Mountain View
Only 26.8% of Mountain View's housing is one-unit detached — it is the least single-family city in the service area.
The Numbers
Mountain View market snapshot
| Measure | July 2026 |
|---|---|
| Median sale price — single-family re-sale homes | $3,015,000 |
| Average days on market | 21 |
| Homes sold | 19 |
| Year over year | +27.3% |
| Median year built (ACS 2020–2024) | 1975 |
| One-unit detached share | 26.8% |
Price, days on market and sales count: MLSListings, Inc. via rereport.com, July 2026, single-family re-sale homes. Days on market is published as an average, not a median, and measures list date to contract rather than to close. Housing-stock figures where shown are US Census ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimates. Figures change monthly — ask me for the current month before making a decision on them.
Housing stock
Median year built 1975. The detached stock that exists is concentrated in Cuesta Park, Monta Loma and the Old Mountain View blocks; the rest of the city is townhomes, condominiums and dense apartment development along El Camino and in the North Bayshore area. A detached home here trades against a genuinely limited supply.
Getting around
Highway 101, Highway 85 and Central Expressway all cross the city, with Caltrain and VTA light rail meeting at the downtown transit centre. North Bayshore holds the large technology campuses; Shoreline Park and the bay form the northern edge.
What Prop 19 means for a longtime Mountain View owner
Because detached inventory is scarce, longtime owners here are often sitting on the type of property that is hardest to replace locally. Prop 19 makes a move out of the immediate area far less costly than it once was, since the tax base can go anywhere in California.
If you are 55 or older you can carry your existing property-tax base to a replacement home anywhere in California, up to three times. Read the Prop 19 guide, or run your net proceeds to see what a sale actually leaves you.
Selling here
The 27.3% year-over-year rise came from 19 sales. Treat it as sample noise, not a trend — the mix of detached properties selling in a given month moves that number more than the market does.
The city transfer tax nobody warns you about
Mountain View is one of only three cities in Santa Clara County with a conveyance tax that stacks on top of the county's. Most sellers here budget for the county's $1.10 per $1,000 and get surprised at closing.
Since Measure G took effect December 20, 2024, the city tax is two-tiered:
- $6,000,000 or less: $1.65 per $500 — that's $3.30 per $1,000, on top of the county's $1.10.
- Above $6,000,000: $15.00 per $1,000 on the entire consideration, not just the portion above the line.
At this page's median of $3,015,000, the city's share is about $9,950 — roughly $13,266 once the county tax is added. And the $6M tier is a cliff, not a ramp: a sale at $6,000,001 owes about $90,000 in city tax where a sale at $6,000,000 owes about $19,800. If you are anywhere near that line, the pricing conversation needs to happen before the listing goes live, not during escrow.
Run your own numbers in the net proceeds calculator — pick "Mountain View" in the transfer tax selector and it handles both tiers.
Straight about the numbers: the figures above are transcribed from the sources named, for the month named. They describe a market, not your house. Condition, location within the city, lot and timing move an individual sale far more than a median does. Nothing here is legal or tax advice — your attorney and CPA have the final word.
What’s your Mountain View home worth?
A median tells you about the market. It doesn’t tell you about your house. Send me the address and I’ll put together a real analysis by hand — genuinely comparable sales near you, condition adjustments, and an honest range. If it’s not a good moment to sell, I’ll say so.
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