Silicon Valley real estate, explained by the Property Nerds®

Menlo Park and Palo Alto sit about 2 miles apart, center to center, on either side of San Francisquito Creek, and both border Stanford’s land. But the creek is also the county line: Menlo Park is in San Mateo County and Palo Alto in Santa Clara County. That one line changes your utilities, your clos

Los Altos and Palo Alto are next-door cities in Santa Clara County, and buyers often shop both. On the ground, the differences come down to trains, utilities, closing costs, zoning and which school district an address falls in. Here’s how they compare, with 12 months of house sales measured side by

Cupertino and Sunnyvale share a border in Santa Clara County, about 3 miles apart center to center, and Apple’s headquarters is in Cupertino. They differ in transit, in housing stock and in the market itself. Here’s the comparison, with a live-market snapshot from our City Match-Up. The basics Caltr