- Median sale price
- $1,848,482
- Median price / sq ft
- ≈ $1,550
- Median days on market
- 22 days
- Sale to list price
- 105.4%
+15.5% year over year
+38.7% year over year
-16 days year over year
+6.6 points year over year
Redfin Russian Hill · rolling three months ending September 2026. Rounded source values stay rounded. View source ↗
Competition is running hot.
Redfin Compete Score™ measures competition, not expected investment returns.
Source window: trailing 3 months. Retrieved Oct 24, 2026, 7:59 AM PDT.
The trend behind the headline.
Rolling three-month periods. Dashed segments compare endpoints across unobserved months, not a measured monthly path. Approximate prior-year points are derived from Redfin’s rounded year-over-year change.
| Period ending | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | ≈ 1,118 | Derived from YoY change |
| September 2026 | 1,550 | Redfin reported (rounded) |
Snapshot history begins with September 2026 and grows with verified updates. Missing observations are never filled with invented values. A neighborhood median does not track the same homes over time.
53.7% of sales were above list in the source snapshot. Asking prices reflect a listing strategy, so a premium to list is not automatically a premium to fair value.
San Francisco Real Estate Company Perspective
Our analytical view · Not a valuation or forecast
Local context checked . Market figures use the report period above. Local sources do not measure an amenity’s effect on prices or rents.
A 98 Walk Score does not flatten Russian Hill.
Local evidence: Redfin’s page displays a Walk Score of 98/100 and Transit Score of 84/100, checked October 23, 2026; no separate score measurement period is supplied. The city describes Alice Marble Courts as a hilltop facility above George Sterling Park.
Our view: We would test the uphill return from shopping and transit, along with elevator access, before assigning value to walkability. Compare view orientation, floor height, light, and the actual outlook from usable rooms. A neighborhood score cannot establish the convenience of a particular entrance, and a view premium needs closed-sale evidence rather than an assumption that it becomes rental income.
Sources: Redfin neighborhood snapshot ↗ · SF Rec & Park: Alice Marble Courts ↗
Polk retail and the Union bus route offer different daily connections.
Local evidence: SFMTA identifies Polk as a commercial corridor. Its 45 Union/Stockton runs along Union through Downtown to the Caltrain depot, with stops at Hyde and Polk. The snapshot reports 22 median days on market.
Our view: A home near Polk’s shops and one higher on the hill can offer different trade-offs even at similar map distances. Test the door-to-workplace trip, including waiting and transfers, rather than describe all Russian Hill homes as equally convenient for downtown employment. Check interior noise during business hours. Sellers should demonstrate these specific connections; investors should verify them against leasing comparables.
Sources: SFMTA Polk commercial corridor ↗ · SFMTA 45 Union/Stockton route ↗ · Redfin neighborhood snapshot ↗
Price the Russian Hill outlook separately from the garage.
Local evidence: Price per square foot is up 38.7% year over year. The sale-to-list ratio is 105.4%. SFMTA permits exempt eligible vehicles from specified posted time limits; meter and loading restrictions still depend on the signs.
Our view: We would isolate view, parking, and building-access differences when selecting comps. Confirm whether a space is deeded, assigned, leased, or tandem, and test the vehicle fit and access. A street permit is a different benefit from a private space. Buyers should include garage costs and elevator or common-area reserves in the budget; investors should test net income and a flat-price resale after those costs.
Sources: Redfin neighborhood snapshot ↗ · SFMTA residential parking rules ↗
Closed sales and modeled values tell different stories.
- Zillow Russian Hill typical home value (ZHVI)
- $1,708,883
+18.6% year over year
Zillow data through September 2026. Its modeled value index differs from a median of homes that sold. Neighborhood boundaries, property coverage, and methods also differ. We do not average the two sources or treat their difference as a discount.
Retrieved Oct 24, 2026, 7:59 AM PDT · Zillow source ↗
Start on the hill, then walk your daily route.
The courts at Greenwich and Hyde provide a hilltop orientation point. Seven Hills at Green and Union Larder near Union give you two stops on the Hyde Street corridor. Use the map below to connect these places with the homes you are considering. Walk the route in both directions: a short distance on a map can feel different on a slope.
Compare the home behind the view.
Our buying lens is property specific. Check which rooms actually receive the outlook, whether it depends on a particular floor or window, and how the home feels at different times of day. Compare stairs, elevator access, parking rights, storage, and usable outdoor space. Treat condo, TIC, and whole-building purchases as separate underwriting exercises.
A seller’s premium needs evidence.
Our perspective: build the pricing case from comparable closed sales with similar outlook, condition, size, and ownership. For investors, separate the price you pay for an outlook from the income a lease can support. Verify actual expenses and reserves, then test financing and sale costs without assuming appreciation.
Get a feel for Russian Hill.
Use the map to explore the streets, then follow the official links for parks, dining, and drinks in and around the neighborhood.
Alice Marble Courts / George Sterling Park ↗
Greenwich and Hyde streets
Hilltop tennis and basketball courts above George Sterling Park, with city and Bay outlooks. See the city page for facility details.
Seven Hills ↗
1896 Hyde Street at Green Street
Italian dining on Hyde Street. Check the restaurant’s own site for its current menu and reservations.
Union Larder ↗
1945 Hyde Street
A Hyde Street wine bar serving cheese and charcuterie. See its official website for current offerings.
Local links checked . Check the linked businesses and park pages for current details.
San Francisco weather context.
Put Russian Hill visits in context with city rainfall and regional sky conditions. Check the actual home in morning and afternoon light.
Rainfall and temperatures come from NOAA’s San Francisco Downtown station. Fog and sky conditions come from SFO and are regional context only. Neither station measures the featured neighborhood’s block-by-block microclimate; airport fog days are not neighborhood fog days.
City rainfall and temperature.
San Francisco Downtown station ↗ · City station near Mission Dolores.
- SF Downtown precipitation
- 0.03inches
- SF Downtown wet days
- 1day
NOAA station USW00023272
At least 0.01 inches of precipitation
Average daily high 70.1°F · Average daily low 57.5°F
Chart scale: 0 to 0.10 inches. Trace amounts are recorded separately and do not become zero-rain claims.
View daily weather data +
| Station date | Precipitation (inches) | High (°F) | Low (°F) |
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| 0.00 | 69 | 61 | |
| 0.00 | 70 | 61 | |
| 0.03 | 72 | 60 | |
| 0.00 | 68 | 57 | |
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| 0.00 | 69 | 55 | |
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| 0.00 | 72 | 55 |
City data retrieved · Download NOAA daily records ↗
Regional fog and sky conditions.
Station: San Francisco International Airport (SFO). These counts describe the airport, not the featured neighborhood. Fair weather is the source’s sky category; it does not mean six hours of sunshine or a fog-free day.
- SFO fog days
- 18days
- SFO fair-weather days
- 8days
- SFO partly cloudy days
- 20days
- SFO cloudy days
- 2days
Fog reported at the airport
NWS fair-sky category, not measured sunshine hours
NWS partly cloudy category
NWS cloudy category
Sources, definitions and limits +
- Rainfall and temperature source: NOAA NCEI San Francisco Downtown, USW00023272 ↗, at 37.7705, −122.4269. These are city station readings, not measurements at an individual home. We sum the daily precipitation records and count days with at least 0.01 inches. The precipitation variable includes any liquid-equivalent frozen precipitation.
- Daily values retain NOAA’s station observation dates. An observation day can end at a station’s reporting time; we do not relabel it as a midnight-to-midnight Pacific measurement. Trace precipitation is marked “Trace.” Missing or quality-flagged precipitation rejects a monthly update; incomplete temperatures remain unavailable.
- Fog and sky source: National Weather Service CLMSFO, archived by Iowa Environmental Mesonet ↗. The source’s fog, fair, partly cloudy and cloudy counts are kept as reported. Fog can occur during part of a fair-weather day, so fog is not an additional mutually exclusive sky category. We do not convert fair days to measured sunshine hours or add them to fog counts.
- These are free public weather records. Our summary and chart are independent of NOAA and Iowa State University. No affiliation or endorsement is implied. NOAA usage information ↗ · IEM usage information ↗.
- Weather periods and source timestamps are separate from the rolling Redfin market window. Monthly updates retain the previous verified month if either source is delayed. These stations cannot establish a specific home’s sunlight, fog, moisture condition or investment return.
Sources, timing, and what to watch.
Redfin neighborhood metrics use rolling three-month windows. Adjacent periods overlap. Small samples and the mix of properties sold can move medians sharply. All home types is not a condo-only or multifamily investment series. The competition score uses its own stated window.
Refresh policy: the day after Redfin’s monthly Housing Market Tracker release, once a newer neighborhood period is verified. Source delays retain the previous report. An unavailable release timestamp is left blank; the calendar is not evidence that a neighborhood has updated.
Initial trend comparisons use the reported year-over-year change to derive approximate prior-year endpoints, not a downloaded monthly history. Verified monthly snapshots accumulate over time. Source revisions can change a previously reported figure.
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