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Market Update

Stanford Circle Cities

Here is a quick summary of the Real Estate Market in Stanford Circle (Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Woodside, and Portola Valley)

🏡 Stanford Circle Real Estate Market Update – 2025 YTD

📈 Home Prices & Market Activity

  • Median Home Price of Stanford Circle Properties: $4.5M, up 8% from $4.16M in 2024.

  • Palo Alto: Median price at $3.975M, a 9% increase from $3.65M.

  • Los Altos: Strongest price growth—median now at $5.3M (up 21% YoY), with 38% more homes sold in Q1. Demand remains high for larger lots and extra bedrooms due to hybrid work trends.

  • Price per Square Foot: Averaged $1,867, a 4% increase from $1,793 in 2024(MLS data).

🏘️ Inventory & Sales Trends

  • Inventory is rebounding as sellers who waited in prior years now list:

    • Los Altos: Listings up 50%

    • Palo Alto: Listings up 28%

    • Menlo Park: Listings up 38%

  • All-Cash Purchases:

    • Los Altos: 42%

    • Palo Alto: 31%

    • Menlo Park: 23%

  • Homes Struggling to Sell: ~30% of listings face slow sales—primarily older homes needing renovation or those priced above $8M.

📊 Broader Market Context

  • Nasdaq Index: Up 70%, rising from 12,594 (2023 low) to 17,844 as of May 5, 2025—boosting tech wealth and buyer confidence.

  • California's GDP is $4.1 trillion, making it the fourth-largest economy globally. The region continues to be highly desirable for both living and investing.

  • Inflation: 2.4%, down from 2.8% last month, though consumer prices (e.g., Amazon, groceries) seem to rise

💰 Financing & Mortgage Rates

  • 30-Year Fixed Mortgage: ~6.25%

    • (Note: Buyers may receive rate concessions via relationship banking or fund transfers.)

  • 10-Year Treasury Yield: Dropped to 4.2%

  • Rate Outlook: Potential for further decline, as long as new tariffs don’t push inflation higher.

📋 Regulatory Update: Buyer Agreements

  • As of 2025, buyers must sign a Buyer Representation & Broker Compensation Agreement (BRBC) to tour homes with an agent.

  • While seller-listing agent contracts remain standard, sellers still typically cover buy-side compensation (~90%+ of the time)—alleviating pressure on buyers to pay extra.

Just Listed in Old Palo Alto

2149 High Street, Palo Alto

4 Beds, 3.5 Baths, 2,193 SF, Lot Size 5,600 SF 

List Price $4,498,000

2149highstreet.com
 
 
 

 

Here is the Real Estate Report for December 2022!!
It has been a roller coaster ride so far for 2022.
 
Here are a few takeaways for homes located in Stanford Circle:
1) Homes prices were all-time high in April-May 2022 timeframe
2) Since March 2022, average sales prices to list price % have dropped 14 points, 4% below the list price
3) Year over year, the number of homes sold is down by 35%
4) Mortgage- 30-year fixed rate was 3.11% on 12/30, 2.65% on January 2021, and 6.33% on December 1, 2022.
5) S&P is down 30%, and Nasdaq is down 33%
6) Year over year, the average median price is still up 5% compared to last year, and the average sale price is up 7%.
 
2023 Prediction:
 
The number of homes for sale will be down by another 15-20%.
Inflation numbers and mortgage rates will start getting better after the 2nd quarter. The home appreciation rate for 2023 will be 1% to 2%.
 
Stanford Circle- include homes in Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Atherton, Woodside and Portola Valley.
 

 
Umang Sanchorawala
 
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Statistics are generalities, essentially summaries of widely disparate data generated by dozens, hundreds or thousands of unique, individual sales occurring within different time periods. They are best seen not as precise measurements, but as broad, comparative indicators, with reasonable margins of error. Anomalous fluctuations in statistics are not uncommon, especially in smaller, expensive market segments. Last period data should be considered estimates that may change with late-reported data. Different analytics programs sometimes define statistics - such as "active listings," "days on market," and "months supply of inventory" - differently: what is most meaningful are not specific calculations but the trends they illustrate. Most listing and sales data derives from the local or regional multi-listing service (MLS) of the area specified in the analysis, but not all listings or sales are reported to MLS and these won't be reflected in the data. "Homes" signifies real-property, single-household housing units: houses, condos, co-ops, townhouses, duets and TICs (but not mobile homes), as applicable to each market. City/town names refer specifically to the named cities and towns, or their MLS areas, unless otherwise delineated. Multi­county metro areas will be specified as such. Data from sources deemed reliable, but may contain errors and subject to revision. All numbers to be considered approximate.
 
Many aspects of value cannot be adequately reflected in median and average statistics: curb appeal, age, condition, amenities, views, lot size, quality of outdoor space, "bonus" rooms, additional parking, quality of location within the neighborhood, and so on. How any of these statistics apply to any particular home is unknown without a specific comparative market analysis.
 
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