This mid-sized city enjoys metropolitan amenities alongside rural beauty with a small-town feel. A gem in the foothills, Pleasanton boasts excellent schools and an active community, but at more affordable home prices than comparable nearby communities. Part of the...
Once a logging town known as Bank Mills, and later known for its orchards and vineyards, Saratoga, CA, is now an upscale suburb of Silicon Valley and San Jose with a very high quality of life. Saratoga schools are top performing, the downtown is charming, the scenic...
Stanford real estate is among the priciest in Silicon Valley. With a world class university and equally well renowned hospital on site, there’s no shortage of demand for housing of every kind. Technically, Stanford, CA is a census-designated place, an...
Scotts Valley sits nestled at the base of the coastal range, North of the Monterey Bay within Santa Cruz County. For those working just on the other side of “the hill”, such as Netflix in Los Gatos, this is a fairly quick commute. Home prices are a bit...
If quality education, affordability, and safety are on your check list, take a look at Cambrian. Alternatively known as Cambrian Park, or sometimes Cambrian Village, this is a highly desirable suburban district in southwest San Jose. Close to Los Gatos and Campbell,...
San Jose’s Almaden Valley is an area of lush vegetation, upscale, well maintained neighborhoods, and easy access to quality shopping, schools, and outdoor spaces. Simply defined by San Jose’s 95120 ZIP code, the Almaden Valley has lots to offer. Nearby communities...
Silicon Valley home buyers tend to give the each property they see a nickname so that they can remember which home they’re talking about. Often the nickname references a quirk of the home, though sometimes an outstanding feature, which makes the most memorable...
With a population of more than one million people, San Jose is the 10th largest city in the nation and the 3rd largest in California (behind Los Angeles, with about 4 million residents, and San Diego, which has approximately 1.5 million). Originally named for the...
The Los Gatos real estate market trends are mildly in the seller’s favor “in town” (95030 and 95032, MLS area 16) and mildly in the buyer’s favor in the mountain areas (95033). As always, the homes selling fastest are in “turnkey”...
In San Mateo County halfway between San Francisco and San Jose, you’ll find the prestigious town of Woodside. (Zip codes are 94061 and 94062.) Aptly named, Woodside sets amid huge second growth redwoods. Woodside Store, after which the town was named, was the...
