Above Asking

Market intel · weekly

Vol. I · No. 4 Palo Alto, California 19 Oct – 25 Oct, 2026 · current

Each week, I look at a question homeowners and buyers are asking—and compare the headlines with the Palo Alto sales behind them.

The lead · October 22

Four Days From a For Sale Sign: What If a Dozen Crescent Park Homes Came to Market?

Palo Alto's most famous homeowner nearly listed his estate. What might have happened if several properties in Crescent Park had come onto the market—and what can homeowners learn from it?

A Palo Alto sidewalk in dappled light, running past a clipped hedge, an iron fence and an ivy-covered wall

By Maggie Ma · DRE #02117367 Read the piece →

This issue, in context

38
Active single-family listings: Palo Alto, October 16, 2026. A dozen more homes would be nearly a third again; 91.6%
$10M+ sale price as % of original list: Median of 23 sales. Across all 446 sales the median was 105.5% — the $10M+ tier is the one part of this market that sells below asking; 37 days
$10M+ median days on market: The MLS figure. Across all sales the median was 9 days

These figures describe the stated sample and time period. They are not a prediction for one property.

How I did this. The sales figures are MLSListings records for Palo Alto single-family homes with status Sold over the twelve months to September 25, 2026 — 446 sales in all, of which 23 closed at $10 million or above. Sale price is compared with the original list price, and the 105.5% figure is taken over the 437 sales that have one recorded. Days on market is the MLS figure, not elapsed time from listing to contract. The active-inventory count is Palo Alto single-family listings on October 16, 2026. Everything reported about the Meta filing, the September 9 dinner and the September 14 agreement comes from the published reporting listed under Sources; no listing for the estate appears in any of it.

End of issue

What the headlines say, and what the sales actually show · figures as recorded Print this issuePrint issue

← 5 Oct – 11 OctPrevious issue

The decision the data cannot make.

Market data can tell us about demand, competition, pricing and how this market has behaved before. It cannot tell you whether keeping this particular house still serves what you want next.

If you are happy where you are, a strong Palo Alto market may simply be one more reason to stay. If a move is already somewhere on your horizon, the useful question changes: what does the current market mean for your timing, your alternatives, and this particular property?

That is where I would narrow the numbers to your home.

Above Asking

Four Days From a For Sale Sign: What If a Dozen Crescent Park Homes Came to Market?

The last twelve weeks, kept as published.

The decision the data cannot make.

Above Asking

Four Days From a For Sale Sign: What If a Dozen Crescent Park Homes Came to Market?

The last twelve weeks, kept as published.

The decision the data cannot make.

Have Above Asking sent to you.