Find a home in Los Gatos!  There is no need to register and two ways to browse listings of properties for sale in Los Gatos, the upscale, vibrant and scenic Silicon Valley town nestled into the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

1. Find a Los Gatos home for sale by map

Get a bird’s eye view of what’s for sale, and for how much, in different parts of Los Gatos (including 95030 and 95032 zip codes and the ability to navigate to neighboring communities in San Jose, Saratoga, the mountains, Monte Sereno, Campbell, Cambrian etc. too). Search by home type (condo, house, townhome, rental), size, number of bedrooms and other criteria. The “shop by map” feature is available on my PopeHandy.com website. Have a look today!

View Los Gatos homes for sale

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2. Browse listed properties in Los Gatos by home type

Additionally, you can browse Los Gatos homes for sale here, without leaving the page! Below please find groupings of listings, primarily by the type of property (house & duet home, townhouse, condominium, multi-family and rental) but the top set of listings is for the ever popular “lowest cost” houses in the town.

Most affordable Los Gatos houses for sale – priced up to $1 million only

These lower cost houses will be shown from least to more expensive.

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Houses for Sale in Los Gatos – all prices, view list

The listings shown will be in the order of “newest first”.

Showing properties 1 - 5 of 111. See more city of Los Gatos real estate.
(all data current as of 2/8/2012)

1. $1,520,000 : 16940 Roberts Rd, Los Gatos
   
   4 beds, 3 full baths

   Home size: 2,172 sq ft

   Lot size: 14,140 sq ft
   
2. $2,795,000 : 104 Alerche Dr, Los Gatos
   
   5 beds, 4 full, 2 part baths

   Home size: 5,187 sq ft

   Lot size: 42,253 sq ft
   
3. $1,265,000 : 14731 Golf Links Dr, Los Gatos
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,091 sq ft

   Lot size: 19,125 sq ft
   
4. $1,880,000 : 128 Boyer Ln, Los Gatos
   
   3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,653 sq ft

   Lot size: 4,356 sq ft
   
5. $2,498,000 : 15781 Hidden Hill Rd, Los Gatos
   
   5 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 3,873 sq ft

   Lot size: 38,306 sq ft
   

Listing information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Read full disclaimer.

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Monte Sereno is an upscale, small city of about 4,000 residents. It shares police, parks, library and school services with neighboring Los Gatos and the residents of Monte Sereno tend to be very involved in the life of Los Gatos for that reason. In a sense, they are like sister cities living next door to each other.

Monte Sereno is not just a mini-me of Los Gatos, though.  Unlike its larger next door neighbor, there’s no industry in this city.  Aside from the post office and city offices, it’s 100% residential: there are no commercial buildings whatsoever. And it’s pricey! Houses tend to be a bit more expensive in MS, even though it has the same schools (a larger driver of home values in Silicon Valley) and zip codes with LG. There are a good number of estate properties and luxury homes too. Looking for an exclusive neighborhood? This will fill that bill – along with much of Los Gatos and Saratoga.

How’s the real estate market in Monte Sereno?

I update my readers via this blog and also via my Live in Los Gatos blog fairly often on various Silicon Valley communities, including Monte Sereno. Here are a couple of resources for keeping a pulse on the market trends and statistics in this neat little city:

• blog post on this site on the Monte Sereno Real Estate Market
• my Monte Sereno Real Estate Report for houses, updated monthly
• check on listings, pendings and sold homes via my property analysis page

Properties for Sale in Monte Sereno CA

The vast majority of residential real estate in Monte Sereno is single family homes (houses & duet homes), but there are a few townhouses in the city limits too (some townhouses are held in PUD ownership, others in condominium ownership). Also, most (99%) of Monte Sereno is in the 95030 zip code (tiniest of fractions in 95032) and in the Los Gatos School District (tiny fraction in Moreland schools).

At any given time there are usually fewer than 50 houses or homes for sale. Below are the listings currently on our MLS, beginning with those listed most recently. If you click through, you may also view the available properties via map – an easy way to get a lay of the land!

Showing properties 1 - 5 of 7. See more city of Monte Sereno real estate.
(all data current as of 2/8/2012)

1. $3,899,999 : 15981 Grandview Av, Monte Sereno
   
   6 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 5,300 sq ft

   Lot size: 43,560 sq ft
   
2. $2,595,000 : 16131 Viewfield Rd, Monte Sereno
   
   4 beds, 3 full, 2 part baths

   Home size: 4,890 sq ft

   Lot size: 18,837 sq ft
   
3. $998,000 : 17751 Bruce Av, Monte Sereno
   
   2 beds, 1 full bath

   Home size: 1,032 sq ft

   Lot size: 7,424 sq ft
   
4. $980,000 : 18788 Withey Rd, Monte Sereno
   
   3 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 1,937 sq ft

   Lot size: 1.03 ac
   
5. $1,498,500 : 17436 Pleasant View Av, Monte Sereno
   
   4 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 1,740 sq ft

   Lot size: 11,253 sq ft
   

Listing information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Read full disclaimer.

Santa Clara County Condo Market

Real estate statistics and trends at a glance – below please find the data for Sept 2010 and Aug 2010 for all of Santa Clara County. (View the whole report online here – Santa Clara County Condo Market Trends Report. It is updated each month between the 5th and 10th, and this link will always bring you to the most current report.)

Countywide, the condo market has had a rough few years – and this year is no exception.  Prices are starting to nudge up again, but the number of sales remains sluggish.

Median List Prices of Condos in Almaden Valley, Los Gatos, Saratoga and Cupertino

A stranger graph you may never have seen – it is very tangled looking! The slate blue line represents the Saratoga condo market, which I can attest first hand has been suffering.  Of these four market areas, it’s the most expensive.  The green line is Almaden Valley, San Jose, 95120.  It has been slipping in price fairly consistently this year.  Interstingly, though, Los Gatos has had a softer ride and Cupertino’s prices are rising!

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Homeowner Associations (HOAs) are created to oversee condominium complexes, townhome communities and planned unit developments on behalf of their members. These are non-profit organizations whose purpose is to manage common areas, enforce neighborhood rules and standards, and often, unofficially, to foster community unity too. In most cases, they collect fees from members and have local authority. In other words, if you do not pay your homeowner association dues, or abide by one of its rules*, the HOA can and usually will fine you or even foreclose on you!

There are loads of HOAs in Silicon Valley. As with all organizations, some are better run than others. Its a little different than owning real estate outside of a homeowners association.

What are the pros and cons?

At their best, Silicon Valley HOAs keep the communities they manage beautifully landscaped and maintained, they hire good providers for needed improvements, and minimize risk to all the members. By having reasonable rules and community buy-in, the neighborhood can look inviting and property values can be better maintained.

At their worst, HOAs can be unresponsive to members needs, erratic, arbitrary and irresponsible. They may, by poor planning, cause huge assessments to be necessary or raise HOA dues so that they are very high – to the point where they make homes hard to sell. Not only are those an unhappy occasion, they can also make it hard to sell a home with a special assessment looming. Fortunately, this is seldom the case in most areas – but if the HOA has a high number of defaults due to owner bankruptcy or inability to keep up with mortgage, property insurance etc. it can cost all of the members eventually.

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