A Monterey County market with neighborhood-level pricing differences and location-driven demand
Salinas is known as the hometown of John Steinbeck and as a major center of the Salinas Valley agricultural economy. The city's identity is shaped by both literary history and year-round food production at national scale.
From established central neighborhoods to newer outer sections, Salinas offers distinct submarkets with different commute and home-style tradeoffs. Buyers typically do best when they evaluate each area on daily livability, not just headline pricing.
Which Salinas neighborhoods have appreciated the most over the last few years? We cover the top 48 neighborhoods by population over the last 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 and 25 years. All data has been taken from Zillow for single family homes, and the interactive table allows sorting by any column so you can compare total return and CAGR side by side across different periods.
| (SIZE RANK) NEIGHBORHOOD | 1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | 20 Year | 25 Year | Price Index |
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We serve all neighborhoods in Salinas including East Salinas, Harden Ranch, Creekbridge, Sherwood Garden, Alisal, Williams Ranch, Laurelwood, Santa Rita, Northridge Estates, Laurel Heights, Santa Lucia Village, Monterey Park, South Salinas, Bella Vista, Hebbron, Maple Park, Downtown, Hansen, Cresent Park, Northgate.
Yes, we pride ourselves on exceptional service and exceptional advice! A majority of our clients are first-time homebuyers. Many of our past clients who switched to us from full commission realtors told us that our service and insights were actually significantly better than what they got before. We operate less like a sales team and more like a tech and data team.
We do more transactions than a typical real estate agent. We typically write multiple offers per week, are deeply plugged into how the real estate market is doing, and can give you accurate advice on how to play the game.
"To know the road ahead, ask those coming back." Our past clients have left about 50 or so public reviews on Google and Zillow. Every single one of these reviews has been 5-star! We do very little advertising and we get significant repeat and referral business.
Yes, we invest significant effort in sourcing off-market properties. We have a special off-market property program for Salinas and we charge percentage based commission for our off-market properties. Please call us for more details.
See Our Process for more details on our fee and service, Closed Properties for our past sales, Reviews for some reviews from past clients (ask us for more), and simply call/whatsapp/text us for anything.