Is Los Altos, CA a good place to invest in rental property?

Los Altos, CA has a median modeled monthly cash flow of $-19,600 and a median cap rate of 0.6%, on a median sold price of $4,477,500. Prices changed +1.4% year over year.

What is the average cap rate in Los Altos, CA?

The median cap rate across recently sold homes in Los Altos, CA is 0.6%, based on CashFlowRE's rent and expense modeling.

What is the median home price in Los Altos, CA?

The median sold price in Los Altos, CA is $4,477,500 (about $1,851 per square foot).

Investing in Los Altos, CA Real Estate

A data-driven snapshot of the Los Altos, CA rental-property market, built from recently sold homes and CashFlowRE's per-listing investment modeling — median price, cap rate, monthly cash flow, appreciation and inventory — so you can judge the market before you ever open a listing.

$4,477,500Median sold price

$1,851Median $/sqft

0.6%Median cap rate

$-19,600Modeled cash flow / mo

+1.4%Appreciation YoY

4.6Months of supply

116Active listings

302Sold (last 12 mo)

What the Los Altos numbers say

In Los Altos, CA, the median home sold for $4,477,500 (about $1,851 per square foot), and the typical deal models out to a 0.6% cap rate with a median $-19,600 of monthly cash flow. Sold prices moved +1.4% over the past year. Inventory sits at about 4.6 months of supply. These are medians across recorded sales; individual properties vary widely, which is exactly what CashFlowRE scores listing by listing.

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