Silicon Valley Real Estate Guides
City-by-city buying and selling guides for the Peninsula and South Bay — market snapshots, neighborhood breakdowns, and the strategy behind winning offers and smart sales. Written from the field, updated for 2026.
How to use these guides
Every guide below opens with a market snapshot — what homes cost, how fast they move, and who you're competing with. Then it goes deeper: which neighborhoods fit your budget and goals, the buying or selling process step by step, and the local tactics that actually win.
From there, each guide funnels into detailed neighborhood pages for street-level schools, commute math, and price dynamics — so you move from city strategy to block-by-block decisions without guessing.
The guides
Buying guides are live now. Selling guides pair with each city — together they cover the full move.
$4.1M median · 14 sales above $10M in 2026
Stanford's hometown and Silicon Valley's premier housing market — a $4.1M single-family median, the top-ranked Palo Alto Unified schools, and competit...
$4.3M median · Top-school demand, low turnover
Silicon Valley's small-town jewel — a $4.3M single-family median, top-ranked schools, an apricot-orchard past, and a village downtown that keeps deman...
$5.5M median · Ultra-luxury moves on its own clock
Acreage, oaks, and quiet — a $5.5M single-family median on minimum one-acre lots, where Silicon Valley's wealth buys privacy twenty minutes from the o...
$3.2M median · Meta HQ anchors demand
Two cities in one — a $3.2M single-family median spanning Sharon Heights estates to Belle Haven value, with Meta's HQ and Stanford next door pulling d...
$8M+ median · America's priciest zip codes
America's most expensive zip code — an $8M+ single-family median on sweeping one-acre lots, where privacy is the amenity and the best homes never reac...
$2.2M median · Google-effect demand, steady turnover
Google's hometown with a real downtown — a $2.2M single-family median, iconic Eichler tracts, and Castro Street's restaurant row, all on the Caltrain ...
$1.99M median · Value play with tech next door
The Peninsula's value play — homes near $1.99M minutes from Apple and Google, top-rated pockets like Cherry Chase, and a real downtown on Murphy Avenu...
$2.8M median · Village charm, hillside premiums
Silicon Valley's village — a $2.8M single-family median wrapped around a storybook downtown, top-rated schools, and hillside streets with bay views....
$1.8M median · Young-family demand, Los Gatos adjacency
Los Gatos's neighbor at a friendlier price — a $1.8M single-family median, a beloved downtown, and young-family energy spilling over from pricier zip ...
$1.35M median · Inventory at multi-year highs
The capital of Silicon Valley — a $1.35M median across a city of villages, from Willow Glen's tree-lined streets to Almaden's hillside estates, with b...
How it works
Market snapshot, neighborhoods, and the process — know what you're walking into before you tour or list.
Each guide links to detailed neighborhood pages: schools, commute, price dynamics, street by street.
Free consultation — off-market access for buyers, pricing strategy for sellers, honest math for both.
Guide FAQs
City-by-city buying and selling guides written for the Peninsula and South Bay — market snapshots, neighborhood breakdowns, offer and pricing strategy, and answers to the questions buyers and sellers actually ask. Each guide links into detailed neighborhood pages for street-level detail.
Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Atherton, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Los Gatos, Campbell, and San Jose — the core Silicon Valley markets, with more cities added over time.
Market figures are approximate as of October 2026 and are updated periodically. For a live read on any city or neighborhood, call (650) 274-1134 — micro-markets move faster than any guide.
Yes — the guides cover the core markets, but Simon works across Silicon Valley and the Peninsula. If your city isn't listed yet, the buying process and offer strategy still apply.
Call or text (650) 274-1134 or email simon@spsiliconvalley.com for a free consultation — buying or selling, you'll get a straight read on the market before you commit to anything.
Local guidance
Buying or selling anywhere in Silicon Valley — start with the guide, then get the strategy that fits your exact situation. Free consultation, straight answers.
