Why Yvonne Yang is our featured agent for Los Altos
Los Altos is a fast, thin market. Redfin recorded 76 sales in the three months to September 2026, a median sale price of $4,617,801, and a median of 9 days from listing to contract. Homes sold at an average of 106.3% of list price. In a market like that, an agent needs to know which comparable sales matter, how sellers in each ZIP set offer dates, and how to get an older house ready to sell without wasting money.
Yvonne Yang's office is in the city, at the Compass office at 270 3rd Street, and her website lists Los Altos among the six communities it covers, alongside Los Altos Hills, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Cupertino. RealTrends, which publishes verified agent and team rankings, placed her team fourth in Los Altos by 2025 volume. Her team also coordinates pre-sale repairs, renovation and staging, which fits a city where the Census puts the median home's build year at 1964. This is our recommendation, not a ranking of every Los Altos agent, so compare her with at least one other agent before you sign.
Yvonne Yang's license, brokerage and background
DRE license record for Yvonne Yang
The California Department of Real Estate lookup, checked on October 30, 2026, shows Yifang Yvonne Yang as a licensed broker, license 01371905, valid to December 11, 2027. Her salesperson license dates from April 10, 2003 and her broker license from December 12, 2011. She is a broker associate with Compass California II, Inc., and the record shows no disciplinary action and no other public comments. You can run the same search yourself on the DRE site.
Experience and languages
Her website describes more than 23 years in real estate, more than 1,300 families helped and over $1.3 billion in all-time sales. Those are her own totals, and we have not matched them to an independent record. Before real estate, she says she studied physics and worked in engineering. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Wu Chinese (Shanghainese), which helps if you or a family member would rather work in Chinese.
Who is on the Yvonne Yang Homes team
The team page names two other licensed agents: Tiffany Wong (DRE 02252674), team lead and director of marketing and projects, and Zijian Zhao (DRE 01049014), director of property management. Three more staff handle project coordination, Chinese-language social media, administration and marketing. Ask at the first meeting who will run your showings and who will be your day-to-day contact.
Yvonne Yang's track record
2025 rankings from RealTrends and The Leading 100
RealTrends lists Yvonne Yang as a small team with Compass in Los Altos. Its 2025 figures show 49 transaction sides and $115.65 million in volume, an average price of $2.36 million. That ranked the team 230th nationally and 84th in California by volume, and fourth in Los Altos by volume and third by sides. The Leading 100 ranked her 20th in its 2025 list of individual agents, with $127,572,663 in 2024 closed volume. Her website also cites a 2025 RealTrends rank of 154th nationally as an individual agent.
Her average sale price of $2.36 million is about half the Los Altos median, and her website shows sales across Sunnyvale, Mountain View, San Jose and other nearby cities. If you are selling in Los Altos, ask her for a list of her own Los Altos sales from the last two years, with list and sale prices.
Client reviews of Yvonne Yang
She reports 292 reviews. Two from 2026, quoted word for word as she shared them:
- Ting C.: "Yvonne guided us through every step of the process, making what could have been a highly stressful experience incredibly smooth and efficient. She was always responsive, incredibly professional, and paid meticulous attention to every detail, from professional staging to marketing."
- Teresa J., who sold a Mountain View townhouse: "She carefully studied recent sales in the area, actively leveraged her local agent network, and looked for potential buyer interest rather than simply preparing the property and waiting to see what the market would bring."
How Yvonne Yang works with Los Altos buyers and sellers
Preparing a Los Altos home for sale
Her website describes a four-stage home transformation service: a design consultation, sourcing and pricing of materials, work by contractors the team chooses and manages, and staging. Its project list shows results from Sunnyvale, Mountain View, San Jose, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Fremont, but no Los Altos example, and the page does not explain how the work is paid for. Ask for a written scope, a budget, who pays and when, and two references from past projects. Our guide to selling a house in California covers the listing contract.
Buying in Los Altos with her team
With 74.6% of Los Altos homes going under contract within two weeks in the three months to September 2026, per Redfin, buyers need fast comparable-sales work and a clear plan for offer dates. Ask how she would check school district lines for the address, the lot's rebuild limits, and permits on earlier additions. Since August 2024 you sign a written buyer agreement before touring; our commission guide explains it.
Los Altos prices next to the cities she covers
Zillow's typical home value, September 2026, for Los Altos and the cities her website lists. More detail is on our Los Altos homes for sale guide and Los Altos housing market report.
| City | Zillow typical value, Sept 2026 | Change in a year |
|---|---|---|
| Los Altos | $4,591,005 | +8.4% |
| Los Altos Hills | $5,922,714 | +6.4% |
| Palo Alto | $3,592,240 | +5.9% |
| Cupertino | $2,957,922 | +2.9% |
| Sunnyvale | $2,007,452 | +1.0% |
| Mountain View | $1,929,681 | +2.5% |
How to contact Yvonne Yang
Yvonne Yang Homes, Compass, 270 3rd Street, Los Altos, CA 94022. Phone (650) 530-3162, email yvonne@yvonneyanghomes.com, or use the form on yvonneyanghomes.com. To see how we pick featured agents, read how we choose agents.