Sterling Downs Belmont, CA
One of Belmont's flatter neighborhoods, with smaller lots, good walkability, and fewer hills to climb.
Living in Sterling Downs
Sterling Downs is one of Belmont's flatter neighborhoods, on the east side of town near El Camino Real and downtown Belmont. Homes are mostly modest 1940s–'50s ranches and bungalows on smaller lots, which makes it one of the more accessible ways into Belmont. It's also one of the most competitive: homes sold for about 108% of asking on average in 2025, and the 2026 median so far is about $1.9M.
Parking & walkability: Driveways are shorter and many homes have one-car garages, so street parking can fill up on some blocks. The payoff is walkability rare in Belmont: fewer hills, and downtown Belmont's restaurants, Twin Pines Park and the Belmont Caltrain station are a short walk or bike ride away.
What homes in Sterling Downs are doing
Single-family homes in Sterling Downs sold for a median of about $1.22M in 2015–16 and $1.78M in 2024–25, a 46% increase, behind Belmont as a whole (+62%). Prices peaked in 2022 at $1.95M. In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 11 days on market) and usually above asking (108.1% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (13 sales through September), the median is $1.9M. MLS tracks Sterling Downs and Homeview as one combined area, so these figures cover both.
Median single-family price, 2015–2026
* 2026 covers January through September. Hollow dots mark years with fewer than 3 single-family sales; treat those medians as rough. 229 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 13 | $1.9M | $1,470 | 9 | 113.1% |
| 2025 | 13 | $1.87M | $1,259 | 11 | 108.1% |
| 2024 | 14 | $1.69M | $1,300 | 8 | 103.6% |
| 2023 | 18 | $1.59M | $1,245 | 9 | 103.6% |
| 2022 | 12 | $1.95M | $1,491 | 8 | 110.7% |
| 2021 | 29 | $1.74M | $1,357 | 8 | 113.5% |
| 2020 | 13 | $1.5M | $1,264 | 9 | 109.8% |
| 2019 | 19 | $1.49M | $1,218 | 10 | 105.1% |
| 2018 | 29 | $1.7M | $1,089 | 11 | 110.1% |
| 2017 | 21 | $1.37M | $1,257 | 7 | 113.9% |
| 2016 | 24 | $1.29M | $978 | 12 | 109.5% |
| 2015 | 24 | $1.15M | $939 | 12 | 114.8% |
Condos & townhomes in Sterling Downs (63 sales since 2015)
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 1 few sales | $1.48M | $961 | — | 100.8% |
| 2025 | 2 few sales | $1.65M | $825 | 79 | 100.7% |
| 2024 | 5 | $1.15M | $943 | 8 | 106.9% |
| 2023 | 3 | $1.15M | $927 | 25 | 98.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | $1.49M | $790 | 22 | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 10 | $1.21M | $955 | 10 | 105.0% |
| 2020 | 5 | $1M | $933 | 7 | 103.6% |
| 2019 | 5 | $1.18M | $836 | 40 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 10 | $1.15M | $903 | 12 | 109.9% |
| 2017 | 6 | $992K | $694 | 10 | 107.5% |
| 2016 | 5 | $1.15M | $727 | 14 | 105.2% |
| 2015 | 8 | $900K | $648 | 15 | 112.6% |
Sterling Downs on the map
Borders follow real streets and where homes have sold (MLS neighborhood codes), so a home or two along an edge may differ from official MLS lines.
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Source: MLSListings, Inc. closed sales, 2015–September 2026, summarized by Drew Lehr. Neighborhood figures combine the MLS area(s) that make up Sterling Downs; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.