While sales have dragged in the Bay Area’s overall housing market amid high interest rates and market volatility, the region’s elite have continued to trade homes at eye-popping prices.
The bulk of the region’s most expensive home sales so far this year are in Atherton, where famous residents like Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry and former Hewlett-Packard CEO and Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman have sought privacy behind tall hedges. The leafy Peninsula enclave also boasts the most expensive ZIP code in America.
And it’s only getting more expensive. The median price of a home in Atherton was just over $10 million in the first half of the year — a new record, according to statistics from Compass, the country’s biggest real estate brokerage by sales volume.
San Francisco also saw its share of luxury sales in tony neighborhoods such as Sea Cliff and Pacific Heights.
Multimillion-dollar home sales are up this year. This spring, sales of homes over $5 million in San Mateo County hit their highest quarterly level since the spring of 2022. In San Francisco, luxury sales (defined as over $5 million for single-family homes and over $3 million for condos) stayed on pace with the spring of 2024. Here are the most expensive homes sold this year through June 30.
447 Whiskey Hill Road in Woodside, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
13. 447 Whiskey Hill Road, Woodside | $20M
447 Whiskey Hill Road in Woodside, California. (Courtesy of Google Maps)
This 3.5-acre estate — including a main house, guest home, pool and small horse farm — was sold in February by architect Hilary Bates and financier Jerome Simon, a major Democratic Party donor.
The buyer was 447 Whiskey Hill LLC, via real estate attorney Christine Wade.
2750 Vallejo St. in San Francisco, California (Google Street View)
12. 2750 Vallejo St., San Francisco | $20.6M
This Pacific Heights mansion was one of the top sales of 2023, selling for $23.5 million. But this May, it sold for nearly $3 million less.
The home was built in 1905 and remodeled in 2013 by Troon Pacific, a luxury home developer that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman accused of selling him a $27 million “lemon.” Troon has denied the allegations.
The buyer was Lomax Trust, via Lonnie Dorn, a senior advisor at the wealth management firm ClearRock Capital.
The seller was The 2750 Vallejo Trust, via San Francisco-based wealth manager Tracy Keyser.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt bought a $24 million penthouse in this co-op building at 2006 Washington St. next to Lafayette Park in San Francisco. (Google Street View)
11. 2006 Washington St., 10th Floor, San Francisco | $24M
In April, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt bought this 5,700-square-foot Pacific Heights co-op in a 1924 Beaux-Arts building, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The seller was Chris R. Redlich, Jr., a retired shipping executive who paid $32 million for the apartment in 2015. Redlich put the penthouse on the market in 2021, but it took four years to find a buyer. Redlich has since moved to a 50-acre estate outside of Nashville, Tennessee. In an interview with the Journal, he said he had left San Francisco after the city turned into a “ghost town” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
178 Patricia Dr. in Atherton, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
10. 178 Patricia Drive, Atherton | $25.5M
178 Patricia Drive in Atherton, California. The home sold for $25.5 million.
This 10,755 square foot seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom home in West Atherton was built in 2017 on 1.07 acres. It includes a 500-bottle wine room, a theater and pool.
The sellers were Caine Moss, a lawyer working with technology companies, and Maha Ibrahim, a general partner with the venture capital firm Canaan Partners. Ibrahim was the first investor in the luxury resale website The RealReal, according to her biography on Canaan’s website.
The buyer was Virya BA LLC, a holding company registered to Svetlana Danaevskaya, director of Singapore-based company Virya Advisors. Virya BA LLC shares an address with the San Francisco offices for Withers Worldwide, a law firm specializing in high-net-worth international clients.
3701 Washington St. in San Francisco sold for $26 million in 2025. (Courtesy of Google Maps)
9. 3701 Washington St., San Francisco | $26M
This 8,531 square foot Beaux-Arts mansion was sold by William Matthes, the former managing partner of private equity firm Behrman Capital, and his wife, Leigh, who works in real estate development and philanthropy, according to her social media profile.
The buyer was Roxy Bear Trust.
The Matthes family has deep ties to Stanford University, where William and Leigh currently sit on the advisory board of several departments and initiatives. Designed in the style of a French chateau, the mansion sits in Presidio Heights, and offers views of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay.
The Matthes bought the property in 2011 for $12.1 million, according to public records.
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8. 2990 Broadway, San Francisco | $26.5M
This 10,180 square foot mansion on San Francisco’s Billionaires’ Row, built for George “Fritz” Jewett Jr. and Lucy Jewett, sold to Closed CI Investments LLC, which is associated with serial entrepreneur Kevin Rose.
The Jewetts were prominent philanthropists who donated to institutions from the Monterey Bay Aquarium to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and played a central role in establishing the Asian Art Museum. According to The Wall Street Journal, they opened their home to dignitaries such as former president George H.W. Bush and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Fritz was the heir to a lumber fortune, and died in 2008. Lucy, who was a major supporter of the San Francisco ballet, died in December 2023.
Rose, who founded startups including the news aggregator Digg and micro-blogging platform Pounce, now serves as a venture capital partner at True Ventures. His investments include Twitter, now X, Facebook, Zynga and Square, according to his company biography.
7. 2440 Pacific Ave., San Francisco | $27.5M
In May, Lindsay Bolton, ex-wife of finance executive George Brown Bolton, sold this 1912 12,027 square foot home. Based on the transfer taxes, the sales price was estimated at $27.5 million.
The buyer was Aeonian Trust, via New York tax attorney Joshua Milgrim.
The home includes a wine cellar, staff bedroom and bathroom, and an original carriage house.
250 Atherton Ave. in Atherton, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
6. 250 Atherton Ave., Atherton | $29M
This Italianate villa in the heart of Atherton was sold by Quam Domain Properties LLC to VN 1688 LLC on June 17. The 13,350 square foot property is outfitted with a tennis court, pool and guest house. Property records show it was last sold in 2014 for $25 million.
Quam Domain Properties is associated with Quam Plus Financial, a Hong Kong-based financial services group that is a subsidiary of the Chinese private conglomerate company, China Oceanwide.
VN 1688 LLC is registered to Gilbert Guillen, who is associated with Southern California-based Trison Partners. Guillen is also associated with another entity, Coghlan LLC, which bought a 1.6-acre Atherton estate last year.
260 Sea Cliff Avenue in San Francisco sold for $30 million earlier this year. (Courtesy of Google Maps)
5. 260 Sea Cliff Ave., San Francisco | $30M
Carole Shorenstein Hays, a Tony-winning Broadway producer and owner of San Francisco’s Curran Theatre, sold this 8,306 square foot mansion to Matthew Rogers, the founder and CEO of trash can company Mill and previously smart home device company Nest.
The home in San Francisco’s scenic Sea Cliff neighborhood was long occupied by Hays’ brother, the real estate developer Douglas W. Shorenstein, who died in 2015. The latter Shorenstein served as chairman of the board of directors of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, and was an avid collector of southeast Asian statues.
96 Ridge View Dr. in Atherton, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
4. 96 Ridge View Drive, Atherton | $31.8M
Nicknamed the “Oz House,” this house of glass was built in the shape of two intersecting Ls by renowned architect Stanley Saitowitz.
The seller was Jin’s US Property LLC, which is registered to Yao Wang, a Taiwanese tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist. The buyer was Ramona West LLC, an entity registered in Delaware.
The home last sold in 2019 for $21 million.
3. 94 Melanie Ave., Atherton | $32.1M
At 12,840 square feet, this house has been dubbed “The Opus.”
The unnamed buyer is from Europe and owns multiple homes, buyer’s agent Nathalie de Saint Andrieu said. They were drawn to the home’s European-imported materials, privacy and “quiet luxury” feel, she said.
Listing agent Mara McCain said there were multiple offers on the property. She called the developer, Mark Cherno of Ony Homes, an “aficionado” on architectural finishes, which he hand-picked in Italy for this house.
The home was last purchased in 2022 by 94 Melanie LLC, registered to an Alamo address associated with Woeishin Liu, managing director of Constellar Capital Partners Hong Kong Ltd.
112 Almendral Ave. in Atherton, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
2. 112 Almendral Ave., Atherton | $33.5M
John Daane, former CEO of semiconductor company Altera, and his wife, Linda, sold this historic 3,280 square foot home in February.
Built in 1930, the house was rebuilt and finished in 2024 by Pacific Peninsula Group, which has designed iconic Northern California houses such as the “Butterfly House” in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
The house was designed in the “classic Hamptons style,” according to listing agency Gullixson Properties.
The Daanes bought the property in 2018 for $8 million.
The buyer is Amberhill Trust, managed by Los Altos-based Prime Fiduciary Services.
81 Somerset Ln. in Atherton, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
1. 81 Somerset Lane, Atherton | $51.5M
Stephen Luczo, chairman of the board for data storage company Seagate, and his wife, Agatha Relota Luczo, former model and founder of Furtuna Skincare, sold their 21,500 square foot Atherton estate in March.
The buyer was Reksio LLC, a Delaware corporation registered to Greg Biagini, a San Francisco-based financial advisor with Realize CPA.
The Luczos purchased the home in 2013 for $13 million, according to property records.
Agatha Luczo, a social media influencer, appears to have a home in Paris as well, based on her Instagram posts.