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San Jose
Silicon Valley's anchor city. Architecture spanning postwar ranches to modern townhomes, with active demand across nearly every neighborhood and price point.
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The Bay Area, one market at a time.
I work the South Bay and the Peninsula — Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, and the south end of Alameda County. Below is the full list. The ones with detail pages open up into my read on the market; the rest are areas I represent regularly and will write up as the guides catch up.
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Markets I've written about.
3 of 15 cities have full guides today. More coming through the season.
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Everywhere else I represent buyers and sellers.
These don't have a written guide yet, but I represent clients here regularly. Call or text any time for a real read on a specific property or street.
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Cupertino
Compact, well-planned, and steady. A market shaped by tech-corridor proximity with consistent year-over-year demand across most price bands.
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Santa Clara
Mission-era roots and an evolving residential mix. A bridge between San Jose's scale and Sunnyvale's pace.
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Sunnyvale
Mid-century housing stock, a walkable downtown core, and reliable buyer demand across the full price range.
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Mountain View
Tech-anchored and transit-friendly. Architecturally varied, with single-family neighborhoods like Old Mountain View that hold their value through cycles.
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Palo Alto
Tree-lined streets, classic Eichler and craftsman architecture, and a market that almost always rewards careful preparation and patient strategy.
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Milpitas
Silicon Valley's northern gateway. Mixed stock from postwar tracts to new transit-oriented mid-rise builds, with quick BART and 880 access and consistent year-over-year demand.
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Fremont
East Bay depth and Bay Area roots. Mission San Jose's historic district, Lake Elizabeth and Central Park as the recreational core, and Mission Peak on the eastern horizon. Wide price range from condos to estates.
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Newark
South Alameda's quieter neighbor. Predominantly single-family stock, well-positioned for Peninsula commuters via the Dumbarton Bridge, with bay-front recreation at Coyote Hills and Don Edwards Refuge.
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Redwood City
Bay-front access, a revitalized downtown anchored by the Fox Theatre, and a wider price range than most Peninsula cities, from cottage to modern luxury.
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San Mateo
A Peninsula crossroads with bayfront access at Coyote Point. Older charm in Hillsdale and Baywood, modern density downtown, and steady appreciation across the city.
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Belmont
Hillside views, a mix of historic Italianate and mid-century homes, and a quieter pace just north of San Carlos, with quick access to both 101 and 280.
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