Burlingame
Walkable Broadway and Burlingame Avenue, strong schools, and the tightest inventory in 94010.
Market Update
The Peninsula market, town by town
Peninsula averages are close to useless. Burlingame and Hillsborough sit in the same zip code and behave nothing alike, and a meaningful share of the top of the market never shows up in the published numbers at all.
What the headline numbers miss
Three things move Peninsula pricing, and only one of them is visible in a market report. Inventory in the 94010 corridor is the tightest on the Peninsula, so Burlingame competition is a function of how few homes are listed in a given month rather than of any broad regional trend. In Hillsborough and Atherton, much of the best inventory trades privately — those sales close, but they close without ever setting a public comp, which means the published data for those towns is drawn from a partial sample.
The third is relocation. A large share of Peninsula demand comes from buyers moving down from San Francisco, and that flow responds to things a housing report does not track: return-to-office policy, school admissions timing, and how a family weighs a Caltrain commute against square footage. Two towns five minutes apart can price very differently in the same quarter because of it.
So rather than publish a regional average, Sophia will give you the read on your specific street: what has actually sold nearby, what sold quietly, what is coming, and what a buyer at your price point is comparing you against right now.
Ask for the current read
Tell Sophia your street and what you're considering. She'll come back with recent comparable sales, the off-market activity she knows about, and an honest view of timing — for your block, not for the county.
Communities
The Peninsula, block by block
Sophia represents buyers and sellers from Burlingame down through Atherton, with particular depth in the 94010 corridor and in relocations moving south from San Francisco.
Hillsborough
Estate lots and architectural landmarks, where much of the best inventory trades off-market.
San Mateo
From San Mateo Park to Baywood, the Peninsula's most varied mix of price points and styles.
Menlo Park
Where Silicon Valley buyers land: West Menlo, Allied Arts, and the Stanford corridor.
Atherton
Acre-plus parcels and discreet transactions for buyers who need privacy and speed.
Relocating from San Francisco?
Sophia guides city buyers through the move down the Peninsula: school districts, commute realities, and which towns actually fit how you live.
Contact
Get the read on your street
Tell Sophia where you are and what you're weighing. She'll come back to you personally.
Phone650.219.8435
OfficeSotheby's International Realty
San Francisco Brokerage
117 Greenwich Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
San Francisco Brokerage
117 Greenwich Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
LicenseDRE #02011546