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Almaden Valley area of San Jose

by Mary Pope-Handy | Jun 19, 2021 | Almaden Valley (SJ), homes for sale, How's The Market?, Market Reports, Neighborhoods, San Jose (all areas)

San Jose’s Almaden Valley is a highly sought after area. The main draws include these: high scoring public schools upscale, well maintained neighborhoods easy access to quality shopping natural beauty & views, hiking trails and open spaces Simply defined by San...

Alviso, San Jose’s waterfront community by the bay

by Mary Pope-Handy | Feb 1, 2021 | Alviso (SJ), homes for sale, How's The Market?, Market Reports, Neighborhoods, San Jose (all areas)

Alviso, San Jose’s community on the water Alviso is a small community on the marshy, southern tip of the San Francisco Bay. Originally it was its own city, incorporated in 1852. Ever since 1968, though, it’s been part of the 10th largest city in the United...

Aptos

by Mary Pope-Handy | Aug 6, 2015 | homes for sale, How's The Market?, Market Reports, More Areas, Neighborhoods, Santa Cruz & The Coast

Surrounded by the beauty of the Monterey Bay on one side and the costal hills and redwood forests on the other, Aptos is a small, scenic beach town in Santa Cruz County set between Rio del Mar on the south and Capitola to the north. For beach-goers, it is perhaps...