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Portola

Explore Portola real estate with dated Redfin market figures, local places, official transit and research links, and practical guidance on ownership, comparable sales and total property costs.

PORTOLA · THE MARKET IN MOTION

A neighborhood.
A different rhythm.

12 SECOND
MARKET BRIEF

September 2026 · All home types

01 / THE PRICE OF ENTRY$1,099,692

Median sale price.

-0.39% from the same period last year. The homes that sold affect the median.

Redfin · Transactions: rolling 3 months ending September 2026. Competition 90/100 over a separate 6-month window. Source ↗

This report uses Redfin’s provider-defined Portola 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. This is Redfin’s Portola neighborhood in San Francisco, not the city of Portola or Portola Valley. The days-on-market change conflicts with the narrative and is unavailable. The dated sales table and the separate competition panel use different pace measures.

Data, dates & definitions
Median sale price
$1,099,692
Sold above list price
88%
Sale-to-list ratio
115.8%
Median days on market
17

Source retrieved 2026-10-29T22:52:47Z. Report updated 2026-10-29T22:52:47Z. 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.

Tour the San Bruno corridor and the residential block separately.

Use Portola Library and the 9 San Bruno route to orient your search, then walk the streets around the actual home. Test crossings, grade, entrance access and interior sound. Homes near shops and transit and homes farther up the slope offer different routines. Compare the Excelsior guide and Bayview guide if your search extends beyond Portola, keeping each provider’s geography separate.

Palega is a destination, not a substitute for private outdoor space.

The city lists Palega Recreation Center’s picnic facilities at 500 Felton Street, with sports facilities and limited street parking. Walk the route from the home and check the city page for current access and reservations. Then evaluate the property’s own garden, storage and garage. Confirm any parking rights and address eligibility through the SFMTA permit rules.

Renovation potential needs a cost case before an offer.

Review legal room and dwelling counts, permit history, systems and structural condition. A lower level or deep lot does not establish approval for additional income-producing space. Begin with SF Planning’s permit resources, then obtain property-specific advice and bids. The buying guide helps organize disclosures; the investment property guide separates documented income from renovation, vacancy and carrying-cost assumptions.

Use the dated Portola series, not a similarly named city.

The Portola market report uses Redfin’s San Francisco neighborhood and preserves separate transaction and competition windows. A median-price decline alongside rising price per foot calls for closer examination of the sales mix. Match ownership, legal size, condition and parking before estimating value. Keep renovation upside outside the base case until scope, approvals, timing and resale evidence support it. Sellers should demonstrate completed improvements with records and comparable sales.

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.

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Get a feel for Portola.

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 Portola 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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