Listed on March 7, 2025, for $4.88 million, 3717 Ortega Court in Palo Alto sold for a staggering $5.6 million.

A Palo Alto home that sparked a frenzy online with its eyebrow-raising claim about Ivy League admissions has been crowned the most popular home on Redfin.com in 2025. Accumulating nearly 35,000 views on the platform in a single day before selling for $5.6 million, it ultimately sold for $712,000 over asking price.

The 3717 Ortega Court listing originally stated that every owner’s child since the home’s 2017 rebuild had attended Harvard or Stanford University, promising buyers an address “imbued with Ivy League auras.” The audacious claim turned the five-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom suburban home into a viral sensation and drew mockery from all corners of the internet, including Reddit, X and Curbed, before the promise of prestige was scrubbed from the........

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