Episode 3 · Transaction Data, Bidding Wars & ValuationsUpdated 2026
West Portal Home Sales 2026: Prices, Speed, Supply
West Portal is known as a market where houses sell fast and well over the asking price. This page shows how far over they go, how quickly buyers sign, what a house and a condominium cost, and how little is for sale right now, along with the months that have tended to favor sellers or buyers.
Median sale price
$2,300,000
-12.4% vs the prior 52 weeks
All homes, 52 weeks to 20 September 2026, n = 25
Median days to contract
10 days
-3 days vs the prior 52 weeks
From listing to contract, not to closing, all homes, 52 weeks to 20 September 2026, n = 25
Closed above the original ask
80.0%
-1.0 pts vs the prior 52 weeks
20 of 25 closings with an original ask, all homes, 52 weeks to 20 September 2026
Homes for sale now
0
5 a year earlier
All homes for sale, weekly count for the week of 13 September 2026
💡 Key Insights & Takeaways
- 20.0% of closings, 5 of 25, followed an earlier listing that did not sell, and one home that showed 7 days on the market had been in front of buyers for 160.
- The median single-family house closed at $2,700,000 over the last twelve months, on 19 sales.
- The median home went under contract in 10 days over the last twelve months, where days on market means list to pending.
- Cash buyers paid on 40.0% of closings in the last twelve months, 10 of 25, against 19.0% in the fifty-two weeks before, and both shares are floors.
- The median closing price fell 12.4% over the trailing fifty-two weeks while the median price per square foot rose 8.4%, because more condominiums and smaller houses sold.
As of 20 September 2026, 80.0% of West Portal homes that closed in the last twelve months sold above their original asking price, and the median sale landed at 120.6% of that ask. Almost nothing is for sale. On the reference date a single home was on the market.
At a glance
Caption: West Portal's headline market figures, closings from late September 2025 through mid-September 2026, as of 20 September 2026.
| Measure | Value | Window |
|---|---|---|
| Closings | 25 | last twelve months |
| Share closing above the original ask | 80.0% (n 25) | last twelve months |
| Median sale price as a share of the original ask | 120.6% (n 25) | last twelve months |
| Median days on market, list to pending | 10 days (n 25) | last twelve months |
| Median single-family closing price | $2,700,000 (n 19) | last twelve months |
What is selling in West Portal, and over what period?
This page is as of late September 2026. It covers the last twelve months of closings, from late September 2025 through mid-September 2026. The recent read is the last three months, late June through mid-September, and those three months sit inside the twelve. So every recent comparison on this page is the last three months against the full last twelve months, never against an earlier period. Where the page compares one year with the year before, it says so and uses the fifty-two weeks before that.
25 homes closed in the last twelve months, about 2.1 a month. That is 2.7% of the neighborhood's 941 residential parcels, against 2.2% and 21 closings in the fifty-two weeks before. About three homes in a hundred change hands in a year, and for single-family houses alone the share is 2.3%.
Condominiums made up 24.0% of closings, 6 of 25, against 9.5%, 2 of 21, in the year before. All six sold in one condominium complex, at individual prices from $745,000 to $1,200,000. Six sales in a year is too few for a median, and it puts condominium turnover at 7.0%, a directional figure on a small base.
The last three months carried 8 closings, about 2.7 a month against 2.1 a month across the full twelve. Eight sales is a directional read, so this page reports them one by one rather than as medians. They closed at prices from $745,000 to $3,850,000.
What do West Portal homes sell for, and how far over asking?
The median single-family house closed at $2,700,000 over the last twelve months, with the middle half between $2,160,000 and $3,300,000 (n 19). The median price per square foot of listed living area was $1,225, with the middle half between $1,129 and $1,318 (n 18).
Selling over the ask is the norm here. 80.0% of closings landed above the original asking price, and 89.5% of single-family closings did. The median sale ran 20.6% over the ask, or 120.6% of it, with the middle half between 100.7% and 137.3%. 52.0% of closings, 13 of 25, cleared the ask by more than 20%. Only 12.0%, 3 of 25, closed below it.
Read the over-ask with care. In West Portal the asking price usually sits well under where a home closes, so a bigger gap can mean lower asks as much as higher bids. Treat the ask as the opening line, not the price.
In the last three months, 6 of the 8 closings sold above the original ask, in line with the 80.0% across the full twelve months. The strongest was a listing asked at $999,000 that closed at $1,900,000, 190.2% of the ask, after 1 day to a signed contract. The weakest and slowest was a condominium asked at $799,000 that closed at $745,000, 93.2% of the ask, after 82 days to a signed contract.
Caption: West Portal prices over the trailing fifty-two weeks against the fifty-two weeks before, all closings, as of 20 September 2026.
| Measure | Trailing 52 weeks (n 25) | Prior 52 weeks (n 21) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median closing price | $2,300,000 | $2,625,000 | −12.4% |
| Median price per square foot | $1,164 | $1,074 | +8.4% |
| Median sale as a share of the original ask | 120.6% | 108.8% | +11.8 points |
| Share closing above the original ask | 80.0% | 81.0% | about the same |
The median price fell while the price per square foot rose, and that split is the finding. More condominiums and smaller houses sold this year: 6 of 25 closings were condominiums against 2 of 21, and the median listed size fell from 2,443 to 2,056 square feet. Single-family houses alone, 19 against 19, show the same shape, with the median close down 3.6% and the price per square foot up 11.9%. This is a change in what sold, not a fall in prices. It describes closings that have already happened, and nothing here says what the next year will do.
One house shows how much the listed size can move. It sold for $1,400,000 in May 2024 with 1,404 square feet listed, and again for $2,680,000 in December 2025 with 2,698 square feet listed. The listed area roughly doubled between the two sales, so the two prices are not a like-for-like pair.
How long does a West Portal home take to sell?
The median home went under contract in 10 days over the last twelve months, with the middle half between 6 and 15 days (n 25), against 13 days in the fifty-two weeks before. Days on market here means list to pending: the days from the day a home is listed to the day a buyer signs, not to the day it closes. 72.0% of homes, 18 of 25, went under contract inside two weeks. In the last three months, 6 of 8 did.
From a signed contract to closing took a median 15 days, with a range from 0 to 115.
A second attempt hides how long a home has really been for sale. 20.0% of closings, 5 of 25, followed an earlier listing that did not sell. Three of those can be traced to their first listing, and each is a single case, too few for a median:
Caption: West Portal closings that followed an earlier failed listing, days to a signed contract, last twelve months, as of 20 September 2026 (n 3, individual cases).
| Case | Days on the final attempt | Days since the first listing |
|---|---|---|
| First | 30 | 127 |
| Second | 7 | 160 |
| Third | 40 | 244 |
A listing that shows 7 days on the market can have been in front of buyers for 160. Count the listing attempts before you read the days on market.
What is for sale in West Portal right now?
Almost nothing. On the weekly count for Sunday 13 September 2026, no home in West Portal was for sale and 2 were under contract. Both of those closed the next day, and one new listing came on the market that same day. So by the reference date of 20 September, one home was for sale and none was under contract. Both counts are true on their own dates.
That one listing is a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house built in 1939, asking $2,195,000, on its first attempt and 6 days on the market as of 20 September 2026. Two single-family homes listed at the same $2,195,000 ask closed in the last three months, at $2,700,000 and $3,350,000. Two cases are a reference point, not a forecast for this one.
Caption: homes for sale and under contract in West Portal on the weekly Sunday count, with the same weeks a year earlier (counts of zero to five homes).
| Measure | Last 13 weeks | Same 13 weeks a year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| Homes for sale on the latest Sunday | 0 (13 September 2026) | 5 |
| Homes for sale on the average Sunday | 1.08 | 3.54 |
| New listings over the 13 weeks | 4 | 9 |
| New contracts over the 13 weeks | 6 | 6 |
| Homes under contract for each home for sale, average Sunday | 1.86 | 0.22 |
Supply is falling against the season. Two homes were for sale in mid-June and none on the latest Sunday, when this time of year would normally have added stock. Weeks of supply, the time it would take to sell every listed home at the recent closing pace, was 0.00 on the latest Sunday, against 3.25 thirteen weeks earlier and 13.00 a year earlier. On counts of zero to five homes, read all of this as a direction, not a rate.
Buyers signed the same number of contracts as a year ago. What changed is how few homes came on the market for them.
Homes that listed mostly sold. Only 2 left the market without selling in the last twelve months, a sell-through of 92.0%, and none of the 23 closings on the weekly count cut its original asking price.
Which months favor sellers and which favor buyers in West Portal?
Over nine complete years, 2017 through 2025, March through May has been the sellers' stretch. Those months carry the least competing stock and the fastest contracts. September through October has been the buyers' stretch, with the most homes for sale and the fewest contracts for each one. September and July have been the weakest months to list. October carries the most competing stock of the year, and September or October has ranked in the top three for stock in 8 of the 9 years.
Every one of these seasonal readings is directional. Nine years is a real history, but each month pools only a handful of listings, from five to thirty-one. And a buyers' stretch means more choice and less competition. It is not a claim that prices are lower in those months, and this year the September stock that usually builds has not appeared.
What does this mean for you?
- You are buying a house. Expect to bid well over the ask. Four in five closings cleared it, and the median sale ran 20.6% over.
- You are buying a condominium. The market is small and sits in one complex. Six sold in twelve months, between $745,000 and $1,200,000, so read each sale on its own.
- You are reading a listing's days on market. Check whether it is a second attempt. A relisted home can show a week on the clock after months in front of buyers.
- You are selling. Supply is thin and buyers are signing at the same pace as last year. Price the first attempt right, because a second attempt resets the clock in public but not in the market's memory.
- You are timing a sale. The spring stretch has historically carried the least competition for sellers, but on a handful of listings a month that is a direction, not a rule.
- You are buying a condominium. The market is small and sits in one complex. Six sold in twelve months, between $745,000 and $1,200,000, so read each sale on its own.
- You are reading a listing's days on market. Check whether it is a second attempt. A relisted home can show a week on the clock after months in front of buyers.
- You are selling. Supply is thin and buyers are signing at the same pace as last year. Price the first attempt right, because a second attempt resets the clock in public but not in the market's memory.
- You are timing a sale. The spring stretch has historically carried the least competition for sellers, but on a handful of listings a month that is a direction, not a rule.
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