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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.
San Jose Housing Market by the Numbers: Prices, Bidding Wars and the Price Ladder Since 2012
What does San Jose’s housing market look like in numbers? Everything below comes from closed MLS sales in San Jose, read in October 2026, and from the datasets on our Property Nerds® market pages. The last 12 months run October 2025 through September 2026 (5,387 sales). Each section links to the pag
Silicon Valley Housing Market Q3 2026: City-by-City Prices and Bidding vs. a Year Ago
How did Silicon Valley’s housing market do in the third quarter of 2026? Here are July through September, against the same three months of 2025, from closed MLS sales. Comparing the same quarter each year keeps seasonal swings out of the comparison. The quarter at a glance Silicon Valley: 3,880 sale
Silicon Valley’s Price Ladder Is Stretching: Entry-Level vs. Top-End Home Prices Since 2019
Line up every Silicon Valley home sale from the lowest price to the highest and read five points off the line: the entry price (the 10th percentile, where 1 in 10 sales closed at or below it), the lower quarter, the median, the upper quarter and the top end (the 90th percentile). We call it the pric
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