Selling Your Home in Burlingame
August 2026: median $3,168,888 · 107% of list received · 11 days to sell. What that means for your sale, and the number that matters for your home.
Burlingame single-family market, August 2026
What this market means for Burlingame sellers
In August 2026, 13 single-family homes closed in Burlingame at a median of $3,168,888, or $1,584 per square foot. Sellers collected 107% of their list price, and the average sale took 11 days.
That is a seller's market by any measure. Buyers in Burlingame are competing, and homes that are prepared, priced, and marketed well are clearing above asking. The spread between a well-run sale and a passive one is widest in exactly these conditions.
Supply stays tight: Burlingame carried 0.8 months of inventory in August 2026. Serious buyers have little to choose from, which is precisely the environment where a well-presented home commands its price.
For context, the August 2026 median sits 6% above the full-year 2025 median of $2,985,000.
A 2,150 sq ft single-family home, the Burlingame average, typically sold between $3,167,000 and $3,644,000 in August 2026.
Computed from the month's median price per square foot. Your home's condition, upgrades, lot, and street move the real number. Lisa's free valuation pins it down within 24 hours.
Run your own numbers first
Every tool below uses current San Mateo County figures. Start with the net sheet; it answers the question every seller asks first.
Seller Net Sheet
What you walk away with after commissions, taxes, and fees at your sale price.
CalculateCapital Gains Estimator
Your taxable gain after the $250K/$500K exclusion, at Burlingame price levels.
CalculateListing Timing
How list month has historically moved sale price and speed on the Peninsula.
CalculatePricing Strategy
How Lisa prices to create competition instead of chasing the market down.
ReadHome Refresh
Pre-market preparation managed end to end: design, vendors, timeline.
ExploreBurlingame Community Guide
Neighborhoods, schools, and the full market picture buyers are reading.
VisitThe market sets the range. Preparation decides where you land in it.
Lisa manages the whole arc of a Burlingame sale: pricing built from street-level comparables, pre-market preparation through the Home Refresh program, and negotiation when the offers arrive. One person, accountable for the result, from the first walkthrough to the wire transfer.
Watch: Burlingame vs San Mateo, $1.7M apart
How the two markets price against each other, and what that gap means for your sale.
More Peninsula market films on Lisa’s YouTube channel.
Selling in Burlingame: common questions
Straight answers from the current data. For anything specific to your property, call Lisa at (650) 668-1868.