The story of this market
The typical home in Mountain View, California sells for about $1,878,977, or $1,190 per square foot.
Prices are down 2.6% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 13 days to sell, which is fast.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+0.5%
CA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Mountain View, California
The Mountain View housing market is currently experiencing a slight cooling trend with median prices down 2.6% year-over-year to approximately $1.88 million. Homes are moving relatively quickly with a median of 13 days on the market. Comprehensive data for rental rates, tax rates, and specific local economic indicators were not available for this report.
No ARED county foreclosure postings attributed to Mountain View yet — the verified ledger covers every county the foreclosure ingest has read, attributed by published city area. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Deterministic aggregate of 3 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Median prices moved down 2.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 24 days on market with 2.3 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 103% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 0.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
- California's Great America4.45.9 mi
- Happy Hollow Park & Zoo4.512.9 mi
- Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose4.611.3 mi
- Dave & Buster's Milpitas - San Jose4.110.2 mi
- K1 Speed Santa Clara45.7 mi
- Levi's Stadium4.46.2 mi
- Filoli Historic House & Garden4.713.8 mi
- SAP Center4.610.7 mi
- Topgolf4.26.5 mi
- Winchester Mystery House4.58.7 mi
- Westfield Valley Fair4.48.7 mi
- Filoli Historic House & Garden4.713.8 mi
- California's Great America4.45.9 mi
- Winchester Mystery House4.58.7 mi
- AMC Mercado 204.25.4 mi
- Filoli Historic House & Garden4.713.8 mi
- Winchester Mystery House4.58.7 mi
- Computer History Museum4.71.7 mi
- Meadowlark Dairy4.821.8 mi
- Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose4.611.3 mi
- Alviso Marina County Park4.56.2 mi
- The Stanford Oval4.85.6 mi
- Vasona Lake County Park4.712.2 mi
- Rancho San Antonio County Park & Open Space Preserve4.74.2 mi
- Shoreline Park4.72.9 mi
- Topgolf4.26.5 mi
- San Jose Municipal Golf Course410.6 mi
- Pruneridge Golf Club4.27.6 mi
- Ed R. Levin County Park4.713.4 mi
- Baylands Golf Links4.14.8 mi
- Westfield Valley Fair4.48.7 mi
- Great Mall4.310.2 mi
- Santana Row4.58.7 mi
- Stanford Shopping Center4.56.2 mi
- Hillsdale Shopping Center4.315.8 mi
- San Francisco International Airport4.322.8 mi
- San Jose Mineta International Airport4.48.6 mi
- Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport4.224 mi
- Elevation LVK4.325.5 mi
- The Club at SJC A154.38.5 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (California) — Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act Special Parcel Tax Assessment: Levies an annual direct, non-ad valorem special tax directly on the parcel's secured property tax bill to fund designated community infrastructure (e.g., roads, sewer facilities, school facilities, emergency services) and repay municipal debt bonds. State (California) — California Homeowners' Property Tax Exemption: Reduces the taxable assessed value of the qualifying owner-occupied principal residence by $7,000 against the county assessment roll, generating a direct tax savings of approximately $70 annually (computed as $7,000 × 1% base rate). State (California) — California Proposition 13 Ad Valorem Real Property Tax: Establishes a base ad valorem tax rate capped at 1.0% of assessed value plus voter-approved local indebtedness and direct assessments (typically resulting in an effective tax rate of 1.1% to 1.25%).
Data sourced from US Census Bureau QuickFacts
The County Assessor establishes the assessed value for all real property as of the January 1 lien date, determining the basis for the 1% levy and voter-approved debt.
Annual assessment cycle per California Revenue and Taxation Code.
applies when — Parcels located within the specific geographic boundaries of a school district, city, or special district that has passed a bond measure.
Additional ad valorem tax rate applied on top of the 1% base levy. Rates are expressed per $100 of assessed valuation (e.g., 0.025% = $0.025 per $100).
Authorized by Proposition 13; rates vary by Tax Rate Area (TRA).
≈ $470/yr on a $1,878,977 median
Limits the base property tax rate to 1% of the assessed value, plus additional rates for voter-approved debt. Assessed value is capped at 1975-76 levels or fair market value at time of ownership change/new construction, with annual increases limited to 2%.
Established by California Constitution Article XIIIA (Proposition 13, 1978).
≈ $18,790/yr on a $1,878,977 median
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.