The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 9/07/26
August 31, 2026
The Recap:
Happy Labor Day to everyone! I hope it has been a relaxing weekend for all. Even though summer doesn't end for another few weeks, this weekend always feels like the end of summer and the beginning of fall.
It's certainly that way in the local real estate market. Labor Day seems to be the unofficial kickoff to the relatively compressed fall real estate market that lasts for just September and October. It seems as if agents are just waiting until this week to launch their fall listings, because there were no listings put on the market last week. This makes sense, since it would be a questionable use of time to have the first open houses over a three-day holiday weekend.
Buyers are certainly banking on a strong start to September. With five homes being put under contract last week and no new listings to fill that void, there are only 12 homes for sale right now in all of San Carlos. That number should certainly increase that week, but this is a tremendously low number for this time of year.
Last week, I took a closer look at the difference in house prices between San Carlos homes that are in the San Carlos School District boundary versus that smaller subset of San Carlos homes that are in the Redwood City School District zone. The results certainly surprised me. It's worth a read if you haven't yet seen it.
Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend! Here are the numbers from last week's market in San Carlos:
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At A Glance
This is a high-level view of the market performance for single-family residences (SFR's) in San Carlos. This data is for the 7-day period ending Sunday, 9/6/2026:| San Carlos SFR Data | 9/6/26 | Previous Week |
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| Number of Closed Sales: | 5 | 10 |
| Average Sold Price: | $2,767,000 | $2,290,695 |
| Median Sold Price: | $2,750,000 | $2,302,500 |
| Average % Sold vs Orig List Price: | 108% | 111% |
| Average Days Listed of Closed Sales | 9 | 20 |
| Average $/Sq Foot (Sold) | $1,498 | $1,438 |
| Listings Put Under Contract: | 7 | 7 |
| Total Homes Under Contract: | 15 | 11 |
| New Listings: | 0 | 7 |
| Total Active Listings: | 12 | 20 |
| Average Price of Active Listings: | $2,805,333 | $2,778,550 |
| Median Price of Active Listings: | $2,572,500 | $2,662,500 |
| Average Days of Active Listings: | $52 | 32 |
| Average $/Sq Foot (List) | $1,224 | $1,314 |
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San Carlos Single-Family Homes Sold
Below is a list of the single-family home contracts that closed escrow this past week in San Carlos. Click on the address of each home to see more details and photos:| Address | Sold Price | Orig. List | Over/Under List | $/sq foot | Days Listed |
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| 549 Emerald Avenue | $3,450,000 | $2,999,888 | +$450,112 (+15.0%) | $1,678 | 8 |
| 130 Lynton Avenue | $3,100,000 | $2,998,000 | +$102,000 (+3.4%) | $1,107 | 13 |
| 1601 Eaton Avenue | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | $0 (0%) | $1,637 | 0* |
| 2716 Brittan Avenue | $2,602,000 | $2,289,000 | +$313,000 (+13.7%) | $1,355 | 7 |
| 230 Park Avenue | $1,958,000 | $1,800,000 | +$158,000 (+8.8%) | $1,703 | 19 |
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San Carlos Single-Family Homes Pending Sale
The following single-family homes were put under contract in San Carlos last week. Click on the address of each home to see more details and photos:| Address | List Price | Days Listed |
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| 3138 La Mesa Drive | $3,000,000 | 3 |
| 1008 Porto Marino Drive | $3,589,000 | 42 |
| 1945 Birch Avenue | $1,949,000 | 10 |
| 145 Dolton Avenue | $2,398,000 | 5 |
| 1030 Elm Street | $2,849,000 | 8 |
| 48 Williams Lane | $2,998,000 | 9 |
| 388 Ashford Avenue | $2,149,000 | 6 |
*Designates that the home was either listed or sold off of the public-facing MLS.
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New San Carlos Single-Family Home Listings
Below are the new listings that hit the MLS this past week in San Carlos. Click on the address of each home to see more details and photos:| Address | List Price | BR/BA | Sq Ft (home/lot) | $/Square Foot | Listed By |
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- Disclaimer: The “San Carlos Week in Review” series is a summary of new listings and home sales in San Carlos for the prior week. The data provided in this report is strictly for informational purposes only, and should not imply that the author was involved in either side of the transaction unless explicitly stated otherwise. The source of this data is the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), so the author is in no way responsible for the accuracy of the data from this source.
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