Is San Jose, CA a good place to invest in rental property?

San Jose, CA has a median modeled monthly cash flow of $-4,590 and a median cap rate of 1.6%, on a median sold price of $1,383,500. Prices changed -2.8% year over year.

What is the average cap rate in San Jose, CA?

The median cap rate across recently sold homes in San Jose, CA is 1.6%, based on CashFlowRE's rent and expense modeling.

What is the median home price in San Jose, CA?

The median sold price in San Jose, CA is $1,383,500 (about $840 per square foot).

Investing in San Jose, CA Real Estate

A data-driven snapshot of the San Jose, CA rental-property market, built from recently sold homes and CashFlowRE's per-listing investment modeling — median price, cap rate, monthly cash flow, appreciation and inventory — so you can judge the market before you ever open a listing.

$1,383,500Median sold price

$840Median $/sqft

1.6%Median cap rate

$-4,590Modeled cash flow / mo

-2.8%Appreciation YoY

5.3Months of supply

2,515Active listings

5,688Sold (last 12 mo)

What the San Jose numbers say

In San Jose, CA, the median home sold for $1,383,500 (about $840 per square foot), and the typical deal models out to a 1.6% cap rate with a median $-4,590 of monthly cash flow. Sold prices moved -2.8% over the past year. Inventory sits at about 5.3 months of supply. These are medians across recorded sales; individual properties vary widely, which is exactly what CashFlowRE scores listing by listing.

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