The median sale price of a home sold in the first quarter of 2025 in Santa Clara County rose by $90,000, while total sales increased by 3.4%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through March of 2025, 2,514 homes were sold in the county, with sale prices around $1,550,000. This is a 6.2% increase over the $1,460,000 median sale price during the same period in 2024, when there were 2,432 homes sold.
Based on the latest available data from 2021, the median sales tax on homes in Santa Clara County was $8,207, which equates to 0.5% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2025.
The U.S. housing market has surged in recent years, with its total value approaching $50 trillion in 2024—nearly five times its value in 2000.
“The value of America’s housing market will likely cross the $50 trillion threshold in the next 12 months as there are not enough homes being listed to push prices down,” said Redfin Economics Research Lead Chen Zhao.
The following histogram displays changes in median sales prices in Santa Clara County from January 2024 to March 2025.
