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Market data, neighborhood guides, Eichler history and how-tos for buyers and sellers, from Eric & Janelle Boyenga and the team at Compass.
What Your Budget Buys in Los Altos: Houses by Price Range (2026)
What does your budget buy in Los Altos? We sorted every Los Altos house sale from the last 24 months by price and looked at what each range bought: living area, bedrooms, bathrooms, lot and how hard buyers bid. The middle of the market, $4.5M–$5.5M, bought a median 2,460 square feet with 4 bedrooms
Los Altos Home Appreciation: What the Same Houses Resold For (2026)
What did Los Altos houses actually gain? Not a city average, but the same house, sold twice. We matched 126 Los Altos houses that sold in the last 24 months to their previous sale since 2012. Of those, 86 were about the same size both times, so the gain isn’t from an addition. The median one sold fo
Los Altos Price per Square Foot by House Size: Why Bigger Homes Cost Less per Foot (2026)
Price per square foot is the number everyone quotes, and in Los Altos it depends heavily on the size of the house. Over the last 24 months, houses under 1,500 sq ft sold for a median $2,814 a square foot, and houses of 4,000 sq ft and up for $1,574. Here’s the full ladder, why bigger houses cost les
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