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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.

What Does $1 Million Buy in Silicon Valley? Square Feet by City, 2012 vs Now

What does $1 million buy in Silicon Valley? We answered it with price per square foot. Using every closed MLS sale in the 31 cities we cover in Santa Clara County and bay-side San Mateo County, here is how much floor area $1M, and bigger budgets, buy at each city’s median price per square foot, agai
Do Homes Sell Under Asking in Silicon Valley? When and Where Buyers Still Get a Discount

Silicon Valley is known for bidding wars, but not every home sells over asking. We measured how often buyers paid less than the list price, and by how much, across 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, Janua
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
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