San Jose home values and housing data, from records we hold.
The figures for San Jose’s homes below are computed from records we hold ourselves — county parcels swept into our own store, plus 1,042 automated value estimates in a sample that covers part of San Jose — not scraped from another site. A figure from anywhere else — a survey’s rate, an example price, a published metro reading — is named as that where it appears.
1,042 automated value estimates in a sample that covers part of San Jose — not sale prices
25th to 75th percentile of the same estimates
median size, built around 1971
How much are homes in San Jose, CA estimated to be worth?
$1,555,550 is the middle of 1,042 automated value estimates in a sample that covers part of San Jose — not sale prices, and not a citywide median. The middle half of that sample runs from $1,002,025 to $2,056,725. Each estimate is a model's output for one home — a starting point, not an appraisal.
What does a typical San Jose home look like?
Across 231,802 residential county parcels in San Jose: the median home is 1,537 square feet with 3 bedrooms, built around 1971 (about 55 years old), on a 5,663 sq ft lot. 77% of parcels are single-family homes and 20% are condominiums.
What does it cost to sell a home in San Jose?
Commission is negotiable; there is no standard rate. As an example, on a $1,400,000 home the 5.46% national average total commission in the Clever Real Estate survey of 434 agents, August 2026, which adds the listing and buyer-agent sides together, is about $76,440, and each point of commission is about $14,000. $1,400,000 is an example price for a home in San Jose, not a statistic. Escrow, title and other closing costs are separate and are not estimated here. Run your own numbers in the San Jose commission calculator.
How do San Jose home values compare with other California cities?
San Jose's figure is $1,555,550, the middle of 1,042 automated value estimates in a sample that covers part of San Jose — not sale prices, and not a citywide median. The same figure for the other California cities we hold a sample for: San Diego $1,188,600 (1,055 estimates), Los Angeles $1,430,600 (1,020) and Sacramento $492,200 (1,038). Each sample covers part of its city, and a different part in each, so the order of these figures is not a ranking of the cities. To compare the cities themselves, use a published citywide or metro figure rather than these samples.
How much do home values vary within San Jose?
Inside the sample we hold, the 25th-percentile estimate is $1,002,025 and the 75th is $2,056,725 — the top of the middle half sits 105% above the bottom, a very wide band. That is the spread of 1,042 automated value estimates in a sample that covers part of San Jose, not of the whole city. What a home in Willow Glen, Almaden Valley or Rose Garden is worth depends on school attendance boundaries and lot size, in a market where the land routinely carries more value than the structure, so recent sales within a few blocks say more about one home than the middle of any sample.
How old are San Jose's homes, and what kind are they?
The median San Jose home was built around 1971, which makes the typical house about 55 years old — 1970s construction. Buyers price that age into their offer: roofs, wiring, plumbing and windows of that era are either already replaced or on the list, and the county record shows which. The median parcel is a 5,663 sq ft lot (about 0.13 acres), the conventional suburban footprint. Single-family homes are 77% of parcels and condominiums 20%, so most sellers are pricing a house and its land. These are medians across all 231,802 residential parcels we hold for San Jose, not a sample.
What is the San Jose housing market doing right now?
The typical mid-tier home value across the San Jose, CA metro area was $1,527,731 as of August 2026; the median sale price was $1,500,000 (August 2026); 51.9% of homes sold above asking and the average sale closed at 101.9% of list; 1,148 new listings came to market in August 2026. That is a market where well-priced homes still draw competing offers, so the listing price an agent proposes — and the evidence behind it — is the decision that matters most. Our own figure is a different kind of number: $1,555,550 is the middle of 1,042 automated value estimates in a sample that covers part of San Jose — not sale prices, and not a citywide median. The metro figures cover the whole metro area and are not a valuation of any one home.
How do I find out what my own San Jose home is worth?
Enter your address on this page. We look up the county record for your home — size, lot, year built, last recorded sale — and show an automated estimate beside it, with no phone number and no agent calling you. Then, if you choose, post the home once: up to ten San Jose agents, ranked by verified performance and never by payment, each send a sealed proposal with their own pricing opinion and their fee in writing. So several written opinions of price and fee are worth more here than any single estimate.
Where these numbers come from
We maintain our own store of county assessor parcel records — 231,802 of them for San Jose so far, growing daily. Housing-stock figures are medians across 231,802 county assessor parcel records held first-party. Value figures come from 1,042 automated estimates, most fetched in August 2026, for homes among the 231,802 San Jose parcel records we hold. The sample was drawn when we held records for part of San Jose, so its middle is not a citywide median; automated estimates are not sale prices or appraisals. No figure is scraped from another website.
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