The Almaden Valley real estate market for single family homes in September cooled noticeably from September 2025 with lower prices, fewer sales, and a lower sale to list price ratio.

Almaden Valley Real Estate Market Conditions: Trends at a Glance

We’ll start with the residential real estate market statistics for Almaden, or San Jose 95120 from the Real Estate Report (a subscription that uses closed / sold data). The RE Report uses listings entered into MLS Listings directly, but excludes any properties listed via a shared data feed from Bay East, Metrolist, or other MLSs. It may be missing about  15 -20% of all sales for that reason, but the trends are the same or very similar.

The median sale and active sale prices fell annually and monthly. Most of the data points show cooling, but the days on market was faster.  (It’s almost always a little mixed.)

When I’ve pulled the stats myself, it appears that the higher priced homes in 95120 are not selling as well as homes in more affordable price points. We don’t know if it’s due to tech layoffs, the price of gas, or something else. But for home buyers in the upper price points, it’s an opportunity.

Altos Research charts for Almaden Valley real estate market, single family homes segment

The chart below shows a quick profile view of LISTED homes in Almaden (Altos does not use sold data). This will be automatically updated each week.

Almaden Valley Real Estate Market – San Jose 95120 Statistics At A Glance

The single family home market is solidly in the low-inventory, high-demand trend, and it’s been like that for years, generally.

You can see the full report for the 95120 zip code here.

The most recent update shows a strong seller’s market with low inventory.

Altos Research charts for houses / duets in Almaden (San Jose 95120)

Please note that Altos Research uses list prices of Almaden Valley homes for sale, not sold prices.

Days on market of single family homes for sale in Almaden Valley:  This is one of the best data points for the Almaden Valley real estate market.

Next, the Median Price in graph form by quartiles:

Properties with price decreases in Almaden:

Next up, the condo and townhouse market.

Almaden Valley real estate market for condos and townhomes: important note

The condo market in San Jose 95120 can sometimes look wacky, and that is usually due to a lack of listings. Frequently, there are less than 10 listings in a given month, and lately it’s been less than 5. As with the single family home market, the condo market was at its peak in spring 2022, and has had some pricing ups and downs since then.

However, with so few sales, it’s hard to know if that is really what is happening. Sometimes with very few sales these charts are like a seesaw where one month the more expensive properties were selling, and another the more entry level, appearing to throw the market up and down.

We could do a study of larger condo or townhome complexes to see – and if you’re buying or selling in one of them, that would be the approach I’d suggest – but for our purposes here, this is a decent indicator of market activity and trends.

Almaden Condo Market Trends at a Glance (closed sales)

San Jose 95120 statistics condominium & townhouse market

The chart below is also taken from the Real Estate Report.

Closed home sales were non-existant in September, but there were 2 pending sales and  5 active listings. October should look a little better.

Condo trends via Altos Research

See the whole Altos Report for condos and townhomes in this zip code HERE. The Altos take on the market is much more upbeat. But it only considers LIST prices and  active listings, not closed sales.

Please note the growing average and median days on market and the shrinking median list price. Values appear to be declining.

The Altos graph above shows live updates for the condo market based on List Price. Listings are few and far between, so this chart changes a lot, often with no inventory and nothing to chart.

Live San Jose Almaden 95120 real estate market charts from Altos Research for condos and townhomes (not sold but Almaden Valley homes currently for sale)

Here are a few quick stats from Altos Research (which will be automatically updated weekly and to which I have a subscription) – these are based on the list price of townhouses and condominiums for sale in San Jose’s Almaden Valley 95120 area:

Below is a graph of the Condo Median Prices divided into four price tiers:

Average days on market for condos and townhouses:

In conclusion…
The residential real estate market in San Jose’s Almaden Valley area is strongly in the seller’s advantage for houses, and a more muted market for condos and townhomes. That said, it’s a mixed market with varying degrees of market heat depending on which segment you’re interested in. Limited inventory persists, with more inventory in single family housing than in the condo market. Buyers are facing heavy competition for the best homes that are in good locations, in good shape, and have a good and attractive price.

What impacts home values in Almaden?

The Almaden Valley real estate market conditions are impacted  by a number of factors. Some of the micro markets are based on school districts or particular schools –  homes with San Jose Unified (and Leland vs Pioneer High), those with Campbell Union High School District (Leigh or Branham High), and a sliver with Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School District (Los Gatos High). Other factors are the pricing tier, homes with a view, golf course homes, or any number of other criteria (with or without pools, single story versus two or multi level stories etc.). Almaden is fairly spread out and some areas are downright rural and remote.

It is not wise to compare properties in the the zip code but which are really mountain properties with those within a couple of blocks of schools, parks, and shopping. Whenever the whole zip code is being analyzed, it’s helpful, but it may not apply to your particular neighborhood or home (or the one you want to purchase). They will all have different “market conditions”.

Currently, extremely low inventory may still be impacted by the pandemic, as many sellers are concerned about opening their doors to a stream of buyers with each new variant. It may also be impacted by sellers worries about buying a replacement home in this market if they sold their current house. Some buyers have started to back off, getting priced out of the market or choosing to wait until there is more inventory or lower interest rates. On top of that, we are all affected by the global impacts of the terrible invasion of Ukraine, and severe inflation which may be swaying both buyer and seller decisions.

While we can’t know exactly where the market is heading, it seems like it will remain hot through spring!

Almaden Valley homes for sale – What is for sale in San Jose’s Almaden Valley area right now?

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(all data current as of 10/16/2026)

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