A $65M Listing and the Priciest Homes in San Francisco

A Pacific Heights compound just hit the market for 65 million dollars, and if it sells anywhere near that, it will be the second most expensive home ever sold in San Francisco. The only deal that would still beat it is the 71 million dollar purchase Laurene Powell Jobs made two years ago, four blocks away. So this listing is a useful excuse to look at where the most expensive homes in San Francisco actually sit, and what a number like 65 million does and does not tell you about everyone else's market.

The home is at 2940 Pacific Avenue, and it went up for sale on July 17, 2026, first reported by The Real Deal. The asking price is 65 million. For scale, that is more than fourteen times the neighborhood median on our Pacific Heights neighborhood page, and Pacific Heights is already one of the priciest neighborhoods in the city.

What 65 million buys at 2940 Pacific

The property is unusual even for this stretch. It runs the full block, from Broadway through to Pacific Avenue, on about four tenths of an acre, which is a lot of land for San Francisco. The main house is roughly 11,150 square feet with four bedrooms, and there is a separate 4,823-square-foot guest house, plus a media room, a sport court, and a central courtyard planted with lemon and lime trees.

The sellers are Nicola Miner, a daughter of the late Oracle co-founder Robert Miner, and her husband, the novelist and producer Robert Mailer Anderson. They assembled three vacant lots on the site back in 1999 for about 5 million dollars and spent roughly 25 million and several years building the compound. Miner told The Real Deal it had become too much house for two people now that their children are grown, and the listing agent, Ronda Priestner of Compass, described the pricing on this stretch as unprecedented.

Where it lands on San Francisco's record ladder

Put 2940 Pacific next to the biggest San Francisco home sales on record and the pattern jumps out. Almost every one is within a few blocks of it, on Broadway, Pacific, or Vallejo, on the same Pacific Heights hilltop.

The record itself is the 71 million dollar, off-market purchase of 2840 Broadway by Laurene Powell Jobs in July 2024, per the San Francisco Standard. The most expensive completed sale since then was 2898 Vallejo Street, which traded off-market for about 56 million dollars in April 2026, according to NBC Bay Area. Before Powell Jobs reset the ceiling, the record was 2920 Broadway at 43.5 million in 2021, the same house that had set the prior record at 39 million in 2018, as SFist documented. Recent buyers on the list include Sam Altman and Eric Schmidt, per the SF Standard's 2025 tally, which tells you who is actually clearing these prices.

Why this one hilltop sets the record every time

The blocks of Broadway roughly between Divisadero and Lyon get called the Gold Coast, or Billionaires' Row, and the nicknames are earned. The lots are big by city standards, they sit high on the hill, and they look north over unobstructed views of the bay, Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Marin hills. That combination is rare in San Francisco, which is why old money and tech money keep bidding each other up on the same few streets.

Our data lines up with the reputation. Houseberry ranks Pacific Heights 21st of 92 San Francisco neighborhoods overall, with a neighborhood median around 4.5 million over the year through mid-2026. Sit with that for a second. Even the typical Pacific Heights home is a fraction of these trophy sales, which is the real lesson of a 65 million dollar listing. The very top of the market runs on its own logic, mostly detached from what the rest of the city is doing. If you want the full spread, you can see San Francisco neighborhoods ranked by price and where Pacific Heights lands among them.

What a 65 million dollar listing does and does not mean

First, it is an asking price, not a sale. Trophy homes list high and can sit, so 65 million is an opening position, not a done deal. Second, it does signal a top end that is heating back up, and the 56 million dollar Vallejo Street sale a few months earlier points the same way. Third, and most important for anyone not shopping at this level, it says almost nothing about the wider San Francisco market. The forces pushing ordinary homes over asking are a separate story, one we got into in how far over asking SF homes are going in 2026. A record-chasing listing on Billionaires' Row and a bidding war on a two-bedroom in the Sunset are two different weather systems that happen to share a city.

San Francisco luxury home questions

What is the most expensive home ever sold in San Francisco?

The record is 2840 Broadway in Pacific Heights, bought by Laurene Powell Jobs for about 71 million dollars in July 2024. The 65 million dollar listing at 2940 Pacific would rank second if it sells near ask.

Where is Billionaires' Row in San Francisco?

It is the stretch of Broadway in Pacific Heights, roughly between Divisadero and Lyon streets, sometimes called the Gold Coast. Nearly every record San Francisco home sale of the last decade sits on or near it.

Is the San Francisco luxury market up in 2026?

At the very top, yes. A 56 million dollar off-market sale in April 2026 and this 65 million dollar listing both point to a stronger high end. That does not automatically hold for mid-priced homes, which follow their own rules.

How does Pacific Heights compare to the rest of San Francisco?

It is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the city and ranks 21st of 92 overall on Houseberry, strong on prestige and views. You can weigh it against how San Francisco neighborhoods rank on schools, safety, amenities, and value.

For the handful of people who can bid on 2940 Pacific, the only real comps are the other trophies on the hill. For everyone else, the useful takeaway is the opposite of aspirational. The number that decides how a home actually lives is rarely the biggest one in the headline, which is why we spend our time comparing neighborhoods on the things you use every day rather than the ones that make the news.

Sources

• The Real Deal: Pacific Heights home listed for $65 million
• San Francisco Standard: Laurene Powell Jobs buys 2840 Broadway
• NBC Bay Area: Pacific Heights mansion sells for $56 million
• SFist: 2920 Broadway sets $43.5M record
• San Francisco Standard: Most expensive SF mansion sales of 2025