Buy and Sell Real Estate in Los Gatos
Los Gatos California is located in Santa Clara County, California otherwise known as the South Bay Area or Silicon Valley.
Los Gatos was founded in 1839 and has a long history like many Santa Clara County communities. People who wish to buy a home in Los Gatos may find very attractive and historically significant homes for sale in Los Gatos.
Los Gatos real estate, like most of Santa Clara County real estate, was an agricultural community founded by Spanish missionaries. Today, Los Gatos is situated in one of the world’s foremost technological centers, commonly known as Silicon Valley, and this area is home to many of the world’s top technology companies, including Intel, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, Yahoo, Ebay and Google, along with thousands of other significant technology firms that buy commercial real estate, sell commercial real estate and buy land for development.
Los Gatos has superb weather; with 300 sunny days per year and an average annual temperature of around 70 degrees and "California casual" is appropriate for daytime and most evening outings. A sweater or light jacket is suggested for evenings, with coats advisable for November through March. If you buy real estate in Santa Clara County, you will experience a climate that remains temperate year-round much like the Mediterranean. When you buy a home in Los Gatos you'll notice that it remains warm and dry much of the year. This is due to the proximity to the Pacific Ocean. Those who sell homes and Santa Clara County often end up missing the great weather here.
Los Gatos is located near several top universities, including Stanford University in Palo Alto California, Santa Clara University, the University of California at Berkeley and San Jose State University which is another reason why homes for sale in Los Gatos are highly regarded and why people prefer to buy a home in Los Gatos.
One of the primary reasons for Silicon Valley's success is the ability to attract people from all over the world to live and work in our area. The cultural mix and the resulting diversity of ethnic traditions, viewpoints, and value systems (both, personal and professional) have enriched all of our lives. Silicon Valley has become a model of how diversity can add strength and unity to a community. People love to buy homes in Los Gatos and they are generally sad to list a home for sale in Los Gatos and leave the area.
As you can tell, life can be very good in Los Gatos California, and many prospective home buyers would like to buy a home is Los Gatos. Fortunately Asante Real Estate can help you find a home in Los Gatos California, and Asante can also help you buy land in Los Gatos, list a home for sale in Los Gatos, buy commercial real estate in Los Gatos and sell commercial real estate in Los Gatos.
The process of buying a home in Los Gatos at a reasonable price can be a bit of a challenge, though, because real estate in Los Gatos and real estate in Silicon Valley is among the most expensive real estate markets in America – this fact is a direct result of the low number of homes for sale in Los Gatos California. Existing homeowners are often reluctant to list homes for sale in Los Gatos unless and until they have a suitable housing replacement.
Another reason for this extraordinary home price appreciation of Santa Clara County homes and specifically homes for sale in Los Gatos is fundamentally due to the fact that Santa Clara County is largely land-locked. If you would like to buy a home in Los Gatos or sell a home in Los Gatos, you will find that the price will likely increase over time due to the fact that there is relatively little room to build single-family homes. In fact, a great deal of the new home construction in Los Gatos and many of the homes for sale in Los Gatos are now higher density homes such as condominiums, town homes, row-houses and other higher density home designs commonly known as Planned Unit Developments (PUD’s).
Real estate in Los Gatos, like much of the real estate in Santa Clara County, has greatly appreciated over time. Most home buyers and sellers in Los Gatos believe that home prices in Los Gatos and Santa Clara County have continually increased in value and will probably continue to outpace the home appreciation rates found in most other sections of the United States.
Los Gatos homes routinely sell for well over $900000 at the low end and high-end Los Gatos homes may sell for $8000000 or more…sometimes quite a bit more. Homes for sale in some of the adjacent cities such as homes for sale in Santa Clara County and homes for sale in Silicon Valley may be somewhat lower in value than the more affluent communities like Los Gatos that generally have more expensive homes which keeps real estate prices high for buyers, sellers and owners of Los Gatos homes.
If you are interested in buying a home in Los Gatos, or investing in Los Gatos estate, you will find very strong school districts including Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District and Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District.
Los Gatos is also home to a variety of parks and recreational facilities that allow Los Gatos real estate buyers and residents to enjoy time away from work. If you own a Los Gatos home or rent a home in Los Gatos you will have access to Vasona Park, Oak Meadow Park and Los Gatos Creek Trail.
Los Gatos real estate is also home to some famous celebrities, including Steve Wozniak - Apple Computer co-founder, Kevin Frandsen - San Francisco Giants Second Baseman, Gary Dahl - Inventor of the Pet Rock and Peggy Fleming - Olympic Gold Medalist figure skater. If you are interested in buying real estate in Los Gatos, you never know…you may end up coming across a Los Gatos home for sale from one of these celebrities.
Los Gatos homeowners and buyers also have access to great shopping, including Downtown Los Gatos and Sarah Center both of which offer great value and convenience when looking for a variety of products and services. When you buy a home in Los Gatos, you will be no more than a few short miles away from the shopping districts.
Los Gatos real estate owners are neighbors with some significant companies, including Netflix, Artus Clothing, IC Manage and Cryptic Studios that call Los Gatos home. Los Gatos real estate has maintained high value in part because these companies exist within the area.
Real estate in Los Gatos and particularly investment real estate in Los Gatos also benefits through the Los Gatos Sister Cities program. Los Gatos homeowners and those looking to buy real estate in Los Gatos can enjoy a sister city relationship with Chungho, Republic of China (Taiwan), Listowel, Ireland and Zihuatanejo, Mexico.
If you are looking to buy or sell a home in Los Gatos, Asante Real Estate will help you with our full service at a fair price business model. This means that those home sellers who want to list a home in Los Gatos can take advantage of our 1% commission model for selling Los Gatos real estate (plus up to 3% commission to the cooperating buyer’s Agent) and those people who wish to buy real estate in Los Gatos will get up to 66% cash rebate of our Buyer’s Agent Commission when they buy a home in Los Gatos or buy Los Gatos real estate.
About Santa Clara County Real Estate and Silicon Valley Real Estate
Los Gatos is located in Santa Clara County, which is, in turn, located in the Southern part of the San Francisco Bay area in the state of California. Santa Clara County real estate continues to hold a great deal of value even in markets that may generally trend lower. Santa Clara County real estate is at the heart of Silicon Valley real estate.
Santa Clara County was formed in 1850 as one of the first counties in California. Originally Santa Clara County was home to the Ohlone Indians who resided near Calaveras Creek and Coyote Creek. In 1853, part of Santa Clara County real estate was given to Alameda County.
Santa Clara County has its roots in St. Clair of Assisi from Italy. The Mission Santa Clara was formed on Santa Clara County real estate in 1777. The name Claire or Clara stands for Clear or bright.
Santa Clara County real estate has adjacent real estate communities including Santa Cruz County real estate, San Mateo County real estate, Alameda County real estate, Stanislaus County real estate, Merced County real estate, San Francisco County and San Benito County real estate.
Santa Clara County has a population of about 1.7 million residents and is one of the largest real estate areas in the state of California. San Jose is the largest city. If you buy a home in Santa Clara County, then you live in one of the nine Bay Area counties and thus, own valuable Bay Area real estate.
As of the census of 2000, over 395,538 families reside in Santa Clara County. Santa Clara County real estate has 579,329 housing units.
Los Gatos real estate, like Silicon Valley real estate in general, has solid transportation mechanisms. If you are looking to sell your home in Los Gatos or you are looking to buy a home in Los Gatos, you will have access to some of the best transportation systems in the Bay area including VTA - Valley Transit Authority, San Jose International Airport (SJC) and CalTrans.
If you buy a home in Santa Clara County, you will have access to a large freeway system and another expressway system. Some say that if you sell a home in Santa Clara County and move to another area, you may not see a transportation system as effective as that found in Santa Clara County. Santa Clara County residents also have access to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority that allows Santa Clara County real estate homeowners to use the light rail system and a large system of Santa Clara County bus routes. In addition Los Gatos has access to the CalTrain system that allows Santa Clara County real estate owners to travel north and south between San Jose and San Francisco.
The Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport is located only three miles from downtown San Jose, with 12 major airlines servicing nearly 200 daily non-stop flights from all major U.S. cities.
Santa Clara County real estate is both economically diverse and physically attractive. The Santa Clara County real estate has many natural amenities and a very high standard of living. Santa Clara County real estate has been considered a fantastic area to live and work.
If you are interested in buying or selling homes, property, commercial property, rental property, land or any type of real estate in Santa Clara County, please contact Asante Real Estate. Asante Real Estate Group specializes in homes for sale in Los Gatos and homes for sale in Silicon Valley California. Asante Real Estate can help you buy real estate in Los Gatos, buy real estate in Santa Clara County and sell real estate in Santa Clara County.
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