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Cow Hollow

A Cow Hollow guide pairing Redfin prices and market pace with official Union Street transit, park and library links, plus a disciplined view of parking, views and ownership expenses.

COW HOLLOW · THE MARKET IN MOTION

A neighborhood.
A different rhythm.

12 SECOND
MARKET BRIEF

September 2026 · All home types

01 / THE PRICE OF ENTRY$3,349,062

Median sale price.

-1.5% from the same period last year. The homes that sold affect the median.

Redfin · Transactions: rolling 3 months ending September 2026. Competition 93/100 over a separate 9-month window. Source ↗

This report uses Redfin’s provider-defined Cow Hollow area and Zillow’s independently defined geography. It is not a house-only, condo-only or investment-building series. The map is for orientation, not a statistical boundary. Select comparables for the actual block and ownership type.

Data, dates & definitions
Median sale price
$3,349,062
Sold above list price
79.8%
Sale-to-list ratio
125.2%
Median days on market
12

Source retrieved 2026-10-27T13:25:39Z. Report updated 2026-10-27T13:38:05.794Z. The buildings and calendar are illustrations of market measures, not individual sales or an actual listing schedule. Medians describe the sales mix, not a same-home investment return. Commentary is our interpretation.

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By Lucas Beard, REALTOR® · CA DRE #02417843

Local guide checked . Market and weather data carry their own observation dates.

Get closer to the details.

A neighborhood name is a useful starting point, but each property deserves its own review. Use these questions to make your next visit more productive.

Walk Union Street, then the home’s actual grade.

Wildseed on Union and Balboa Cafe on Fillmore anchor a commercial-corridor tour; Allyne Park is an eastern-side destination. Walk the route from each back to the home, including the uphill leg. Properties on retail frontage and interior hillside blocks can feel very different. Compare window exposure, bedroom location, stairs and the entrance before paying for a broad Cow Hollow address.

Union Street offers an actual downtown bus connection.

The active 45 Union/Stockton runs between the Marina and Caltrain via Downtown. SFMTA lists stops at Union and Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Laguna and Gough. Test the walk and uphill return from the specific property.

The outlook and the garage belong in separate columns.

Inspect the view from the rooms that are used every day, then compare similar floor heights and orientations. Verify parking rights, vehicle clearance, storage and access independently. A condo’s reserve study, insurance and assessment notices matter as much as a renovated interior. For a TIC or whole building, examine the shared obligations or leases separately; the neighborhood’s price per foot does not establish the right financing structure.

Research the neighborhood from the source.

Use these official resources to check transit, public places and property details. An address or route does not establish a rent or resale premium.

  • SFMTA 45 Union/Stockton ↗

    The active 45 Union/Stockton runs between the Marina and Caltrain via Downtown. SFMTA lists stops at Union and Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Laguna and Gough. Test the walk and uphill return from the specific property.

  • SFPL Golden Gate Valley branch ↗

    San Francisco Public Library lists Golden Gate Valley at 1801 Green Street. Compare the approach to this branch with the Union retail walk and the home’s own access, without assigning an unsupported convenience premium.

  • SF Rec & Park: Allyne Park ↗

    SF Rec & Park identifies Allyne Park at 2609 Gough Street as roughly one-quarter acre. It is a useful nearby destination, but it should not be valued as a building amenity or a substitute for private outdoor rights.

  • SF Planning: nearby permit activity ↗

    Check surrounding applications and planning records before budgeting construction effects.

  • ABAG regional Hazard Viewer ↗

    Screen regional hazards; this map cannot replace a professional property investigation.

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Get a feel for Cow Hollow.

Use the map to explore the streets, then follow the official links for parks, dining, and drinks in and around the neighborhood.

Orientation map · Approximate area, not a market-data boundary.Open a larger map ↗Interactive map by Google Maps

Local links checked . Check the linked businesses and park pages for current details.

WEATHER & EVERYDAY LIVING

San Francisco weather context.

Put Cow Hollow 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.

Complete calendar month: to . Retrieved . Updated .

City rainfall and temperature.

San Francisco Downtown station ↗ · City station near Mission Dolores.

SF Downtown precipitation
0.03inches

NOAA station USW00023272

SF Downtown wet days
1day

At least 0.01 inches of precipitation

Average daily high 70.1°F · Average daily low 57.5°F

City precipitation through the month Inches per station observation day, San Francisco Downtown

Chart scale: 0 to 0.10 inches. Trace amounts are recorded separately and do not become zero-rain claims.

View daily weather data +
NOAA San Francisco Downtown daily records for September 2026
Station datePrecipitation (inches)High (°F)Low (°F)
0.006961
0.007061
0.037260
0.006857
0.007156
0.006957
0.008157
0.008561
0.009465
0.007559
0.006658
0.006859
0.006658
0.007157
0.006657
0.006357
0.007059
0.006657
0.006656
0.006055
0.006156
0.006356
0.007556
0.007558
0.006757
0.006856
0.006355
0.006955
0.007454
0.007255

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

Fog reported at the airport

SFO fair-weather days
8days

NWS fair-sky category, not measured sunshine hours

SFO partly cloudy days
20days

NWS partly cloudy category

SFO cloudy days
2days

NWS cloudy category

SFO period: to . Source issued ; retrieved . Read the archived NWS report ↗

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.

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