Is Santa Clara, CA a good place to invest in rental property?

Santa Clara, CA has a median modeled monthly cash flow of $-6,573 and a median cap rate of 1.3%, on a median sold price of $1,700,000. Prices changed +0.8% year over year.

What is the average cap rate in Santa Clara, CA?

The median cap rate across recently sold homes in Santa Clara, CA is 1.3%, based on CashFlowRE's rent and expense modeling.

What is the median home price in Santa Clara, CA?

The median sold price in Santa Clara, CA is $1,700,000 (about $1,039 per square foot).

Investing in Santa Clara, CA Real Estate

A data-driven snapshot of the Santa Clara, 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.

$1,700,000Median sold price

$1,039Median $/sqft

1.3%Median cap rate

$-6,573Modeled cash flow / mo

+0.8%Appreciation YoY

7.5Months of supply

436Active listings

698Sold (last 12 mo)

What the Santa Clara numbers say

In Santa Clara, CA, the median home sold for $1,700,000 (about $1,039 per square foot), and the typical deal models out to a 1.3% cap rate with a median $-6,573 of monthly cash flow. Sold prices moved +0.8% over the past year. Inventory sits at about 7.5 months of supply — a looser, buyer-friendly market. These are medians across recorded sales; individual properties vary widely, which is exactly what CashFlowRE scores listing by listing.

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