Episode 3 · Transaction Data, Bidding Wars & ValuationsUpdated 2026
Central Sunset Home Prices, Over-Ask and Days on Market
Central Sunset trades about a hundred homes a year, and nearly every one that reaches the market sells above its asking price. This page tracks what those homes closed for, how fast they went under contract, why a bigger median sale mostly reflects bigger homes selling, and how little is for sale right now.
Median sale price
$1,950,000
+24.0% vs the prior 52 weeks
All homes, 52 weeks to 20 September 2026, n = 105
Median days to contract
12 days
-1 day vs the prior 52 weeks
From listing to contract, not to closing, all homes, 52 weeks to 20 September 2026, n = 105
Closed above the original ask
89.4%
+2.2 pts vs the prior 52 weeks
93 of 104 closings with an original ask, all homes, 52 weeks to 20 September 2026
Homes for sale now
4
4 a year earlier
All homes for sale, weekly count for the week of 13 September 2026
💡 Key Insights & Takeaways
- Counted by distinct parcel, 104 homes changed hands in the last twelve months, 1.80% of the neighborhood's 5,784 residential parcels.
- The median house closed at $1,967,500 over the last twelve months, on 100 sales, and at $2,200,000 in the last three months, on 27 sales.
- The median close was up 24.0% over the trailing fifty-two weeks against the fifty-two before, but the median price per square foot rose only 7.5%, so most of the jump is larger homes selling.
- Measured from listing to contract, not to closing, the median home went under contract in 12 days over the last twelve months.
- The weekly count on 13 September 2026 found 3 houses for sale and 1 under contract, and all three ask between $1.5 million and $2.5 million.
If you are deciding what to offer in Central Sunset, start here: all 28 homes that closed in the three months to 20 September 2026 sold above their original asking price. Across the full twelve months the share was 89.4%, and the median home closed at 133.1% of its original ask. An ask here opens the bidding.
At a glance
Rows cover the last twelve months, 20 September 2025 to 20 September 2026, except the last row, which is the weekly count of homes for sale on 13 September 2026.
| Measure | Value | Window |
|---|---|---|
| Closings above the original ask | 89.4% (93 of 104 with an original ask); prior fifty-two weeks 87.2% | Last twelve months |
| Median sale as a share of the original ask | 133.1% (middle half 113.1% to 149.9%; n = 104) | Last twelve months |
| Median single-family closing price | $1,967,500 (n = 100) | Last twelve months |
| Median days on market, list to pending | 12 days (n = 105) | Last twelve months |
| Houses for sale and under contract | 3 for sale, 1 under contract | 13 September 2026 |
How many homes sell in Central Sunset each year?
About a hundred, and a few fewer than the year before. 105 homes closed in the last twelve months: 100 houses, 4 townhouses and 1 condominium. The fifty-two weeks before that brought 110. Counted by distinct parcel, 104 homes changed hands, 1.80% of the neighborhood's 5,784 residential parcels, against 1.87% in the year before.
The summer ran a little faster. 28 homes closed in the last three months, 27 houses and 1 townhouse, a pace of 9.3 a month against 8.75 across the whole twelve. Those three months are part of the twelve, not a separate period, so every recent comparison on this page is the last three months against the full last twelve.
What do Central Sunset homes sell for?
The median house closed at $1,967,500 over the last twelve months, on 100 sales. The middle half ran from $1,688,500 to $2,356,250. In the last three months the median house closed at $2,200,000, on 27 sales. The median price per square foot was $1,108 over the twelve months and $1,216 over the last three, both on the listed size.
The median sale rose far more than the price of a square foot did. Over the trailing fifty-two weeks the median close was $1,950,000, against $1,572,500 in the fifty-two weeks before, up 24.0%. The median price per square foot rose from $1,019 to $1,095, up 7.5%. The median listed size rose from 1,599 to 1,825 square feet over the same stretch, so most of the jump in the median sale is larger homes selling, not the same homes costing more. Both figures look backward, and neither is a forecast.
| Measure, all closings | Prior fifty-two weeks | Trailing fifty-two weeks | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median close | $1,572,500 | $1,950,000 | +24.0% |
| Median price per square foot | $1,019 | $1,095 | +7.5% |
| Median listed size | 1,599 sq ft | 1,825 sq ft | +14.1% |
The table covers 110 closings in the earlier year and 105 in the later one, as of 20 September 2026.
Smaller homes drew the higher rate. Over the last twelve months they sold for $1,286 a square foot against $1,046 for larger ones, and at 149.6% of the ask against 132.7%. The smaller group rests on 20 closings, so read the split as a pattern rather than a rule.
Townhouses and condominiums barely trade here. Four townhouses closed in the last twelve months, between $1,450,000 and $1,810,000, and one condominium closed at $1,015,000. Each is a single sale, and none is mixed into the house figures on this page.
Do Central Sunset homes sell above the asking price?
Almost all of them do, and by more than a year ago. In the last three months every closing beat its original ask, 28 of 28. The median house in those months closed at 148.8% of its original ask, on 27 houses, with the middle half between 131.4% and 155.3%. In the fifty-two weeks before this year, the median sale closed at 121.3% of the ask.
Two sales show the range, each one sale and not a pattern. One house in the last three months asked $1,195,000 and closed at $2,115,000, 177.0% of its ask, four days after it listed. At the slow end of the year, another asked $1,190,000 and closed at $1,068,000, 89.7% of its ask, after 110 days.
Cutting the price did not rescue a listing. Over the last twelve months 2.9% of closings, 3 of 105, had their ask cut before they went under contract, and all three closed below the original ask. Three sales make that a direction rather than a rate.
How long does it take to sell a home in Central Sunset?
It takes under two weeks at the median. Days on market here means list to pending: the days from listing to the day a home goes under contract, not to the day it closes. The median over the last twelve months was 12 days, with the middle half between 7 and 14. It was 12 days in the last three months, and 13 in the fifty-two weeks before this year.
Speed and price moved together. Homes that went under contract inside two weeks closed at a median 140.4% of the ask. Homes that took 30 to 60 days closed at 104.5%. After a home went under contract, the median wait to closing was 17 days.
A second listing attempt was costly. Over the last twelve months 4.8% of closings, 5 of 105, had been relisted at least once. Five is too few to compare on their own, so the comparison below uses every closing since 2020.
| Closings, 2020 to 2026 | Median share of the original ask | Share closing over the ask | Closings |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-time listings | 121.4% | 85.6% | 573 |
| Relisted homes | 109.4% | 74.2% | 31 |
The relisted homes took a median 183 days from their first listing to a contract, against 14 days on their final attempt. The table and that figure are as of 20 September 2026. One house shows the far end. It first asked $4,289,000 in February 2023 and closed at $3,150,000 in March 2026, 105.2% of its final ask, 1,090 days after its first listing.
How many homes are for sale in Central Sunset right now?
Almost none are for sale. The weekly count on 13 September 2026 found 3 houses for sale and 1 under contract, and 4 homes for sale in all once the one condominium is counted. With a stock of three, one listing moves any share by a third, so every figure here carries its count.
| Supply, single-family houses | 13 September 2026 | Thirteen weeks earlier | A year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houses for sale | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Weeks of supply at the recent pace of sales | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Supply fell against its season. Four houses were for sale thirteen weeks earlier, so the count dropped by one house, 25.0%, and the four-week count agrees, 6 down to 3. The season alone would have added about 13.7% over those weeks. Taking the season out, supply ran 38.7 points below its usual path, about 1.5 houses.
More sellers came than a year ago, and buyers took them. In the same thirteen weeks a year earlier, 20 houses were newly listed, 20 went under contract and 22 closed. This year it was 25 new listings, 25 contracts and 29 closings, 31.8% more closings. Only 1 house listing came off unsold, against 4 a year earlier. Of the 30 house listings that left the market in the latest thirteen weeks, 29 sold, a sell-through of 96.7%, against 84.6% a year earlier. The stock at the end of both windows was the same three houses.
The listings on offer sit above where most sales happen. All three houses for sale ask between $1.5 million and $2.5 million, a band that took 28 of the last year's 102 single-family sales. The $1 million to $1.5 million band took 57 of those sales and holds no house for sale at all. The longest-sitting listing is a condominium, for sale 56 days, and it is one listing, not a pattern.
These supply figures come from a separate weekly inventory count that ends on 13 September 2026, a week before the sales figures above. The two sources count different windows and different days, and we do not reconcile them.
When is the best time to list or buy in Central Sunset?
On five complete years of data, 2021 to 2025, December through February was the best run of months to list a house here. September through November gave a buyer the most houses to choose from and the least competition, which is about choice and not a lower price. The two runs do not overlap, and November is the least certain month of the buyer's run.
The weakest months point the other way. For listing, October and September ranked lowest. For buying, February and January did. Supply has run lowest in January and highest in October, and four of the five years agree on both. Each month of each year holds only 1 to 22 contracts, so treat these months as a direction and expect some years to disagree.
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