ZIP 91001 median closed price$1,405,500
202 closed sales in the published window
Buying in Altadena
Buying in Altadena? Start with the facts.
Cash closings are common here — an offer with financing is competing uphill.
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Negotiating leverage
136 E HarrietSold · listed by Innovate Realty, Inc.- 523 E Mount CurveSold · listed by Engel & Voelkers Pasadena
- 200 W Terrace StreetActive Under Contract · listed by MAISONRE
What’s moving in Altadena this week
Current listing activity, builder information and closed-sale financing for Altadena, shown only when the city’s own feed supports it.
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ActiveCurrent listing rows
17 Active homes appear in this weekly activity snapshot.
Price cutsRecent reductions
7 published price-cut rows are available for review.
Under contractAccepted-offer activity
8 Pending or Active Under Contract rows appear in this snapshot.
Closed-sale financingCash
91 closed sales stated this financing type in the published twelve-month sample.
Public market snapshot as of October 19: 17 Active rows in this snapshot, 7 price changes, and 4 public status changes shown below. Thin or unavailable categories remain empty; the city page carries the available public listings.
Neighborhood intelligence
Researched communities in Altadena, and the addresses that changed hands this week.
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Christmas Tree Lane
A 0.7-mile stretch of Santa Rosa Avenue lined with towering deodar cedars planted in 1885; the trees have been strung with lights as a public holiday display every year since 1920, making it one of the longest-running Christmas light displays in the country.
Millionaire's Row (Mariposa Street)
In 1887 printing magnate Andrew McNally and businessman George Gill Green built mansions on Mariposa Street near Santa Rosa Avenue, kicking off a run of Eastern-money estates; novelist Zane Grey bought a home nearby in the same district in the early 1900s.
Altadena Meadows (The Meadows)
Occupying Altadena's central flatlands, this tract of wide streets and ranch-style homes built mostly in the 1940s-1960s was exempt from the redlining that barred Black homebuyers elsewhere in the region, making it one of the first middle-class African American neighborhoods in the San Gabriel Valley.
- 136 E HarrietInnovate Realty, Inc.SoldView propertyWatch
- 523 E Mount CurveEngel & Voelkers PasadenaSoldView propertyWatch
- 200 W Terrace StreetMAISONREActive Under ContractView propertyWatch
- 988 Wapello StreetCOMPASSSoldView propertyWatch
Public status-change rows for Altadena, as of October 19, 2026. I follow these closings myself — some of these buyers I know, a few were my clients; the names are for Vault members.
Published cost and financing inputs
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ZIP 91001 median price per sq ft$751
Closed-sale median, not a subject-property valuation
Most common stated financing bucketCash
91 closed sales in the published sample
Closed-sale inputs as of October 19, 2026. Financing bucket from closed sales as of October 19, 2026. Loan terms, property taxes, insurance, utilities and maintenance are intentionally not estimated here.
The Ghost Listing Report
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Markets Altadena buyers also compare
The closest markets to Altadena, with this week's activity in each.
- Pasadena
25+ price cuts · 25+ new listings this week
- La Cañada Flintridge
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- South Pasadena
3 price cuts · 3 new listings this week
- Arcadia
6 price cuts · 18 new listings this week
- San Gabriel
8 price cuts · 9 new listings this week
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