We're the Boyenga Team — Eric and Janelle Boyenga, Compass real estate agents based in Los Gatos. This site is a map in writing: real neighborhood guides, real market numbers, and the kind of commute-and-culture detail you only get from people who actually work these streets. Property nerds, guilty as charged.
Silicon Valley, one neighborhood at a time.
Where We Cover
Valley Homes
Home styles across the cities we serve. For Eric & Janelle Boyenga's current and recently sold listings, see the Boyenga Team on Compass or call 408.373.1660.
Why work with us?
We live here. Every guide on this site is written by someone who's walked the street, not scraped a database.
We keep it current. Market reports update monthly, not once and forgotten.
We are Silicon Valley's original real estate innovators. Since 1996, we have a reputation for always putting clients first.
Together, Eric and Janelle have sold 2,256+ homes worth more than $2.4 billion, at an average sale price of $2.54M, backed by 750+ five-star client reviews.
“It was a pleasure working with the Boyenga team! We are so happy with our new home and they made sure that the entire experience would be smooth for us. Even after the sale was closed, we had their support every step of the way.”
Omer S.We started as two agents working the South Bay and Peninsula who got tired of watching clients make six-figure decisions off of three-year-old blog posts and generic city summaries. Silicon Valley isn't one market — Old Palo Alto and Redwood Shores have almost nothing in common except a shared zip code prefix — and it deserves guides written at that level of specificity. So we started writing them ourselves, neighborhood by neighborhood, and this site is where they live.
The Property Nerds of Silicon Valley
Every neighborhood guide on this site starts with a walk-through, not a database query. City market figures come from Redfin's MLS-based data and are refreshed monthly — every figure is dated so you can see exactly how current it is. School information links directly to GreatSchools.org and district boundary maps rather than our own opinion of a school's quality. If you spot something outdated or wrong, tell us at homes@boyenga.com and we'll get it fixed fast.
Our Services
01
Hyperlocal Home Search Strategy
We build your search around real Silicon Valley data: school boundaries, commute patterns, HOA rules, and the specific streets where your budget goes furthest, whether you're looking in Los Gatos, Palo Alto, Cupertino, or any of the 20+ cities we track daily.
02
Data-Driven Valuation & Pricing
We price and position your home using live comps, absorption rates, and buyer-demand signals for your exact neighborhood, not a citywide average, so you list at the number that sells quickly without leaving equity on the table.
03
Expert Negotiation & Closing Support
From multiple-offer strategy and escalation clauses to inspections, contingencies, and final paperwork, we guide you through every step of buying or selling in Silicon Valley's fast-moving market, with no surprises at the closing table.
Your Questions, Answered
What areas of Silicon Valley do you specialize in?
We're hyperlocal specialists covering all of Silicon Valley, from Palo Alto, Los Altos, and Menlo Park to Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino, and San Jose. As "The Property Nerds," we track pricing, inventory, and school-boundary data across 20+ cities so we can tell you exactly how a specific street or neighborhood is trending, not just the broader market.
How is the Property Nerds' approach different from a typical agent?
Eric and Janelle built their reputation on data. Before we write an offer or set a list price, we pull comparable sales, days-on-market trends, and absorption rates for that specific micro-neighborhood, not just the city average. That "nerd" level of research is what helps our clients win competitive offers and price listings to sell quickly without leaving money on the table.
Do you have access to off-market and coming-soon listings?
Yes. Because we work so many listings across Silicon Valley, we regularly hear about homes before they hit the MLS. If you're buying, we'll flag coming-soon matches early; if you're selling, we can quietly gauge demand with our network before your home goes fully public.
Let’s Bring Your Vision To Life
Whether you're buying your first home in San Jose or listing a longtime family property in Los Gatos, Eric and Janelle bring the same hyperlocal data and hands-on attention to every client. We Engineer Happiness — reach out today for a no-pressure consultation and see how The Property Nerds approach can work for you.
Much Happiness! — Eric & Janelle Boyenga