Silicon Valley real estate, explained by the Property Nerds®

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

Palo Alto and Mountain View sit side by side in Santa Clara County, about 5 miles apart center to center, and buyers weigh them against each other all the time. They differ more than the map suggests: who supplies your power, which trains stop nearby, what you’d pay at closing and how many Eichler t