Ladera Portola Valley, CA
An unincorporated community of mid-century homes next to Portola Valley.
Living in Ladera
Ladera is a small unincorporated community next to Portola Valley, developed in the late 1940s and '50s with architecturally progressive mid-century homes on quiet, curving streets. It's single-family homes throughout, with about 13 sales a year and a 12-month median around $3.75M; 2025 sales closed at about 105% of asking.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a driveway and a garage or carport, and the residential streets are quiet and easy to park on. Ladera has its own small shopping center, and Stanford, Sand Hill Road and Highway 280 are just a few minutes away.
What homes in Ladera are doing
Single-family homes in Ladera sold for a median of about $2.5M in 2015–16 and $3.88M in 2024–25, a 55% increase, behind Portola Valley as a whole (+59%). In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 10 days on market) and usually above asking (104.8% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (8 sales through September), the median is $3.62M.
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. 186 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 8 | $3.62M | $1,688 | 24 | 96.9% |
| 2025 | 13 | $4.25M | $1,762 | 10 | 104.8% |
| 2024 | 13 | $3.51M | $1,699 | 9 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 14 | $3.48M | $1,469 | 10 | 104.4% |
| 2022 | 16 | $3.73M | $1,510 | 11 | 103.4% |
| 2021 | 27 | $3.23M | $1,345 | 9 | 105.5% |
| 2020 | 15 | $2.85M | $1,165 | 12 | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 13 | $2.77M | $1,215 | 17 | 98.8% |
| 2018 | 16 | $2.95M | $1,422 | 11 | 110.7% |
| 2017 | 19 | $2.7M | $1,038 | 12 | 104.0% |
| 2016 | 14 | $2.46M | $970 | 15 | 101.9% |
| 2015 | 18 | $2.54M | $1,008 | 11 | 110.8% |
Ladera 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 Ladera; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.