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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.

Walkable Neighborhoods in Silicon Valley: Every Neighborhood Within a Walk of a Downtown (2026)

Want to walk to coffee and dinner? We took every neighborhood guide on our site and measured how far its house sales sit from the main street of each of the 21 downtowns on our downtown map. Here are the 60 neighborhoods whose sales sit a median of three-quarters of a mile or less from one, about a
Most Expensive Cities in Silicon Valley (2026), Ranked by House Prices

Where do houses cost the most in Silicon Valley and on the Peninsula? We ranked 31 cities by the median price of the houses that sold in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, and by price per square foot, which takes out differences in house size. Each city links to its Moving to guide. The short answe
Most Affordable Cities in Silicon Valley to Buy a House (2026), Ranked

Where do houses cost the least in Silicon Valley and on the Peninsula? We ranked 31 cities by the median price of the houses that sold in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, and added what the lowest-priced quarter sold for, the condo and townhome medians, and where a $1.5 million budget went furthes
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