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Palo Alto Home Prices and Home Values

Zillow Home Value Index
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Zillow Home Value Index
Mid-point of Zestimate valuations for Palo Alto. Half the Zestimates are above this number and half are below it.
Median list price ($)
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Median list price ($)
Mid-point of the list price for homes listed on Zillow in Palo Alto, or the asking price.
Median sale price ($)
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Median sale price ($)
Mid-point of the price homes have sold for in Palo Alto. Half the homes sold above this number and half sold below.
Zillow Rent Index
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Zillow Rent Index
Mid-point of Rent Zestimates—Zillow's estimated monthly rent price—for homes in Palo Alto. Half the Rent Zestimates are above this number and half are below it.
Median rent list price ($)
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Median rent list price ($)
Mid-point of the rental price for homes listed for rent on Zillow in the Palo Alto. Half the homes have rent prices above this number and half are below.
Total homes sold
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Total homes sold
Total number of homes sold in Palo Alto during the prior 30 days.
Median value per sq. ft. ($)
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Median value per sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of the value of all homes in Palo Alto, per square foot. This is derived by taking the Zestimate for each home and dividing it by the homes square footage (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a Zestimate of $200k has a $200 value/sq foot).
Median list price / sq. ft. ($)
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Median list price / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of Palo Altos list prices when divided by the square footage of a home (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a list price of $200k has a list price/sq ft of $200).
Median sale price / sq. ft. ($)
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Median sale price / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of Palo Altos sale prices when divided by the square footage of a home (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home that sold for $200k has a sale price/sq ft of $200).
Rent estimate / sq. ft. ($)
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Rent estimate / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of the estimated monthly rent price of all homes in Palo Alto, per square foot. This is derived by taking the Rent Zestimate for each home and dividing it by the homes square footage (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a Rent Zestimate of $2000 per month has a $2 value/sq foot).
Median rent list price / sq. ft. ($)
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Median rent list price / sq. ft. ($)
Mid-point of Palo Altos rent when divided by the square footage of a home (e.g. a 1,000 sq ft home with a rent of $1,200 has a rent/sq ft of $12).
Median sale-to-list price ratio
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Median sale-to-list price ratio
Mid-point of the ratio between the sale price and the list price for all homes in Palo Alto (e.g. if a home with a list price of $200k sells for $250k, its ratio would be 5:4 or 1.25).
Listings with price cut (%)
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Listings with price cut (%)
The percentage of current listings on Zillow in Palo Alto whose price has been reduced in the last 30 days.
Median price cut (%)
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Median price cut (%)
Mid-point of the percentage of price reduction for homes in Palo Alto whose prices have been reduced in the past full month.
Sold for loss (%)
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Sold for loss (%)
The percentage of homes in Palo Alto that sold for less than the previous purchase price (e.g. a home purchased for $250k and then sold for $225k). This excludes foreclosure transactions.
Sold for gain (%)
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Sold for gain (%)
The percentage of homes sold for more than their previous purchase price (e.g. a home purchased for $225k and then sold for $250k).
Homes foreclosed
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Homes foreclosed
The number of homes in the Palo Alto per 10,000 that were foreclosed in a given month. A foreclosure is when a homeowner loses their home to their lending institution or it is sold to a third party at an auction.
Foreclosure re-sales (%)
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Foreclosure re-sales (%)
The percentage of home sales in a given month in Palo Alto where the home was foreclosed upon within the previous 12 months (e.g. sales of bank-owned homes after the bank repossessed a home during a foreclosure).
Increasing values (%)
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Increasing values (%)
The percentage of homes in Palo Alto whose values have increased in the past year.
Decreasing values (%)
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Decreasing values (%)
The percentage of all homes in Palo Alto whose value has fallen in the last year.
Sold in past year (%)
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Sold in past year (%)
The percentage of all homes in Palo Alto that were sold in the past 12 months.

$1,725,300
25.6%Y-o-Y

Calculated 05/15/2013^*
^*Includes data and transactions through 04/30/2013

RegionId	Region	M-o-M	Q-o-Q	Y-o-Y	Apr 2013
26374	Palo Alto	1.8%	7.1%	25.6%	1725300
416175	Adobe Meadow / Meadow Park	2.9%	9.2%	24.0%	1585800
343613	Barron Park	-0.3%	2.8%	15.9%	1781300
343616	Charleston Gardens
343607	Charleston Meadow	2.1%	8.9%	32.9%	1441600
416178	College Terrace
416177	Community Center	2.5%	9.6%	35.8%	2604000
343609	Crescent Park	2.7%	8.2%	28.8%	2947400
343610	Downtown North	2.8%	9.7%	24.2%	1273300
343620	Duveneck - St. Francis	1.1%	5.0%	31.7%	1950200
343615	Esther Clark Park
343612	Evergreen Park	2.5%	7.5%	32.7%	929400
343617	Fairmeadow
416176	Greater Miranda
343614	Green Acres	0.8%	5.5%	20.4%	1889100
416706	Greenmeadow	2.6%	9.1%	21.1%	1643400
343619	Jordan Jr. Hgh School
343608	Midtown	2.3%	8.1%	29.1%	1638200
416705	Monroe Park
343611	Old Palo Alto	3.2%	9.3%	33.6%	2826700
416704	Palo Alto Orchards
416399	Palo Verde	3.7%	10.6%	26.2%	1780600
343623	Professorville
416707	South of Midtown	1.9%	6.4%	26.8%	1610900
343622	Southgate
416708	St. Claire Gardens
416174	The Greenhouse
343618	Triple El
343621	University South	3.2%	9.9%	25.1%	1376600
343606	Ventura	1.7%	7.6%	25.7%	1278800

Zillow Home Value Index		Y-o-Y
Palo Alto	$1,725,300	25.6%
Los Altos Hills	$3,213,600	29.9%
Stanford	$1,813,200	27.7%
Los Altos	$2,028,300	25.6%
Mountain View	$974,500	25.2%
Loyola	$2,321,500	20.2%

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Palo Alto Home Prices and Home Values

Zillow Home Value Index

Median list price ($)

Median sale price ($)

Zillow Rent Index

Median rent list price ($)

Total homes sold

Median value per sq. ft. ($)

Median list price / sq. ft. ($)

Median sale price / sq. ft. ($)

Rent estimate / sq. ft. ($)

Median rent list price / sq. ft. ($)

Median sale-to-list price ratio

Listings with price cut (%)

Median price cut (%)

Sold for loss (%)

Sold for gain (%)

Homes foreclosed

Foreclosure re-sales (%)

Increasing values (%)

Decreasing values (%)

Sold in past year (%)

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