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Market data, neighborhood guides, Eichler history and how-tos for buyers and sellers, from Eric & Janelle Boyenga and the team at Compass.
Gilroy Neighborhoods by Their Houses: Age, Size, Lots, Stories and Fire Zones
County assessor records list the year built, living area, lot size and stories for nearly every house in Gilroy. We took the 12,471 single-family houses in the City of Gilroy’s public parcel records, one record per parcel, placed each in our neighborhood guide outlines, checked each lot against CAL
Milpitas Neighborhoods by Their Lots: Lot Sizes, House Sizes, Flood Zones and Fire Zones
The City of Milpitas’s public parcel records give the zoning, an outline and the county assessor’s building square footage for every parcel in the city. We took the 11,262 parcels zoned single-family (R1) with a building on them, measured each lot from its outline, placed it in our neighborhood guid
Best Month to Sell a House in San Mateo: 14 Years of Sales, Month by Month
When do San Mateo homes sell best? We sorted the 12,113 San Mateo sales that closed from January 2012 through December 2025, as reported to the MLS with repeat records removed, by the month they closed. May closings sold over asking most often: in an average year, 72.7% of them went over, against 52
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