Excelsior’s median sale price was $1,099,692, down 1.2% year over year, with a 22-day median selling period. Verify lower-level living area and budget drainage, sewer and garage work.
Our interpretation of Redfin’s All Home Types data. The median reflects the mix of sales, not appreciation of the same homes.
Prices and sales activity.
- Median sale price
- $1,099,692
- Median price / sq ft
- $980
- Median days on market
- 22 days
- Sale to list price
- 112.8%
-1.2% year over year
20 sales reported for the calendar month of September 2026. This is separate from the rolling median’s sample.
+49.4% year over year
+8 days year over year
-0.81 points year over year
64.8% of sales closed above asking. Asking price reflects a listing strategy.
Redfin Excelsior · All Home Types · rolling three months ending September 2026. Check the source ↗ · Sales count checked Oct 29, 2026.
Data geography and coverage
This report uses Redfin’s provider-defined Excelsior area in San Francisco and Zillow’s independently defined geography. All Home Types mixes property and ownership types. The map is approximate orientation, not a statistical boundary. Select comparables for the actual block and ownership type. The declining median price and rising price per square foot reflect different transaction mixes; neither measures same-home appreciation.
What changed since our last report?
Verified monthly tracking began with September 2026. This is the first recorded period, so there is no previous report period to compare yet.
The next verified period will add changes in price, selling time and sale-to-list ratio here. Year-over-year changes above are a separate comparison.
What this means for your next move.
If you’re buying
Sales averaged above asking, so prepare the financing and disclosure review before choosing an offer. Verify lower-level living area and budget drainage, sewer and garage work.
Test your appraisal-gap cash needs ↗If you’re selling
The 22-day median is a planning reference, not a deadline for your listing. Document legal rooms and permitted work before assigning value to extra space. Choose an asking strategy from the property’s comparables rather than assume the neighborhood percentage applies to every home.
Build a property-specific pricing plan ↗Prepare for competition.
Redfin’s separate trailing 6-month competition window. The score is not an investment-return estimate.
Compare prices and market pace.
Bars compare available periods, not a measured monthly path. A prior-year bar marked “calculated” is an approximation derived from the source’s rounded year-over-year change. A line chart appears after three consecutive verified monthly observations.
| Period ending | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | ≈ 656 | Calculated from YoY change |
| September 2026 | 980 | Redfin reported |
Verified tracking begins with September 2026. Missing months stay unfilled. A transaction median does not track the same homes over time.
The property behind the numbers.
Local context checked . Commentary is our interpretation, not a valuation or forecast.
Mission Street convenience includes the uphill return.
Local evidence: SFPL publishes the Excelsior branch page, SFMTA the 14 Mission route and the city the Excelsior Playground location at Russia and Madrid.
Our view: Test the walk from the home to the stops and services you would use, with entrance stairs and return grades included. Compare interior sound and bedroom exposure near the commercial corridor. Employers elsewhere in the city are destinations to test through the transit connection; no source here establishes a headcount-driven rent premium or a fixed commute time.
Excelsior Library ↗ · SFMTA 14 Mission ↗ · Excelsior Playground ↗
Building costs and investment considerations
Excelsior’s lower level needs its own capital and use review.
SF Planning provides permit-research resources; SFMTA’s residential permit rules do not establish a private garage right or legal use of converted space.
For a house or small building, separate documented dwelling area from storage and speculative expansion. Budget roof, drainage, sewer, structural work and insurance from inspections and records. Review existing leases individually and model vacancy, management and capital reserves. A favorable purchase price can be offset by work and carrying costs; test those costs before assuming additional rent.
SFMTA residential parking permits ↗ · SF Planning permit research ↗
Zillow context: a different measure of value
Zillow’s Excelsior typical home value (ZHVI) was $1,144,534, +13.1% year over year, through September 2026. This modeled index differs from a median of homes that sold; geography and coverage can also differ.
Checked Oct 29, 2026 · Zillow source ↗
Get to know Excelsior.
Use the neighborhood guide for local places, maps, transit resources and weather context, then test the actual block and building.
Explore the Excelsior neighborhood guide ↗Sources and definitions.
Redfin Excelsior housing market ↗ · Methodology and release calendar ↗ · Download report data ↗
Reporting periods, checks and limitations
Price and selling metrics use rolling three-month windows. Adjacent periods overlap. Sales counts carry their own explicitly stated period and are not assumed to be the rolling median’s sample. A reported sales count below 20 receives an editorial small-count flag; this is a reading aid, not a statistical confidence threshold.
Refresh policy: check the day after Redfin’s monthly Housing Market Tracker release and publish once a newer neighborhood period is verified. Delays retain the last verified period. A calendar date is not evidence that neighborhood data changed.
Initial comparison bars may include approximate prior-year values calculated from reported year-over-year changes. A line chart requires at least three consecutive verified monthly observations for the selected metric and uses reported points only. Missing months are not filled.
All Home Types mixes ownership and property types. A neighborhood median is not an appraisal, a same-home return or a forecast. Local sources do not establish a measured rent or resale premium. Zillow is an independent modeled index and is never averaged with Redfin’s transaction median.
Data provided by Redfin, a national real estate brokerage. Company commentary is independent. No affiliation or endorsement is implied.