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San Jose Houses Under $1.5 Million: Where They Sold, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
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Shopping for a house in San Jose on a budget near $1.5 million? Of the 7,338 single-family houses that sold in the two years to October 27, 2026, by the MLS records we can read with repeat records removed, 2,704 (37%) sold for less than $1.5 million. Here is where those sales happened, inside each of our neighborhood guides, with two other price levels for context.
The short answer
- Across the city: 7% of house sales closed under $1M, 37% under $1.5M and 69% under $2M. The median house sold for $1.68M.
- Where most sold under $1.5M (guides with at least 8 house sales): Tropicana & Lanai (100%), Spartan Keyes & Martha Gardens (100%), Kelley Park & Santee (100%), Plata Arroyo & Alum Rock Ave (100%), Hillview & Capitol Park (100%), Lucretia & Tully Road (100%), Senter-Monterey & the Fairgrounds (100%), Overfelt Gardens & Las Plumas (100%), Buena Vista (100%), Seven Trees & Hellyer (98%) and 28 more in the table below.
- Where few or none did: Payne & San Tomas (0%), Westgate & Bucknall (0%), San Tomas Park & Westmont (0%), Almaden Meadows (0%), Strawberry Park (0%), Almaden Country Club (0%), Country Lane (0%), Lynbrook (0%), Calabazas (0%), Rainbow (0%) and 17 more in the table below.
- What it bought: the houses that sold under $1.5M had a median of 1,353 sq ft, against 1,676 sq ft for all houses.
Next steps in San Jose
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Neighborhood by neighborhood
Guides with at least 8 house sales, highest share under $1.5M first. Each cell shows how many houses sold under that price and their share of the guide’s house sales. Each name opens its guide, with live listings and the last 12 months of sales.
| Neighborhood | House sales | Median price | Under $1M | Under $1.5M | Under $2M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropicana & Lanai | 53 | $948K | 34 (64%) | 53 (100%) | 53 (100%) |
| Spartan Keyes & Martha Gardens | 24 | $963K | 13 (54%) | 24 (100%) | 24 (100%) |
| Kelley Park & Santee | 23 | $990K | 12 (52%) | 23 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
| Plata Arroyo & Alum Rock Ave | 36 | $993K | 19 (53%) | 36 (100%) | 36 (100%) |
| Hillview & Capitol Park | 75 | $1M | 37 (49%) | 75 (100%) | 75 (100%) |
| Lucretia & Tully Road | 30 | $1.04M | 12 (40%) | 30 (100%) | 30 (100%) |
| Senter-Monterey & the Fairgrounds | 35 | $1.1M | 11 (31%) | 35 (100%) | 35 (100%) |
| Overfelt Gardens & Las Plumas | 38 | $1.14M | 7 (18%) | 38 (100%) | 38 (100%) |
| Buena Vista | 16 | $1.16M | 2 (13%) | 16 (100%) | 16 (100%) |
| Seven Trees & Hellyer | 59 | $1.09M | 15 (25%) | 58 (98%) | 59 (100%) |
| Mayfair | 55 | $975K | 30 (55%) | 54 (98%) | 55 (100%) |
| Washington-Guadalupe & Tamien | 42 | $928K | 27 (64%) | 41 (98%) | 42 (100%) |
| Roosevelt Park & Olinder | 59 | $1.08M | 23 (39%) | 57 (97%) | 57 (97%) |
| Lyndale & Sundown | 79 | $1.05M | 30 (38%) | 76 (96%) | 79 (100%) |
| Alum Rock | 119 | $1.05M | 46 (39%) | 114 (96%) | 118 (99%) |
| Rosemary Gardens & Rincon South | 23 | $1.16M | 1 (4%) | 22 (96%) | 23 (100%) |
| Edenvale & Great Oaks | 108 | $1.13M | 18 (17%) | 101 (94%) | 108 (100%) |
| Horace Mann & Julian-St. James | 45 | $1.07M | 18 (40%) | 42 (93%) | 45 (100%) |
| McKee & Capitol | 74 | $1.13M | 17 (23%) | 69 (93%) | 73 (99%) |
| Luna Park & Northside | 72 | $1.17M | 17 (24%) | 66 (92%) | 71 (99%) |
| Stonegate & Windmill Springs | 74 | $1.25M | 4 (5%) | 66 (89%) | 73 (99%) |
| Meadowfair & West Evergreen | 48 | $1.14M | 12 (25%) | 40 (83%) | 48 (100%) |
| Mount Pleasant | 92 | $1.12M | 22 (24%) | 76 (83%) | 86 (93%) |
| Silver Leaf & Village Oaks | 50 | $1.32M | 0 (0%) | 41 (82%) | 50 (100%) |
| College Park & The Alameda | 20 | $1.36M | 3 (15%) | 16 (80%) | 20 (100%) |
| Japantown & Hensley | 26 | $1.25M | 3 (12%) | 20 (77%) | 25 (96%) |
| Vendome & Hyde Park | 25 | $1.25M | 4 (16%) | 19 (76%) | 24 (96%) |
| Burbank | 57 | $1.25M | 7 (12%) | 43 (75%) | 52 (91%) |
| Oak Grove & Hayes | 70 | $1.35M | 0 (0%) | 52 (74%) | 70 (100%) |
| Diridon & Delmas Park | 25 | $1.18M | 5 (20%) | 18 (72%) | 25 (100%) |
| Blossom Valley | 118 | $1.38M | 1 (1%) | 80 (68%) | 117 (99%) |
| Communications Hill | 42 | $1.42M | 0 (0%) | 26 (62%) | 41 (98%) |
| Los Paseos & Coyote Valley | 68 | $1.41M | 0 (0%) | 42 (62%) | 68 (100%) |
| Martial Cottle & Parkview | 58 | $1.48M | 0 (0%) | 31 (53%) | 57 (98%) |
| Naglee Park & University | 63 | $1.48M | 8 (13%) | 33 (52%) | 51 (81%) |
| Thompson Creek & Quimby | 90 | $1.48M | 2 (2%) | 46 (51%) | 81 (90%) |
| Penitencia Creek & Toyon | 81 | $1.49M | 2 (2%) | 41 (51%) | 68 (84%) |
| Santa Teresa & Bernal | 135 | $1.49M | 0 (0%) | 68 (50%) | 134 (99%) |
| Brooktree & Flickinger | 70 | $1.49M | 0 (0%) | 35 (50%) | 64 (91%) |
| Cahalan & Chesbro | 89 | $1.5M | 0 (0%) | 44 (49%) | 83 (93%) |
| Basking Ridge & Shady Oaks | 64 | $1.52M | 2 (3%) | 30 (47%) | 63 (98%) |
| Cadwallader & Dove Hill | 99 | $1.55M | 2 (2%) | 45 (45%) | 78 (79%) |
| Palmia & Oak Ridge | 145 | $1.52M | 0 (0%) | 62 (43%) | 134 (92%) |
| Cory & Bascom Gardens | 94 | $1.56M | 5 (5%) | 40 (43%) | 77 (82%) |
| Narvaez & Hillsdale | 12 | $1.51M | 0 (0%) | 5 (42%) | 12 (100%) |
| Thousand Oaks & Erikson | 97 | $1.57M | 0 (0%) | 38 (39%) | 96 (99%) |
| East Foothills | 138 | $1.6M | 3 (2%) | 53 (38%) | 111 (80%) |
| Norwood & Lake Cunningham | 165 | $1.66M | 0 (0%) | 59 (36%) | 130 (79%) |
| Sherman Oaks & Del Mar | 31 | $1.56M | 0 (0%) | 11 (35%) | 28 (90%) |
| North Berryessa | 62 | $1.56M | 2 (3%) | 22 (35%) | 57 (92%) |
| Berry Park & The Woods | 26 | $1.62M | 0 (0%) | 9 (35%) | 26 (100%) |
| North Willow Glen & Gardner | 122 | $1.8M | 7 (6%) | 42 (34%) | 72 (59%) |
| Carson & Vista Park | 106 | $1.58M | 1 (1%) | 35 (33%) | 100 (94%) |
| Canoas Garden & Willow Creek | 34 | $1.61M | 0 (0%) | 10 (29%) | 30 (88%) |
| Santa Teresa Foothills | 208 | $1.63M | 0 (0%) | 56 (27%) | 190 (91%) |
| Berryessa BART & Lundy | 64 | $1.7M | 0 (0%) | 14 (22%) | 50 (78%) |
| Cataldi Park & Cherrywood | 92 | $1.75M | 1 (1%) | 20 (22%) | 76 (83%) |
| Shasta-Hanchett Park | 14 | $2.04M | 1 (7%) | 3 (21%) | 6 (43%) |
| Rose Garden | 76 | $2.2M | 1 (1%) | 16 (21%) | 32 (42%) |
| Santana Row & Valley Fair | 31 | $1.82M | 0 (0%) | 6 (19%) | 24 (77%) |
| Stokes & Greylands | 31 | $2.2M | 0 (0%) | 6 (19%) | 14 (45%) |
| Valley View-Reed | 179 | $1.72M | 0 (0%) | 33 (18%) | 140 (78%) |
| Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands | 61 | $2.17M | 1 (2%) | 11 (18%) | 25 (41%) |
| Almaden Foothills & New Almaden | 119 | $2.28M | 0 (0%) | 21 (18%) | 31 (26%) |
| Oakridge & Foxchase | 18 | $1.67M | 0 (0%) | 3 (17%) | 16 (89%) |
| Hanchett & Hester Park | 24 | $1.8M | 0 (0%) | 4 (17%) | 15 (63%) |
| Kooser & Dartmouth | 147 | $1.75M | 0 (0%) | 23 (16%) | 114 (78%) |
| Willow Glen South & Lincoln Glen | 124 | $2M | 0 (0%) | 19 (15%) | 62 (50%) |
| Downtown Willow Glen | 98 | $1.92M | 1 (1%) | 15 (15%) | 54 (55%) |
| Fruitdale & Valley Medical | 55 | $1.79M | 0 (0%) | 8 (15%) | 39 (71%) |
| Palm Haven | 22 | $1.88M | 0 (0%) | 3 (14%) | 13 (59%) |
| Vinci Park & North Valley | 59 | $1.7M | 0 (0%) | 8 (14%) | 47 (80%) |
| Cypress & Northlake | 15 | $1.92M | 0 (0%) | 2 (13%) | 9 (60%) |
| Doerr-Steindorf & Bagby | 173 | $2M | 0 (0%) | 20 (12%) | 86 (50%) |
| River Glen & The Willows | 135 | $2.09M | 0 (0%) | 15 (11%) | 60 (44%) |
| Loma Linda | 19 | $2.15M | 0 (0%) | 2 (11%) | 8 (42%) |
| Piedmont Hills & Sierramont | 125 | $1.85M | 0 (0%) | 13 (10%) | 85 (68%) |
| Almaden Lake & Sunrise Almaden | 51 | $1.8M | 0 (0%) | 5 (10%) | 39 (76%) |
| Willow Glen West | 34 | $2.7M | 0 (0%) | 3 (9%) | 9 (26%) |
| Branham-Kirk | 109 | $1.91M | 0 (0%) | 9 (8%) | 64 (59%) |
| Lynhaven & Eden | 67 | $2.05M | 0 (0%) | 3 (4%) | 26 (39%) |
| Starbird | 23 | $1.82M | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 16 (70%) |
| Union Ave & Lone Hill | 190 | $2.2M | 0 (0%) | 6 (3%) | 66 (35%) |
| Fairglen | 99 | $2.15M | 0 (0%) | 3 (3%) | 37 (37%) |
| Crossgates | 40 | $2.15M | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 14 (35%) |
| Dry Creek & Cherry Ave | 85 | $2.62M | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | 22 (26%) |
| Evergreen Village & Chaboya | 98 | $2.4M | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | 26 (27%) |
| Cambrian Park | 118 | $2.28M | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | 36 (31%) |
| North Cambrian | 75 | $2.15M | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 28 (37%) |
| Graystone | 91 | $2.4M | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 14 (15%) |
| Silver Creek Valley | 96 | $3.42M | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 7 (7%) |
| Hamann Park | 35 | $1.94M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 20 (57%) |
| Brokaw & Orchard | 11 | $1.97M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (73%) |
| Blackford | 15 | $1.98M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (53%) |
| Moreland West & Hathaway Park | 29 | $2.05M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (41%) |
| Guadalupe Oak Grove | 41 | $2.12M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (27%) |
| Montevideo | 15 | $2.15M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (47%) |
| Payne & San Tomas | 31 | $2.17M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (32%) |
| Westgate & Bucknall | 66 | $2.17M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 17 (26%) |
| San Tomas Park & Westmont | 22 | $2.19M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (23%) |
| Almaden Meadows | 43 | $2.24M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (26%) |
| Strawberry Park | 46 | $2.42M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (7%) |
| Almaden Country Club | 103 | $2.62M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (5%) |
| Country Lane | 63 | $2.62M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (6%) |
| Lynbrook | 37 | $3.1M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Calabazas | 80 | $3.13M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Rainbow | 36 | $3.21M | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Fewer than 8 house sales, so not ranked: Alviso (2 sales, 2 under $1.5M), Cadillac-Winchester (7 sales, none under $1.5M), Downtown San Jose (7 sales, 7 under $1.5M), Midtown (3 sales, 3 under $1.5M) and Vista Montaña & Riverview (6 sales, none under $1.5M). No house sales in the window: Baypointe & Zanker and River Oaks & Trimble.
Reading it right
- These are sale prices, not list prices. Many San Jose houses sell over asking, so a house listed under your budget can close above it.
- Houses only. Condos and townhomes, which sell for less, have their own post.
- The houses differ. Under-budget sales are often smaller (see the size comparison above), and a neighborhood’s mix of sizes and lots drives its numbers.
- Small samples swing. Every cell shows its count.
- Past sales aren’t a forecast of what you’ll find next month.
- Some guides overlap, and a sale inside two outlines counts in both.
How we counted
Closed sales of single-family houses reported to the MLS, read through the IDX feeds that power our home search, with one record per MLS number and only sales with a recorded living area and a map position, placed inside each guide’s outline. A sale counts as under a price if it closed below it.
Go deeper
The Budget Lab shows what your budget bought in up to three cities, and the Price Ladder shows where San Jose’s entry price and top end sit. For the top end, see where San Jose houses sold for $2.5 million or more. For San Jose, see house prices by bedrooms, neighborhoods ranked by price per square foot and where homes sell over asking; the San Jose city guide links every guide. Our sales map shows the homes we’ve sold there. Across every city we cover: where houses still sell under $2M, neighborhood by neighborhood.
Common questions
Where can I find a house under $1.5 million in San Jose?
In the two years to October 27, 2026, 2,704 of 7,338 house sales (37%) closed under $1.5M. The most were in Alum Rock (114), Edenvale & Great Oaks (101) and Blossom Valley (80).
What are the most affordable San Jose neighborhoods for houses?
By median house price over the same two years, among guides with at least 8 house sales: Washington-Guadalupe & Tamien ($928K), Tropicana & Lanai ($948K) and Spartan Keyes & Martha Gardens ($963K).
How big is a house under $1.5 million in San Jose?
Houses that sold under $1.5M had a median of 1,353 sq ft, against 1,676 sq ft for all San Jose houses.
The San Jose data series: housing market by the numbers · neighborhoods ranked by price per sq ft · where homes sell over asking · ten years of prices by neighborhood · condos and townhomes · house prices by bedrooms · houses at $2.5M and up · the best month to sell · the most expensive streets · lots by neighborhood · our sales map
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