property nerds blog · boyenga team at compass
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.
How Much Over Asking Do Silicon Valley Homes Sell For? 14 Years of Bidding-War Data
“How much over asking?” is one of the first questions Silicon Valley buyers ask, and sellers ask the mirror image. So we measured it: every closed MLS sale of a house, condo or townhome in the 31 cities we cover in Santa Clara County and bay-side San Mateo County, January 2012 through September 2026
What 260,554 Silicon Valley Home Sales Since 2012 Tell Us
We rebuilt fourteen years of Silicon Valley home sales from the MLS, one closed sale at a time: 260,554 sales of houses, condos and townhomes in the 31 cities we cover in Santa Clara County and bay-side San Mateo County, from January 2012 through September 2026, with San Francisco alongside from 202
Los Altos vs. Sunnyvale: Trains, Zoning, Eichlers and the Market
Los Altos and Sunnyvale are about 4 miles apart center to center in Santa Clara County. Sunnyvale has trains and many more Eichler tracts; Los Altos has neither a station nor a large Eichler inventory. Neither adds a city transfer tax. Here’s the comparison, with a live-market snapshot from our City
Jamie Carmichael
Phone:+1(408) 313-8292
Leave a Message
talk to a property nerd
Buying or selling here? Let's talk it through.
Eric, Janelle and the Boyenga Team have sold more than 2,520 Silicon Valley homes since 1996. Get a value, a plan, or a straight answer.