Silicon Valley real estate, explained by the Property Nerds®

Price per square foot is the number everyone quotes, and in Gilroy it depends heavily on the size of the house. Over the last 24 months, houses under 1,500 sq ft sold for a median $665 a square foot, and houses of 4,000 sq ft and up for $521. Here’s the full ladder, why smaller houses cost more per

The median Gilroy house sold for $1.16M in the last 12 months. With 20% down and a 30-year fixed loan at 7.24%, Freddie Mac’s average for the week of October 29, 2026, the mortgage and property tax come to about $7,480 a month. Here’s how the down payment, the rate and the loan limit change those nu

Morgan Hill’s typical property tax rate for 2025–26 is 1.1297%, the lowest typical rate of the six cities in this comparison. On the median Morgan Hill house, which sold for $1.52M in the last 12 months, that’s about $17,200 a year. Here’s where the rate comes from, what you’d pay on a house or a co