asking65%of 1,428 sales since January 2024; median overbid $128K
- $3M–5M76%of 249 sales in that band since January 2024 closed over asking
- best closing monthApril79% over asking, against 61% in January and December; May is busiest
Source: closed MLS sales, Boyenga Team analysis, October 2026. Recent 12 months = October 2025 to September 2026; over and under asking = January 2024 to September 2026; best month = averaged over 2012–2025. See Mountain View by the numbers.
what’s different here
What sellers in Mountain View should plan for
What we plan for on Mountain View listings.
Bidding depends on the neighborhood
measured: 24 months
Over the last two years, among neighborhoods with 10+ sales, St. Francis Acres & Grandmeadow sold furthest over asking, a typical 10.2% over, then Stierlin Estates (7.6%) and Waverly Park (7.4%). In Willowgate and Downtown Mountain View the typical sale closed at asking. Houses alone sold a typical 6.0% over, and 72% of them over asking. A citywide figure won’t price your home, so we start from your neighborhood’s record.
More condos and townhomes than houses
measured: 45% houses
45% of Mountain View’s sales in the last 12 months were single-family houses, the second-lowest share of the 25 cities with 100+ sales in the last 12 months; the rest were condos and townhomes. In the two years to October 27, 2026, the typical townhome sold for $1.57M and the typical condo for $820K, against $2.8M for a house, and 58% of condo and townhome sales closed over asking, against 72% of houses. So we price a townhome against townhomes, and a condo against its own complex and the ones nearby.
A city transfer tax, and Measure G
city rule and county
Inside city limits, Mountain View adds a city transfer tax of $3.30 per $1,000 to the county’s $1.10, so $13,200 in all on a $3 million sale. Since December 20, 2024 (Measure G), the city tax on a sale over $6 million is 1.5% of the whole price: $26,400 in all at $6,000,000, but $96,601 at $6,000,001. 4 of the 960 Mountain View sales from then to October 27, 2026 closed over $6 million. By local custom the seller pays the county tax and the buyer and seller split the city tax; all of it is negotiable, and the purchase contract decides.
Lots and one-story zoning
city and FEMA records
The median single-family (R1) lot in Mountain View is 6,820 sq ft; Waverly Park (8,240 sq ft) and Blossom Valley (8,190 sq ft) have the largest medians of the neighborhoods with 150+ lots. 175 lots sit in the city’s one-story height overlay (H1S), which limits new houses to one story: 122 in Blossom Valley and 53 in St. Francis Acres & Grandmeadow. A buyer who plans a second story checks this first. Only 10 of the 7,581 R1 lots (under 1%) have their parcel center in a FEMA high-risk flood zone.
Eichlers, Mackays and Mardells
tract history
Monta Loma was built in the mid-1950s by three builders: Joseph Eichler (Fairview), John Mackay (Oakwood) and the Mardell Building Company (Mardell Manor). Grandmeadow is a 53-home Eichler tract from the early 1970s. Buyers ask which one they’re looking at, so we confirm the builder and the systems before launch. Since 2018 we’ve listed 2 Mountain View homes whose listings described them as Eichlers or mid-century homes; both closed over the final list price.
Timing
measured: 2012–2025
April closings sold over asking most often (79%); January and December closings least (61%, tied). May has the most closings, about 11% of the year’s sales. Closing comes about a month after the accepted offer, so a spring sale is planned in winter.
our sales
Homes we’ve listed and sold in Mountain View
Since 2012 we’ve matched 42 Mountain View sales to MLS records: 28 homes we listed and 14 where we represented the buyer. The most recent homes we listed:
sold May 2026 · mountain view
$940K
2 bd · 2 ba · 1,069 sq ft
1.2% over the final list price of $929KListed by the Boyenga Team at Compass
sold May 2024 · mountain view
$3.00M
944 Trophy Drive · St. Francis Acres & Grandmeadow
4 bd · 2 ba · 2,030 sq ft
7.2% over the final list price of $2.80MListed by the Boyenga Team at Compass
sold Feb 2024 · mountain view
$1.75M
205 Hockney Avenue · Sylvan Park
3 bd · 4 ba · 1,637 sq ft
3.2% over the final list price of $1.70MListed by the Boyenga Team at Compass
sold Dec 2023 · mountain view
$1.75M
1868 Vassar Avenue · Rex Manor
3 bd · 1 ba · 923 sq ft
3.1% over the final list price of $1.70MListed by the Boyenga Team at Compass
sold Sep 2023 · mountain view
$2.91M
1861 Montecito Avenue · Rex Manor
4 bd · 2 ba · 1,837 sq ft
12.0% over the final list price of $2.60MListed by the Boyenga Team at Compass
sold Aug 2023 · mountain view
$2.45M
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,888 sq ft
1.9% under the final list price of $2.50MListed by the Boyenga Team at Compass
For 27 of the 28 homes we listed here, the sold record shows the final list price: 21 closed at or above it, 20 of them over asking. The final list price is the asking price after any price changes. Source: closed MLS records, read October 27, 2026.
See all 42 on our Mountain View sales map
Neighborhoods with the most of our sales (listing and buyer side): Shoreline West (3), Willowgate (3), Monta Loma (3), Mountain Shadows (3).
our plan
How we’d sell your Mountain View home
The same Property Nerd plan we run on every listing, tuned to Mountain View.
Price against the right sales
We start with the closest recent sales in your neighborhood and of your kind of house, then read the competition that week. In Mountain View a townhome, a condo and a house each have their own recent sales, so we compare like with like.
Prepare what buyers notice
Paint, light, landscaping and staging, budgeted in the Prep Lab, with Compass Concierge to front eligible costs. On Eichlers and other mid-century houses, inspections up front show what’s worth fixing before buyers find it.
Disclose early
Inspections and disclosures ready before launch, so buyers make offers on facts. In Mountain View we also confirm the parcel’s zoning, including any one-story overlay, and that it’s inside city limits for the transfer tax.
Launch on purpose
A private or Coming Soon start if it fits, then the full launch; the Launch Lab shows the plan. April closings sold over asking most often, so a spring sale is planned in winter.
Negotiate and close
We compare offers on price, terms and certainty, then run escrow to closing.
The Mountain View data series
our own analysis
More from the series
by price and place
Seller tools
plan your numbers
Looking for an agent rather than a plan? Our Mountain View real estate team page · Mountain View neighborhood guides
questions
Questions Mountain View sellers ask us
How often do Mountain View homes sell over asking?
From January 2024 to September 2026, 65% of 1,428 Mountain View sales closed above the final list price, with a median overbid of $128K. 26% closed below it, with a median discount of $38K. In the $3M–5M band, 76% of 249 sales closed over asking. Across Silicon Valley, 60% closed over asking.
When is the best time to sell in Mountain View?
Averaged over 2012–2025, Mountain View closings in April sold over asking most often (79%) and January and December closings least often (61%, tied). May has the most closings, about 11% of the year’s sales. Because closing comes about a month after the offer, plan a spring sale in winter.
Does Mountain View charge a transfer tax?
Inside city limits, yes: $3.30 per $1,000 of the sale price up to $6 million, on top of the Santa Clara County tax of $1.10 per $1,000, so $13,200 in all on a $3 million sale. Since December 20, 2024 (Measure G), the city tax on a sale over $6 million is 1.5% of the whole price, so $96,601 in all at $6,000,001 against $26,400 at $6,000,000. Some homes with a Mountain View address sit on unincorporated county land, where only the county tax applies; your escrow officer confirms it from the parcel’s tax rate area. By local custom the seller pays the county tax and the buyer and seller split the city tax; all of it is negotiable, and the purchase contract decides.
Is my lot in the one-story overlay?
175 Mountain View single-family lots sit in the city’s one-story height overlay (H1S), which limits new houses to one story: 122 in Blossom Valley and 53 in St. Francis Acres & Grandmeadow. We confirm your parcel’s zoning with the City’s map before you list.
Should a condo or townhome be priced differently?
Yes. In the two years to October 27, 2026, the typical Mountain View townhome sold for $1.57M and the typical condo for $820K, against $2.8M for a house, and 58% of condo and townhome sales closed over asking, against 72% of houses. We price against the recent sales in your complex and the ones nearby.
What do you charge to sell a Mountain View home?
Commissions are negotiable. We offer bundled services, so ask us what’s included.
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Thinking about selling in Mountain View?
We’ll pull the closest sales to your house, walk through prep and timing, and tell you what we’d do. No pressure and no obligation.
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