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Silicon Valley real estate, explained by the Property Nerds®
Market data, neighborhood guides, Eichler history and how-tos for buyers and sellers, from Eric & Janelle Boyenga and the team at Compass.
Why Original West San Jose Homes Can Compete With Recent Remodels
Walk into two homes on the same street in West San Jose and the difference can seem obvious. Start here: our West San Jose guide links street-level guides to the neighborhoods we cover, with live listings, and West San Jose neighborhoods: where to live compares them by homes, shopping and commute. O
Eichlers in Marin and the East Bay: 15 Tracts, from Terra Linda to Sequoyah Hills
Most Eichler conversations start in Palo Alto and Sunnyvale, but Joseph Eichler also built across the bay and north of the Golden Gate. From Terra Linda in 1955 to a small creekside tract in Sleepy Hollow in 1972–1973, we’ve documented 15 Eichler projects in seven Marin, Contra Costa and Alameda Cou
Sunnyvale Luxury Homes: Where $3.5 Million+ Houses Sold, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
Where do top-of-market single-family houses sell in Sunnyvale? In the two years to October 27, 2026, 99 of the 941 single-family houses that sold in Sunnyvale (11%) closed at $3.5 million or more, by the MLS records we can read with repeat records removed. In 2012, none did all year; in 2025, 43 did
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