Silicon Valley Housing Pulse

Silicon Valley Seller Insights

• 🔥 Milpitas Market Speed: Median days on market in Milpitas is 8 days, with well-prepared homes selling within...

• Inventory shock: Down 35-40% YoY; homes sell in 2-4 weeks with 4+ offers, 82% single-family above asking
• Price explosion: Median up 23%+, average...

Milpitas market sizzle: Median days on market at just 8 days.

• Prep power: Well-prepared homes sell in one weekend.
• Pitfall alert: Homes sitting 3-4 weeks need fixes.
• Rates up slightly but manageable; active inventory ahead – prime time to list.

San Jose remains one of California's most expensive markets, yet buyers keep entering.

Key affordability factors for buyers:

• Latest home...

Mid-Peninsula sellers (Menlo Park, Atherton, Redwood City): Identical homes sell differently due to these 10 hidden factors buyers notice. Simple...

Stark affordability crisis grips San Jose: median home prices near $2 million—nearly 5x national average—despite record wealth generation.

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2026 Selling Guides

• 🔥 South Bay Sell vs. Rent: The 2026 Guide to Selling vs. Renting Your South Bay Home explores pros, cons, and financial...

Regional trend: Developers across Bay Area increasing density in approved residential projects as municipalities race to hit state-mandated goals.

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South Bay sellers, decide between selling or renting your home in 2026 by exploring pros, cons, and financial factors for the right choice.

Bay Area housing market splitting into submarkets, reshaping buyer options.

• Silicon Valley workers crossing Highway 17 find Santa Cruz surprisingly...

Silicon Valley shifts to fewer workers, more machines, with Meta cutting ~11,000 in 2022 and ~10,000 in 2023, plus 2025–2026 reductions in AI teams...

Tactical plays amid market split:

• Buyer hotspot: Union City surges with Dumbarton/BART access, SV proximity, better value vs Peninsula/South Bay,...

Inventory Squeeze in Bay Area

• 🔥 SF Buyers Rush Amid Low Listings: San Francisco homebuyers are rushing back with tech workers and investors...

Key efficiencies from Q4 2025 earnings:

• 23% drop in average days-in-possession and 46% more homes bought
• Oct 2025 cohort: twice the resale...

Buyers face intensifying competition from AI-flush tech workers, with pending sales up 6% to 5,500 in 2025.

• Ultra-low inventory: <1,000 active...

• Santa Clara County added 8,300 health care jobs in 2025 amid tech sector losses.
• Laid-off South Bay tech workers, like San Jose's Sydney...

Mid-March update signals hot spring for South Bay sellers:

• Santa Clara County housing numbers broken down
• Luxury market trends gaining traction
• Strong over-asking sales returning this spring

Buyers, prepare for competition—sellers, prime time ahead.

San Francisco's AI boom has exploded the housing market, slashing inventory 35% YoY and 50% vs two years ago in early March. Silicon Valley homebuyers/sellers: low supply spillover risks loom large.

Big win for Silicon Valley buyers: Rates hit 5.98%—first below 6% since 2022—saving $1,500/month on a $1.5M home.

Key economic red flags:

• Stock...

Housing Supply Challenges

• 🔥 Sunnyvale Falls Behind on Goals: Sunnyvale has issued permits for just under 2,000 homes toward its nearly...