Telescope Hills & Silva Ranch Millbrae, CA
Hillside homes in west Millbrae with strong price gains.
Living in Telescope Hills & Silva Ranch
Telescope Hills & Silva Ranch is a narrow hillside neighborhood on land once owned by Millbrae pioneer Custodio Silva, whose sons ran a riding stable at the foot of the tract on El Camino Real. Trucks hauling dirt from the Macco Pit to build SFO once rumbled down Richmond Drive through the Silva Tract. Its winding streets are lined with larger homes built from the late 1950s to the 1970s, and early buyers included the Australian airline QANTAS, which bought several homes for its employees. It's been one of the city's strongest performers: the median rose about 73% from 2015–16 to 2024–25, well ahead of the city's 46%, with a 12-month median around $2.55M.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a garage and a driveway, and the quiet hillside streets are easy to park on. It's a driving neighborhood, with downtown Millbrae a few minutes away and Highway 280 close by.
What homes in Telescope Hills & Silva Ranch are doing
Single-family homes in Telescope Hills & Silva Ranch sold for a median of about $1.63M in 2015–16 and $2.82M in 2024–25, a 73% increase, ahead of Millbrae as a whole (+46%). In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 5 days on market) and usually above asking (109.1% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (5 sales through September), the median is $2.55M.
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. 69 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 5 | $2.55M | $1,393 | 8 | 105.7% |
| 2025 | 3 | $3M | $975 | 5 | 109.1% |
| 2024 | 4 | $2.69M | $1,165 | 7 | 113.5% |
| 2023 | 4 | $2.57M | $1,193 | 9 | 115.1% |
| 2022 | 4 | $2.23M | $846 | 14 | 102.0% |
| 2021 | 9 | $2.4M | $1,139 | 7 | 109.4% |
| 2020 | 8 | $1.99M | $764 | 26 | 101.4% |
| 2019 | 1 few sales | $1.85M | $1,069 | 10 | 119.5% |
| 2018 | 4 | $1.87M | $982 | 13 | 111.7% |
| 2017 | 9 | $2M | $750 | 15 | 104.5% |
| 2016 | 8 | $1.67M | $819 | 15 | 103.2% |
| 2015 | 10 | $1.6M | $780 | 13 | 118.9% |
Condos & townhomes in Telescope Hills & Silva Ranch (22 sales since 2015)
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 3 | $1.03M | $705 | 11 | 99.8% |
| 2025 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 few sales | $1.19M | $849 | 9 | 107.7% |
| 2021 | 2 few sales | $1.07M | $742 | 8 | 107.0% |
| 2020 | 3 | $1.08M | $739 | 24 | 108.2% |
| 2019 | 5 | $1.1M | $695 | 35 | 103.5% |
| 2018 | 5 | $1.1M | $711 | 15 | 101.1% |
| 2017 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 few sales | $888K | $625 | 9 | 118.4% |
| 2015 | 2 few sales | $902K | $570 | 13 | 113.0% |
Telescope Hills & Silva Ranch on the map
Borders are built lot by lot from the county's property lines and where homes have been listed (MLS neighborhood codes), and stay inside official city limits (dashed), 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 Telescope Hills & Silva Ranch; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.