LOS ALTOS HILLS REAL ESTATE AGENT

Best Real Estate Agent in Los Altos Hills, CA

Yvonne Yang is California Housing Prices's featured local agent for Los Altos Hills. We recommend her because she is a licensed California broker (DRE 01371905) leading a Compass team in Los Altos, and RealTrends credited her team with 49 sales sides worth $115.65 million in 2025, fourth in Los Altos by volume.

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Why we recommend Yvonne Yang for Los Altos Hills

Los Altos Hills sells slowly and in small numbers. Redfin counted 27 sales in the three months to September 2026, at a median of $6,746,787, and homes took a median 34 days to go under contract. With so few comparable sales, and with value driven as much by usable acreage, slope and sewer connection as by the house itself, a seller or buyer needs an agent who is close to the market and who can manage work on a property before it sells.

Yvonne Yang leads Yvonne Yang Homes, a team with Compass based at 270 3rd Street in downtown Los Altos, next door to Los Altos Hills. Her website lists Los Altos Hills among the six communities she covers and carries a buyer guide to the town. RealTrends ranked her team fourth by sales volume in Los Altos for 2025, and The Leading 100 placed her 20th among individual agents in its 2025 list for San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Her team also manages renovation, staging and property management, which can help with the many Los Altos Hills homes that are decades old. This is our recommendation, not a ranking of every agent in town, so interview more than one agent before you sign.

About Yvonne Yang

Yvonne Yang's California DRE license

The California DRE public lookup lists Yifang Yvonne Yang as a licensed real estate broker, license 01371905, expiring December 11, 2027, with no disciplinary action and no other public comments. Her salesperson license was issued on April 10, 2003 and her broker license on December 12, 2011. She is a broker associate for Compass California II, Inc. (license 01527235) and was previously a broker associate with Alain Pinel Realtors from 2019 to 2022. Her website shows the same license number.

Background and languages of Yvonne Yang

Her website says she worked for more than 10 years in technology and engineering before real estate, and she notes a degree in physics. She speaks English, Mandarin and Wu Chinese (Shanghainese). Her site describes more than 23 years in real estate, more than 1,300 families helped and over $1.3 billion in career sales. We could not match those career totals on an independent page, so treat them as her own figures and ask to see the closed-sales history behind them.

The Yvonne Yang Homes team

Her team page lists Tiffany Wong (DRE 02252674) as team lead and director of marketing and projects, Zi Jian Zhao (DRE 01049014) as director of property management, a project manager who also runs Chinese-language social media, an executive assistant and a marketing assistant. Ask who will be your day-to-day contact and who attends showings and inspections.

Yvonne Yang's record: rankings and reviews

Independent rankings for Yvonne Yang

RealTrends, which verifies production from transaction data, lists Yvonne Yang as a small team with Compass in Los Altos. For 2025 it shows 49 transaction sides and $115.65 million in volume, an average price of about $2.36 million. That placed the team 230th nationally and 84th in California by volume, and fourth in Los Altos by volume and third by sides. Separately, The Leading 100 ranked her 20th among individual agents for 2025, with $127,572,663 in closed volume in 2024. Her website also cites a RealTrends ranking of 154th nationally as an individual agent in 2025; she notes she was later reclassified as a team.

Her average price of about $2.36 million is well below the Los Altos Hills median, and the listings and renovation projects on her site are mostly in Sunnyvale, Mountain View and San Jose. If you are selling an estate in Los Altos Hills, ask her for the Los Altos Hills and Los Altos sales she has handled and the lot sizes involved.

What clients say about Yvonne Yang

She reports 292 reviews. Three 2026 reviews she shared with us, quoted word for word:

  • Teresa J., a Mountain View townhouse seller: "Most importantly, her proactive approach helped us secure a strong pre-market offer before the property was ever officially listed."
  • Ly, a client since 2021: "Most recently, in 2026, we decided to sell our rental property while it was still tenant-occupied and needed significant updates. Yvonne and her team efficiently coordinated the tenant transition, repairs, remodeling, and preparation for the sale."
  • Andre, a lot buyer in Santa Cruz: "Her negotiation skills along with years of experience helped us to present us as strong buyer, even though our offer was $100k lower than the listing price."

Working with Yvonne Yang in Los Altos Hills

Selling a Los Altos Hills home with Yvonne Yang

Her signature service is what her site calls home transformation: her team plans and manages repairs, renovation and staging before a home is listed, sourcing contractors and handling the budget. In Los Altos Hills, where the Census median year built is 1977, that can matter. Ask for a written estimate of the prep work, how it is paid for, and two or three past projects with the before-and-after sale figures. Our California real estate commission guide explains what to agree in a listing contract.

Buying in Los Altos Hills with Yvonne Yang

Her Los Altos Hills buyer guide stresses the one-acre minimum lot and the value of flat, usable land over steep hillside. Ask her how she checks a parcel's slope-based building limits, septic or sewer status and fire access, and how she would structure an offer when, per Redfin, only 28.9% of homes went under contract within two weeks in the three months to September 2026.

Rentals and property management with Yvonne Yang's team

Her team includes a director of property management. If you plan to rent out a Los Altos Hills house or an accessory dwelling unit, which the town allows for stays of at least 31 days, ask what management costs and how tenants are screened.

Los Altos Hills prices she works with

Zillow's typical home value in Los Altos Hills was $5,922,714 in September 2026, up 6.4% in a year. The table compares the town with the nearby cities she lists, using Zillow's typical value for each, September 2026. For more, see our Los Altos Hills homes guide and the 94022 market data.

PlaceZillow typical value, Sept 2026One-year change
Los Altos Hills$5,922,714+6.4%
Los Altos$4,591,005+8.4%
Palo Alto$3,592,240+5.9%
Cupertino$2,957,922+2.9%
Mountain View$1,929,681+2.5%

How to contact Yvonne Yang

Yvonne Yang Homes works from the Compass office at 270 3rd Street, Los Altos, CA 94022. Phone (650) 530-3162 or email yvonne@yvonneyanghomes.com, or use the contact form on yvonneyanghomes.com. You can read how we pick featured agents on our how we choose agents page.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Best Real Estate Agent in Los Altos Hills, CA,
answered.

Who is the best realtor in Los Altos Hills?+

No single agent is best for every sale. Yvonne Yang of Compass is our featured agent for Los Altos Hills: a licensed broker (DRE 01371905) whose team RealTrends ranked fourth by volume in Los Altos for 2025. Interview at least two agents and ask each for their recent Los Altos Hills sales before you choose.

Is Yvonne Yang a licensed broker?+

Yes. The California DRE lookup lists Yifang Yvonne Yang as a licensed broker, license 01371905, expiring December 11, 2027, with no disciplinary action on record. She has held a license since April 2003 and a broker license since December 2011, and works as a broker associate for Compass California II, Inc.

What areas does Yvonne Yang serve?+

Her website lists Los Altos Hills, Los Altos, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Cupertino and Sunnyvale as her communities, and says she is also active in San Jose and Saratoga. Her recent listings include homes in Sunnyvale, Mountain View, San Jose and Newark. Ask for her sales in Los Altos Hills specifically if you are buying or selling there.

Does Yvonne Yang speak Mandarin?+

Yes. Her website says she is fluent in English, Mandarin and Wu Chinese (Shanghainese), and her team includes a project manager who handles Chinese-language social media marketing on WeChat and Xiaohongshu. Ask whether documents and meetings can be handled in your preferred language.

How much does it cost to sell a home in Los Altos Hills?+

Commission is negotiable and is set in your listing agreement. On top of that, Santa Clara County's transfer tax is $1.10 per $1,000, about $7,421 on Redfin's $6,746,787 median, plus escrow, title and any prep work. If you use a team's renovation service, get the cost and repayment terms in writing before work starts.

How do I check a Los Altos Hills agent's license?+

Search the agent's name on the California Department of Real Estate public license lookup at dre.ca.gov. It shows license type, expiry date, the broker they work under and any disciplinary action. Use the legal name, which can differ from the name an agent markets under, as with Yifang Yvonne Yang.

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