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Fact Sheet: Community Profile

Housing

HOUSING RENTALS

Unit Type

Studio
1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
3 Bedroom

Average

Asking Rental Rate

$1,118
$1,423
$1,485
$2,092

$1,597

Source: RealFacts; Fourth Quarter 2008
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HOUSING SALES

Unit Type


Single-Family Detached
Condominium/Townhouse

Sales 


456
165

  

Average
Price

$454,550
$231,864

Median
Price

$412,250
$185,000

Days on
Market

65
79

Source: Santa Clara County Assoc. of Realtors; March 2009

HOUSING TENURE AND VACANCY

Tenure
Owner Occupied Units
Renter Occupied Units

Vacancy Rate

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey; 2007


62%
38%

4.7%

 

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HOUSING UNITS BY TYPE


 
 
San Jose City
Santa Clara County		  
Total Units
 
311,452
626,659		 Single-Family
Detached
 
169,446
336,869		 Single-Family
Attached
 
28,290
56,191		  
Multi-Family
 
102,688
213,931		 Mobile
Homes
 
11,028
19,668
 
Source: California Department of Finance; January 2009

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

New Housing Graph

Source: City of San Jose; 2009
New Housing by Unit Type
 
Year Single-
Family		 Multi-
Family		 Total
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

Average		 836
2,237
2,332
1,972
1,598
1,328
659
621
887
960
831
599
462
254

1,113		 1,085
1,912
2,041
2,888
2,008
3,131
2,710
1,863
3,631
2,017
1,951
2,374
1,708
1,716

2,217		 1,921
4,149
4,373
4,860
3,606
4,459
3,369
2,484
4,518
2,977
2,782
2,973
2,170
1,970

3,329

 

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Three Sixty Condos (under construction), Downtown
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Tierra Encantada, Alum Rock

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Palma Sorrento, Edenvale

 

 

 

Last Modified Date: 5/11/2009
 
 

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