01
Palo Alto
Reading demand block by block
What active inventory and the most relevant recent sales reveal before a buyer writes or a seller launches.
Read the community notePeninsula market report
Peninsula market evidence, kept close to place.
Robert’s market perspective connects inventory, buyer activity, property condition, and timing to the community and property where the decision is actually being made.
How to read the market
A city-wide number is a starting point.
Median prices and broad inventory counts can describe direction, but they rarely explain the value or likely audience for a particular home.
The more useful comparison considers the micro-location, lot, condition, architecture, school boundary, competing inventory, and the quality of the most relevant recent sales.
Current perspective
Three questions shaping the conversation.
These notes point to the local distinctions that broad market summaries tend to flatten.
02
Atherton
Preparing an estate sale quietly
The sequencing decisions that happen before photography, pricing, and public exposure.
Read the community note03
Los Altos Hills
Why the parcel changes the comparison
A direct look at slope, access, easements, and the limits of city-wide averages.
Read the community noteCommunity ledger
Eleven markets, read on their own terms.
Use each community page for Robert’s local context and the current listing feed.
01Palo AltoReading Palo Alto block by block02Menlo ParkWhere Menlo Park demand is concentrating03Los AltosWhat downtown proximity is really worth04Los Altos HillsWhy parcels trade on judgment, not averages05AthertonThe quiet calculus of an Atherton estate sale06Mountain ViewWhere Mountain View’s neighborhoods diverge07WoodsideAcreage, access, and the Woodside diligence file08Portola ValleySlope, septic, and the true cost of a view09StanfordWhy Stanford inventory needs its own diligence10SunnyvaleHow Sunnyvale micro-markets separate11CupertinoReading Cupertino address by address
Apply the evidence
Connect the market to the property in front of you.
Share the property, community, and timing you are considering. Robert can help turn broad market evidence into a more specific decision.
Discuss the market