{"id":169,"date":"2026-11-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/?p=169"},"modified":"2026-11-05T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:00:00","slug":"santa-clara-county-values-top-750b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/05\/santa-clara-county-values-top-750b\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Clara County Values Top $750B"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/lynne-mercer\/assessor-reports-santa-clara-countys-property-value-growth-leads-bay-area-remotion-videos-019c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Assessed values surpassed $750B, and countywide growth averaged ~5%, slower than most of the past decade but slightly faster than the prior year.<br \/>\nResidential ownership changes remained the strongest growth driver, contributing ~50% of added value and outpacing commercial properties, new construction, and inflation adjustments.<br \/>\nResidential transaction counts stayed steady, while median sale prices ticked up slightly, reinforcing the county tax base through reassessments tied to property sales.<br \/>\nWithin the county, Sunnyvale posted ~7% blended growth, while Los Altos led residential markets near ~6%; Los Altos Hills, Monte Sereno, and Morgan Hill followed.<br \/>\nSan Jose grew ~5% and contributed &gt;1\/3 of the county tax base at $280B; the assessor also highlighted data centers&#039; direct and indirect revenue effects.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assessed values surpassed $750B, and countywide growth averaged ~5%, slower than most of the past decade but slightly faster than the prior year. Residential ownership changes remained the strongest growth driver, contributing ~50% of added value and outpacing commercial properties, new construction, and inflation adjustments. Residential transaction counts stayed steady, while median sale prices ticked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":235,"featured_media":170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}