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Last week the quiet market moved at the very top, with Hillsborough's off-market ceiling jumping to $40M. This week the restock came at the entry end of the nine luxury towns: eight new off-market homes landed in the nine over the past seven days, three of them in Menlo Park, which took in nothing a week ago and now holds four, all between $2M and $4M, the lowest price band of the nine. Hillsborough, up from four homes to six just last week, added none and is back to four. The nine towns hold 39 between them, unchanged; Bay-wide, 87 homes came onto our radar and the tracked pool slipped to 341. For a buyer with $3M to $4M who wants to stay inside these nine towns, this week's private options surfaced in Menlo Park, not in any pricier town. The videos ask whether grades and brand-name schools still give a child an edge in the AI era, where the money goes in a $45M home, and why Silicon Valley buyers barely two years out of school can afford luxury homes; the three long-reads cover offering on a home you have never walked through, borrowing back cash after an all-cash purchase, and whether a Palo Alto school-district home gets a four-year-old into TK nearby. Also this week: Marie and Kevin's second Inman byline, on why cross-cultural deals quietly come apart between an accepted offer and closing. A summary is below.
This Week in Off-Market341 off-market homes across the Bay Area, 87 added this week. | Palo Alto +2 this week | 5 | $2.5M–$44M |
| Los Altos +1 this week | 3 | $4M–$8.5M |
| Los Altos Hills +1 this week | 4 | $6M–$12.5M |
| Portola Valley | 4 | $4.5M–$10.5M |
| Menlo Park +3 this week | 4 | $2M–$4M |
| Saratoga +1 this week | 9 | $2.5M–$23M |
| Other Bay Area cities | 302 | $500K–$14M |
Want details on a specific city? Reply to this email and Marie or Kevin will be in touch. |
Recent MK Group Closings | 1585 Edgewood Dr Palo Alto, 94303 5 bd · 6 ba · 4,877 sqft $9,498,000 · Represented buyer |
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 | 1 Edge Rd Atherton, 94027 4 bd · 3 ba · 3,130 sqft $8,000,000 · Represented seller |
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 | 3408 South Ct Palo Alto, 94306 4 bd · 3 ba · 2,400 sqft $5,600,000 · Represented buyer |
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Curious about the Menlo Park homes, or the quiet inventory in any of these towns? Reply to this email and it reaches Marie or Kevin directly. Questions about buying or selling are always welcome. MK Group · Bay Area Luxury Real Estate
Marie Wang — 650.618.1222 · marie@mkbayarea.com
Kevin Mo — 408.477.6638 · kevin@mkbayarea.com
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