The five highest-priced home sales reported in the San Francisco, California metro area for the week ending October 4, 2026, came to a combined $54.593 million. Two were in Atherton, two in Menlo Park and one in San Francisco, so four of the five sold in San Mateo County.
The group spans more than a century of building. It runs from a home designed in 1911 to one completed this year, and in between are a Tuscan-style villa on more than an acre and a remodeled single-level home from the early 1950s. Four of the five are one story.
No. 1 — $15,736,000 · 198 Catalpa Dr, Atherton, California
The week’s top sale is a single-story home on a tree-lined street in the Lindenwood neighborhood of Atherton. Arcanum Architecture built it in 2011, and it sold for $15.736 million. It has four bedrooms, four full baths and a half bath in 4,625 square feet, on a lot of 1.02 acres. The floors are walnut, sandstone and limestone, and the home is wired for Savant automation and Lutron lighting.
The great room and the dining room share a single open space under a vaulted ceiling framed in walnut trusses, with a gas fireplace set in champagne limestone. The kitchen, finished in Calacutta Oro marble, has a 60-inch dual-fuel Wolf range and paneled Sub-Zero refrigeration. It opens straight into the family room, where a stone fireplace with a walnut mantel rises from floor to ceiling. The bedrooms have vaulted bead-board ceilings.
The grounds take in lawns and gardens and a grove of oak trees. There is a heated pool and spa, with a heated covered patio and a custom stone fire pit nearby, and a basketball court. Plans by Arcanum Architecture are complete for a two-bedroom guesthouse. The home also has a three-car garage and sits minutes from Stanford and downtown Menlo Park.
The home went under contract nine days after it was listed and sold $1.936 million above its asking price of $13.8 million. Stephanie von Thaden of Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent, and Billy McNair of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $11,000,000 · 27 Valley Rd, Atherton, California
A gated drive and a privacy wall enclose the No. 2 sale, a single-story Tuscan villa on a flat 1.04-acre lot in Atherton, the largest lot of the five. The street sees no through traffic. The home sold for $11 million.
Collin Whiteside built the home in 1995. Its rooms are arranged around a central courtyard, and nearly every bedroom opens directly onto the courtyard or the yard beyond it. Ceilings reach 12 feet, and the home has five fireplaces, among them one in the living room and one in the primary bedroom. An addition in 2011 brought a formal bedroom suite and an office/pool room. The home has four bedrooms, four full baths and a half bath in 4,643 square feet, and the pool is solar heated. Sharon Heights Country Club, Stanford University and Sand Hill Road are all a few minutes away. The property last sold in 2006 for $3.41 million.
The home went under contract 22 days after it was listed and sold above its $9.89 million asking price. Panos Anagnostou of Compass was the listing agent, and Claire Chen, also of Compass, represented the buyer. Compass also listed the No. 4 sale, in Cow Hollow.
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No. 3 — $10,700,000 · 900 Wallea Dr, Menlo Park, California
The newest home of the five, completed in 2026, sold for $10.7 million in Downtown Menlo Park. The modern single-story home on Wallea Drive also has the most living space of the group, 5,115 square feet, and the most bedrooms, six. It sits on a 10,009-square-foot lot. Inside are high and vaulted ceilings, hardwood and tile floors, walk-in closets and fireplaces in both the living room and the family room, and there is an attached two-car garage. The property last sold in 2022 for $4.611 million, before the current house was built.
Hossein Jalali of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent, and Yanqi Zhou of Maxreal represented the buyer. Coldwell Banker Realty also listed the No. 5 sale, in Central Menlo Park.
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No. 4 — $8,600,000 · 2441 Filbert St, San Francisco, California
Architect Thomas Patterson Ross designed this Cow Hollow home in 1911, making it the oldest of the five. It rises three levels on Filbert Street, with views of the bay, the Golden Gate Bridge and the city lights, and it sold for $8.6 million. The home has five bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath in 4,190 square feet.
Period details run through the interior: beamed ceilings, wood floors, moldings and large picture windows. On the main level, a dining room with a fireplace opens through doors to a deck and the garden, and the same floor has an eat-in kitchen, an office with a bay view, a pantry and an elevator that runs to the garage. The front living room on the floor above has a beamed ceiling, its own fireplace and an attached sunroom. At the top of the home is a pentroom walled in windows, looking out over the Palace of Fine Arts, Alcatraz, Coit Tower and the bridge.
Out back, the landscaped garden is planted with mature trees, wisteria, roses and hydrangeas, and a separate cottage stands in the back. The property also has a workshop. Shops and restaurants on Union and Chestnut Streets are nearby, as are the Marina Green and the Presidio.
The home went under contract 11 days after it was listed and sold for $2.7 million above its $5.9 million asking price. Nina Hatvany and Natalie Kitchen, both of Compass, were the listing agents, and Monica M. Pauli, also of Compass, represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $8,557,000 · 1780 Bay Laurel Dr, Menlo Park, California
Built in 1951 and since remodeled and expanded, this single-level home in Central Menlo Park sold for $8.557 million. It has four bedrooms, two full baths and two half baths in 3,196 square feet, on a lot of 0.27 acres along Bay Laurel Drive.
The great room has a vaulted ceiling with wood beams and a brick fireplace, and wide sliding doors open from it to the patio. The kitchen pairs Neolith counters with Sub-Zero, Wolf and Cove appliances, a walnut bar and a walk-in pantry. A separate entertainment room has a wet bar, two wine refrigerators and French doors to the garden, and there is also an office/craft room. The primary bath is done in Carrera marble, with a glass steam shower and a freestanding tub. French oak floors, skylights and plantation shutters appear throughout.
Behind the home, a Connecticut bluestone patio leads to an outdoor kitchen with a Wolf grill and bar seating. The fenced yard also has a turf lawn, a fire pit, a gazebo and mature plantings. The two-car garage is finished with an epoxy floor, cabinetry and a shop sink. Menlo Park public schools are within walking distance.
The home went under contract four days after it was listed and sold $562,000 above its $7.995 million asking price. Kelly Griggs and Tory Fratt of Coldwell Banker Realty were the listing agents, and Stephanie Elkins, also of Coldwell Banker Realty, represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, October 4, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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