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This does not establish a like-for-like premium, affordability or a negotiating discount."},{"topic":"price-history","text":"San Mateo’s all-homes modeled value changed 46.8% over ten years, compared with 50.7% in Redwood City. Exact period: 2016-07-31 to 2026-07-31.","refs":["san-mateo-county:zhvi_all_homes:2026-07-31:zillow-county-2026-09-14","san-mateo:zhvi_all_homes:2026-07-31:zillow-city-2026-09-14","san-mateo:zhvi_all_homes:2025-07-31:zillow-city-2026-09-14","san-mateo:zhvi_all_homes:2016-07-31:zillow-city-2026-09-14","redwood-city:zhvi_all_homes:2026-07-31:zillow-city-2026-09-14","redwood-city:zhvi_all_homes:2025-07-31:zillow-city-2026-09-14","redwood-city:zhvi_all_homes:2016-07-31:zillow-city-2026-09-14"],"formula":"(end / exact-baseline - 1) * 100","value":null,"referenceCity":null,"limit":"All homes, regardless of your selected type. Nominal change excludes ownership costs, rent and financing; past change is not a forecast."}],"gaps":[],"cards":[{"city":"san-mateo","name":"San Mateo","facts":[{"text":"All-homes modeled value: $1,685,162. 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-31.","refs":["san-mateo:zhvi_all_homes:2026-07-31:zillow-city-2026-09-14"]},{"text":"Closed sales: 140 homes. 2026-06-01 to 2026-08-31.","refs":["market:68fe2ef6ed59fe81bdae1b37d7be0643518e89c81638af69a6eb24b0020ecd24"]}],"unanswered":"City totals cannot establish the price, condition, access or exposure of a particular home. Test these questions at the address.","questions":[{"id":"fe607cbe625679cfc708d9dc9c7cd62cf614885535dfa46ac4c9b724d153166c","city":"san-mateo","text":"How do your finalist neighborhoods differ in access and housing type?","topic":"price-differences","provenance":"Reviewed city-guide question catalog · shortlist-template-v2"},{"id":"b76540e17a502c49de6666f16318f2f230a87085412bc76d0e19e6037379dea9","city":"san-mateo","text":"What do recent comparable transactions show for the same type of home?","topic":"buying-conditions","provenance":"Reviewed city-guide question catalog · shortlist-template-v2"},{"id":"354f03ad7c8d4427b9c0e64219eabc9a23ebe736177cb6c0ec6d10c0277b9ba8","city":"san-mateo","text":"Which amenities matter enough to justify an additional purchase price?","topic":"price-history","provenance":"Reviewed city-guide question catalog · shortlist-template-v2"},{"id":"a510373792b9404d84485e2b6ef3b8b47895ef29467e3177fb5d13e9a355020e","city":"san-mateo","text":"Which completed homes and occupied workplaces are relevant to the specific neighborhood, and what do their dated source records show?","topic":"jobs-housing","provenance":"Reviewed question; no neighborhood-level conclusion is established by city totals."}],"reading":{"id":"san-mateo-housing-and-finances","title":"San Mateo: why a broad city average can hide the housing decision","summary":"San Mateo stayed close to the county’s growth over ten years. Its rail-corridor planning suggests a more specific research target than a citywide claim about amenities or employment access.","publishedAt":"2026-09-15T03:07:18.442Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T02:52:39.470Z","sourceUrls":["https://www.zillow.com/research/data/","https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCenter/View/102039/2025-Annual-Comprehension-Financial-Report","https://cityofsanmateo.org/1537/General-Plan","https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/1899/Rail-Corridor-Transit-Oriented-Developme"],"bodyHash":"032deb7ae5a0a94a4980fe4dd98caee42aa5605e8eabad9cf4dfd7c41043c7f1","revision":"b3aa491c3815771af54850d5e58e698d331802044c31308cae59e05932f7b6c4"}},{"city":"redwood-city","name":"Redwood City","facts":[{"text":"All-homes modeled value: $1,893,533. 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-31.","refs":["redwood-city:zhvi_all_homes:2026-07-31:zillow-city-2026-09-14"]},{"text":"Closed sales: 119 homes. 2026-06-01 to 2026-08-31.","refs":["market:d562804da4026e33be118b85758abfc162c2b2c102c5aa488dfc70f09bbfa23f"]}],"unanswered":"City totals cannot establish the price, condition, access or exposure of a particular home. Test these questions at the address.","questions":[{"id":"38da32a6f8f9b729def6e1edbabce28fed331bb51acdb6691f5e68aa482fcb1d","city":"redwood-city","text":"Which completed improvements are useful from the candidate address?","topic":"price-differences","provenance":"Reviewed city-guide question catalog · shortlist-template-v2"},{"id":"0a743f567d6251e85362f3cdde3e9290e657a0fe0391cc396918b48ad0494e61","city":"redwood-city","text":"Does its price differ from comparable homes after matching size and location?","topic":"buying-conditions","provenance":"Reviewed city-guide question catalog · shortlist-template-v2"},{"id":"1dceb0f4057b3e022e6d5044a81268866628ab886f80af4fdac62cf347786446","city":"redwood-city","text":"Would the purchase work if the next decade did not repeat the last one?","topic":"price-history","provenance":"Reviewed city-guide question catalog · shortlist-template-v2"},{"id":"71337ac5e279e2944740c1cd1d0a59c339c40bc5f8eef33b261d24ea530d6b21","city":"redwood-city","text":"Which completed homes and occupied workplaces are relevant to the specific neighborhood, and what do their dated source records show?","topic":"jobs-housing","provenance":"Reviewed question; no neighborhood-level conclusion is established by city totals."}],"reading":{"id":"redwood-city-housing-and-finances","title":"Redwood City: did downtown investment cause the housing revaluation?","summary":"Redwood City gained modestly against the county over a decade. Its downtown planning history makes it a useful case study, but timing alone cannot establish that development caused the gain.","publishedAt":"2026-09-15T03:07:17.891Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T02:52:39.115Z","sourceUrls":["https://www.zillow.com/research/data/","https://www.redwoodcity.org/home/showpublisheddocument/31607/639226592877870000","https://www.redwoodcity.org/departments/community-development-department/planning-housing/planning-services/general-plan-precise-plans/downtown-precise-plan","https://www.redwoodcity.org/departments/community-development-and-transportation/planning-services/gatekeeper-process"],"bodyHash":"2e7c450e5c2ca41adf1d6d79901460ce776a2152ead62b2fb4fcef755994e839","revision":"478f50204de06bddd68263ea93620912b35de4573a437dfd6a5e3fab02ae374d"}}],"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":"Redwood City’s median sale price is $212,375 (9.9%) higher than San Mateo’s.","conditions":"Redwood City reports 13 days of median marketing time, compared with 11 in San Mateo.","period":"2026-06-01 to 2026-08-31"}},"previewHash":"eae3a69f528559ab02d2b2f427ca6a1d7923f000b5447043c3e07bd1c27526fd","preparedAt":"2026-09-25T04:46:05.159Z"}