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This does not establish a like-for-like premium, affordability or a negotiating discount."},{"topic":"buying-conditions","text":"Mountain View and Palo Alto have the same reported median marketing time: 10 days. Window: 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30.","refs":["market:004eaffc891a01633d9913a77fc1c8fb2fc48815a28115515075a7c6960ad822","market:ef97b4943f9f2515ed31f6fb627f09a36c02afb706537910f63bd9384ad4d485"],"formula":"other - reference","value":0,"referenceCity":"palo-alto","limit":"Different homes sell in each city. This does not establish a like-for-like premium, affordability or a negotiating discount."}],"gaps":["Modeled home-value and jobs/housing research has not yet been added for every chosen city. The market comparison remains available; inspect each city guide for transaction-price history.","At least one exact historical baseline is unavailable. Missing changes are not interpolated."],"cards":[{"city":"palo-alto","name":"Palo Alto","facts":[{"text":"Closed sales: 103 homes. 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30.","refs":["market:004eaffc891a01633d9913a77fc1c8fb2fc48815a28115515075a7c6960ad822"]}],"unanswered":"City totals cannot establish the price, condition, access or exposure of a particular home. Test these questions at the address.","questions":[],"reading":{"id":"palo-alto-housing-and-planning","title":"Palo Alto: a large single-family premium and a more specific development question","summary":"Separate Palo Alto’s single-family and condo price tiers, then evaluate local plans at their actual scale. North Ventura is a place-specific framework, not a citywide appreciation forecast.","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T21:49:42.622Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T21:30:32.267Z","sourceUrls":["https://redfin-public-data.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/redfin_data_center/property_types/monthly/all_cities.csv","https://www.redfin.com/news/data-center-metrics-definitions/","https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/2/planning-amp-development-services/north-ventura-cap/nvcap-reports/adopted_nvcap_8_26_24.pdf"],"bodyHash":"9131f2907ff00cabf29de0bb5da230a1bd4b0a1a8f8f6ecfc66f50cb86c45e37","revision":"8bdb20852f5d893d643a1b9e9adfe9a888eb89e6445cb5ab19c80e3b88e5d73b"}},{"city":"mountain-view","name":"Mountain View","facts":[{"text":"Closed sales: 61 homes. 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30.","refs":["market:ef97b4943f9f2515ed31f6fb627f09a36c02afb706537910f63bd9384ad4d485"]}],"unanswered":"City totals cannot establish the price, condition, access or exposure of a particular home. Test these questions at the address.","questions":[],"reading":{"id":"mountain-view-housing-and-planning","title":"Mountain View: the condo market tells a different story from single-family homes","summary":"A substantial home-type split makes Mountain View useful for comparing actual ownership choices. North Bayshore’s planning framework adds a separate question about delivery and access.","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T21:49:41.705Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T21:30:32.138Z","sourceUrls":["https://redfin-public-data.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/redfin_data_center/property_types/monthly/all_cities.csv","https://www.redfin.com/news/data-center-metrics-definitions/","https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/departments/public-works/roads-and-transportation/transportation-planning/north-bayshore-circulation-study"],"bodyHash":"ba5ca7ec6e73e04a7aa2419f43a3b95fb7f704857b6dc44d464493990e18edc0","revision":"87990c78801043ca2796276cae1a363bdc3d70632524c05bc1d89cad2211bb9e"}}],"limitations":["This is a comparison of published city evidence and investigation questions, not a city ranking or a forecast. Lower citywide prices do not establish undervaluation or affordability.","Transaction medians reflect homes sold in the stated window. All-homes history is a separate modeled index, smoothed and seasonally adjusted. Exact shared dates and baselines are required; null means unavailable and zero remains zero.","Small or missing sales counts are shown beside the values. The latest published evidence can be older than today's brief; age notices use the actual market period end.","Jobs are annual Q2 beginning-of-quarter workplace snapshots, not employed residents, unique workers or an annual average.","LODES 8.4 all jobs: one California release, 2020 blocks, 2024 place boundaries; 2012–2023.","Completions are self-reported certificates of occupancy or other readiness, all housing types; 2018–2025. They include replacement units and do not measure net additions or actual occupancy.","Eight date-conflict city-years are reconciled to original city current-year summaries. Original unfiltered HCD totals remain in reportedUnits; acceptedUnits supplies the chart. San Bruno 2020 and South San Francisco 2024 remain withheld. Audit records retain all positive row IDs and source decisions; no excluded units are reassigned to another year.","County jobs cover the entire county. No county completion total is provided; the HCD county jurisdiction covers only unincorporated territory.","Current revised data cannot establish what was known historically. No new predictive rule or forecast is implied."],"buyerSummary":{"price":"Mountain View’s median sale price is $1,273,492 (30.3%) lower than Palo Alto’s.","conditions":"Mountain View reports 10 days of median marketing time, compared with 10 in Palo Alto.","period":"2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30"}},"previewHash":"159019891d00de9be79b93344b02c17a10c0fe2ed5279c3e50b4c01255d73fa1","preparedAt":"2026-10-31T09:31:41.700Z"}