Mary Pope-Handy's Silicon Valley Real Estate Commentary

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Los Gatos Real Estate Market Update for March 2008

The Penthouse Apartments in Los Gatos, CA - photo by Mary Pope-HandyHow is the Los Gatos real estate market doing?

Well, it is a bunch of micro-markets, really, even among the single family homes:

  • the mountain areas (zip code 95033) are not really part of "The Town" (rather, county)
  • in town, the area closest to downtown is the 95030 zip code and it has all "Los Gatos Schools"
  • further out, the 95032 zip code is mostly non-Los Gatos Schools (and sells for less)

Once you add in townhomes and condos, it gets even more confusing!

In a nutshell: the mountain areas are selling pretty slowly and are usually not considered as part of Los Gatos proper. The 95030 and 95032 areas are a buyers market overall, with only one home in five selling. That said, the turnkey home "in the schools" that's between 1 and 2 million is selling pretty decently IF it's priced right.

What's not selling? That would include the very high priced homes (over $3 million it stalls out), odd architecture, oversized homes, expensive condos.

Want more? Please visit my Live In Los Gatos blog to see charts and graphs.

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