Riverside, MO · Platte County
Montebella
Built around 2025 · typically 2,746 sq ft above grade · 29 sales in twelve months
Built on a hillside with views over the Missouri River and the Kansas City skyline.
The market here, last twelve months
Half of the homes that sold went under contract within 40 days. The median sale closed at 100.0% of asking — at list. 55% closed at or above the original list price, which is the better measure of how much room a buyer actually has.
Aggregated from Heartland MLS closed sales, twelve months to July 2026. Individual sale prices are not shown — Kansas and Missouri are non-disclosure states and MLS rules do not permit their public display. Ask for the full report.
The story of Montebellahow it came to be
A New Mark Homes community in Riverside, set on a hillside across from Park Hill South High School, with views of the Kansas City skyline and the Missouri River, and a clubhouse and pool for association members. source
What the houses are likemedian built 2025
The median home sold here was built in 2025. Most of what sells was built between 2014 and 2025. 71% of sales included finished basement space beyond the above-grade footprint — which matters here, because square footage quoted above grade can understate a house considerably.
By property type: Single Family (29).
Addresses here fall in ZIP 64050, 64150.
Compared with Riverside as a wholehow this neighborhood differs
| Montebella | Riverside | |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $821,076 | $685,760 |
| Median $/sq ft | $357 | $293 |
| Median days on market | 40 | 18 |
| Median year built | 2025 | 2021 |
| Finished basement | 71% | 80% |
Both columns are medians over the same twelve months, so they are directly comparable.
What this means if you are buying in Montebellaspecific to this neighborhood
A view is a real premium and an unprotected one — nothing in a homes association guarantees that what stands between a lot and the skyline stays as it is. Before paying for the view, check what is zoned and what is planned on the ground below it. Hillside lots also make grading, drainage and retaining walls the first thing to inspect.
What to check in homes of this agerecent stock
With a median year built of 2025, most homes here are recent stock. None of the following says anything about a specific house — they are the questions worth asking of any home of this age.
- Homes this new are generally still on their original systems, which is an advantage now and a cluster of replacements later.
- Where the neighborhood is still building out, check what remains to be built nearby and what the builder controls.
What sold, in more detailsizes, bedroom mix and timing
Of the 29 homes sold, 21 were 4-bed, 6 were 5-bed, 1 were 6-bed, 1 were 7-bed.
Above-grade size ranged from about 1,858 to 3,516 sq ft across the middle 80% of sales, so the median alone understates how much variation there is.
Closings cluster in March, October and May, with 48% of the year's sales closing between April and September. Because closing typically follows the contract by a month or more, listing activity runs earlier than that.
Thinking about Montebella?
These numbers describe what has sold. What they cannot tell you is which street, which floor plan, or what your own house would fetch here. Ask me about Montebella, or see the wider Riverside market.