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Selling a home in Evergreen or Silver Creek
Evergreen and Silver Creek’s median house sold for $1.86M in the last two years, and in Silver Creek Valley ($3.42M) and Evergreen Village & Chaboya ($2.4M) the median sold above the $2.3 million line where Measure E starts. Here’s what the numbers say, what’s different about selling here, and what we’ve sold in Evergreen and Silver Creek.
evergreen & silver creek by the numbers
What the Evergreen & Silver Creek market says right now
Evergreen and Silver Creek, as the six neighborhood guides on our San Jose neighborhoods page draw it, closed 596 house sales in the two years to October 27, 2026. Median prices run from $1.47M in Thompson Creek & Quimby to $3.42M in Silver Creek Valley.
- median house price$1.86M596 house sales in two years; San Jose $1.66M
- sold over asking60%of those house sales; San Jose 62%
- median house2,048 sq ft$942 per sq ft; San Jose $980
- Silver Creek Valley$3.42Mmedian house, 3,408 sq ft; above the Measure E line
Source: closed MLS house sales (single family homes) from October 28, 2024 to October 27, 2026, placed by map position in our neighborhood guide outlines, Boyenga Team analysis. Over and under asking by neighborhood counts all home types over the same 24 months. Lots, flood, fire and earthquake zones: City of San Jose parcel and zoning records, FEMA’s flood map, CAL FIRE’s fire hazard map and the California Geological Survey’s zone maps, October 2026. See Evergreen and Silver Creek home prices.
what’s different here
What sellers in Evergreen & Silver Creek should plan for
Two of Evergreen and Silver Creek’s six neighborhoods sell above the Measure E line, Silver Creek Valley’s HOAs and gates take planning, and the hills carry fire and earthquake zones. What we plan for on listings here.
Measure E above the line
city rule
In Silver Creek Valley ($3.42M) and Evergreen Village & Chaboya ($2.4M) the median house sold above the $2.3 million line, and in Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands ($2.17M) close to it. Above the line, Measure E adds 0.75% of the whole price up to $5 million, on top of San Jose’s $3.30 and the county’s $1.10 per $1,000: a sale at exactly $2,300,000 owes $10,120 in transfer tax, at $2,300,001, $27,372, and at $3.42 million, Silver Creek Valley’s median, $40,698.
By local custom the seller pays the county tax and the buyer and seller split the city taxes; all of it is negotiable, and the purchase contract decides. We build it into your net sheet before you set the price.
Silver Creek Valley: HOAs and gates
our guide
Silver Creek Valley is a hillside community planned in the late 1980s around a private country club, with gated sections; its zoning is almost all planned development. Its median house sold for $3.42M and measured 3,408 sq ft. Before launch we have the HOA resale package, gate-access instructions and current dues ready, plan showings and inspections for gated sections, and document permits for decks, retaining walls, grading and pools, since hillside lots get closer scrutiny. Club membership is a separate decision handled by the private club, so we say so up front.
Bidding varies by neighborhood
measured: 24 months
Of the area’s 596 house sales, 60% closed over asking, against 62% across San Jose, but the neighborhoods differ: 66% of house sales did in Cadwallader & Dove Hill and 43% in Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands. Counting all home types, the typical sale closed 2.2% over asking in Norwood & Lake Cunningham and in Cadwallader & Dove Hill, and 0.9% under in Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands, where condos and townhomes weigh in: its typical sale of any type was $825K, against $2.17M for its houses. Where buyers don’t bid past the list price, the list price has to be right on day one: we price from your neighborhood’s record and the closest recent sales.
Big lots, less per square foot
measured: houses and R-1 lots
The median house here measured 2,048 sq ft and sold for $942 per square foot, against $980 across San Jose, from $909 in Norwood & Lake Cunningham to $991 in Thompson Creek & Quimby. Median single-family (R-1) lots run from 8,100 sq ft in Evergreen Village & Chaboya, 7,940 in Cadwallader & Dove Hill and 7,810 in Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands to 6,200 in Thompson Creek & Quimby, against 6,410 across San Jose. Buyers weigh the grounds and the view along with the rooms, so we present the lot as carefully as the house.
Fire and earthquake zones in the hills
measured: R-1 lots
Norwood & Lake Cunningham has 149 single-family lots in a CAL FIRE High fire hazard zone, the fourth-most of any San Jose neighborhood, and 110 in a Moderate zone, of 3,957; Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands has 15 High and 25 Moderate, of 499. No San Jose lot is in a Very High zone. By the state’s earthquake zone maps, Norwood & Lake Cunningham has 335 lots in a landslide zone and 745 in a liquefaction zone, Thompson Creek & Quimby 720 of 1,970 in a liquefaction zone, and Evergreen Village & Chaboya 46 in an Alquist-Priolo fault zone. Flood zones barely touch the area: 5 lots in Cadwallader & Dove Hill and 2 in Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands.
Sellers must disclose these zones, and the seller’s natural hazard disclosure report states them for the property, so we order it early and gather any defensible-space, roof or vent work you’ve done.
our sales
Homes we’ve listed and sold in Evergreen & Silver Creek
Since 2012 we’ve matched 9 Evergreen & Silver Creek sales to MLS records: 3 homes we listed and 6 where we represented the buyer. The most recent homes we listed:
sold Jul 2019 · san jose
$1.02M
1718 Silver Glen Court · Cadwallader & Dove Hill
3 bd · 3 ba · 1,898 sq ft
7.1% under the final list price of $1.10MListed by the Boyenga Team at Compass
sold Jun 2017 · san jose
$2.00M
2207 Deer Crest Court · Silver Creek Valley
5 bd · 5 ba · 4,477 sq ft
2.8% over the final list price of $1.95MListed by the Boyenga Team
sold Aug 2012 · san jose
$1.02M
3412 Chieri Place · Evergreen Village & Chaboya
5 bd · 3 ba · 2,600 sq ft
3.0% under the final list price of $1.05MListed by the Boyenga Team
For all 3 homes we listed here, the sold record shows the final list price: 1 closed at or above it, 1 of them over asking. The final list price is the asking price after any price changes. Source: closed MLS records, read October 27, 2026.
See all 372 of our San Jose sales on our sales map
Neighborhoods with the most of our sales (listing and buyer side): Evergreen Village & Chaboya (3), Cadwallader & Dove Hill (3), Silver Creek Valley (2).
our plan
How we’d sell your Evergreen & Silver Creek home
The same Property Nerd plan we run on every listing, tuned to Evergreen & Silver Creek.
Price against the right sales
We start with the closest recent sales in your neighborhood and of your kind of house, then read the competition that week. Here that means pricing from your neighborhood’s record, not the area median: medians run from $1.47M to $3.42M across its six neighborhoods, and two sit above the Measure E line.
Prepare what buyers notice
Paint, light, landscaping and staging, budgeted in the Prep Lab, with Compass Concierge to front eligible costs. With median houses of 2,201 sq ft or more in three of its neighborhoods, the plan covers the grounds and the view as well as the rooms.
Disclose early
Inspections and disclosures ready before launch, so buyers make offers on facts. That includes the fire and earthquake zones for your address and, in Silver Creek Valley, the HOA resale package and gate access.
Launch on purpose
A private or Coming Soon start if it fits, then the full launch; the Launch Lab shows the plan. April closings sold over asking most often across San Jose, so a spring sale is planned in winter.
Negotiate and close
We compare offers on price, terms and certainty, then run escrow to closing.
The Evergreen & Silver Creek data series
our own analysis
More from the series
by price and place
Looking for an agent rather than a plan? Our San Jose real estate team page · San Jose neighborhood guides · Selling anywhere in San Jose
Evergreen and Silver Creek’s 6 neighborhoods: Silver Creek Valley · Evergreen Village & Chaboya · Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands · Norwood & Lake Cunningham · Cadwallader & Dove Hill · Thompson Creek & Quimby
Selling nearby? East San Jose · Blossom Valley & Santa Teresa · Morgan Hill
questions
Questions Evergreen & Silver Creek sellers ask us
Do Evergreen and Silver Creek homes sell over asking?
A little less often than San Jose as a whole. In the two years to October 27, 2026, 60% of the area’s 596 house sales closed over asking, against 62% across San Jose. Counting all home types, the typical sale closed 2.2% over in Norwood & Lake Cunningham and Cadwallader & Dove Hill, and 0.9% under in Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands, where 43% of house sales closed over asking.
What do houses sell for in Evergreen and Silver Creek?
In the two years to October 27, 2026 the median house sold for $1.86M, or $942 per square foot, against $1.66M and $980 across San Jose. The median house measured 2,048 sq ft. By neighborhood, medians ran from $1.47M in Thompson Creek & Quimby to $3.42M in Silver Creek Valley.
Will Measure E apply to my sale?
If the home is inside San Jose city limits and sells for more than $2.3 million, yes: 0.75% of the whole price up to $5 million, on top of the city tax of $3.30 per $1,000 and the county tax of $1.10 per $1,000. A sale at exactly $2,300,000 owes $10,120 in all; at $2,300,001 it owes $27,372; at $2.4 million, $28,560; and at $3.42 million, $40,698. In Silver Creek Valley and Evergreen Village & Chaboya the median house sold above the line. By local custom the seller pays the county tax and the buyer and seller split the city taxes; all of it is negotiable, and the purchase contract decides.
Is my house in a fire or earthquake zone?
It may be. Norwood & Lake Cunningham has 149 single-family lots in a CAL FIRE High fire zone and 110 in a Moderate zone, and Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands 15 High and 25 Moderate; no San Jose lot is in a Very High zone. By the state’s maps, Norwood & Lake Cunningham also has 335 lots in a landslide zone, Thompson Creek & Quimby 720 in a liquefaction zone and Evergreen Village & Chaboya 46 in a fault zone. The natural hazard disclosure report states the zones for your property, and we order it before you list.
Which neighborhoods make up Evergreen and Silver Creek?
On our San Jose neighborhoods page, Evergreen and Silver Creek is six neighborhood guides: Silver Creek Valley, Evergreen Village & Chaboya, Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands, Norwood & Lake Cunningham, Cadwallader & Dove Hill and Thompson Creek & Quimby. Most of its house sales are in ZIP codes 95148, 95135, 95121 and 95138.
What do you charge to sell an Evergreen or Silver Creek home?
Commissions are negotiable. We offer bundled services, so ask us what’s included.
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