San Jose, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Los Altos Modern Farmhouse Leads at $8.7 Million
Los Altos and Los Gatos each had two of the week’s top home sales, and the remaining one was in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Saratoga.
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San Jose, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Old Palo Alto Home Leads at $15 Million
A remodeled 2018 home in Old Palo Alto, a 1926 property on more than an acre in Los Altos and a gated six-acre estate in Los Altos Hills were among the week’s top sales.
San Jose, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Palo Alto Home Leads at $6.8 Million
A 1950s Palo Alto home edged out a Los Altos home built in 2008 by $50,000, and Monte Sereno and Los Altos Hills completed a week of sales spread along the Peninsula foothills.
San Jose, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Monte Sereno Home Sells for $12.30 Million
A four-bedroom house on Bancroft Avenue in Monte Sereno sold for $12.30 million, the highest-priced sale reported in the San Jose metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
San Jose, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Gated Loyola Estate Sells for $17.50 Million
A gated Los Altos estate on about 1.26 acres sold for $17.50 million, the highest reported San Jose-area home sale for the week ending September 20, 2026.
San Jose, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: 1944 Los Altos Hills Estate Tops the Week at $11.45 Million
A Los Altos Hills estate on Burke Lane sold for $11.45 million, leading the San Jose metro area’s Top 5 home sales for the week ending September 13, 2026.
San Jose, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: New Los Altos Contemporary Tops the Week at $7.78 Million
A newly completed contemporary home in the Loyola area of Los Altos sold for $7.78 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the San Jose, California metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
San Jose, Calif., Moves to Quadruple Density in Single-Family Neighborhoods
San Jose’s City Council directed staff to draft rules raising Residential Neighborhood density from 8 to as many as 32 units per acre. The mayor’s memo cites the risk of losing Housing Element certification.
San Jose, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Los Altos Hills Contemporary Takes the Top Spot at $10.8 Million
A Los Altos Hills estate sold for $10.8 million, leading five San Jose metro area home sales totaling $40.11 million for the week ending August 16, 2026.
San Jose, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales, Week Ending August 9, 2026: 1933 Edgewood Drive Home in Palo Alto Brings $9.42 Million
A 1933 house on Edgewood Drive in Palo Alto’s Crescent Park sold for $9.42 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the San Jose, California metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
Amazon’s $2 Billion Data Center in Gilroy, California, Was Approved Without a Public Vote
A staff-level permit, not a City Council vote, cleared Amazon’s $2 billion data center campus in Gilroy, California. Decades-old industrial zoning meant no public hearing was legally required.
American Healthcare REIT Buys San Jose, Calif., Senior Living Community for $103 Million
American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR) has acquired a 200-unit senior living community in San Jose, Calif., for $102.75 million, according to The Registry Northern California Real Estate, adding a Silicon Valley asset to its growing senior housing portfolio.