Homes in Scotts Valley
Scotts Valley is an incorporated city of about 10,000 residents. Centrally located between Santa Cruz and Los Gatos, and within 30 miles of San Jose and the Silicon Valley, Scotts Valley is the ideal site for a half dozen or so shopping centers and a dozen or more electronics / software / high tech firms. People choose to live here for many reasons, including the spectacular scenery surrounding the city, glimpses of the ocean, steep hills cloaked in coastal redwoods, rolling hills punctuated by Ponderosa Pine, and lush valleys dotted with oaks.
Housing of all varieties is available within the city of Scotts Valley - from modular home parks to condominiums to established neighborhoods of single family residences. On the outskirts of town, the range of single family homes is quite broad from rural cottages to exclusive estates. Over the past few years, high density housing development has added probably 100 or more new units comprised of single family homes and townhomes in clusters around the city core.
During the 4th quarter of 2018, Scotts Valley home prices averaged $1.285 million. This represents wonderful appreciation for those who had the money to purchase when the economy begain rising out of the great recession: prices have roughly doubled since June of 2012, when the average home price was $642,000.
Housing of all varieties is available within the city of Scotts Valley - from modular home parks to condominiums to established neighborhoods of single family residences. On the outskirts of town, the range of single family homes is quite broad from rural cottages to exclusive estates. Over the past few years, high density housing development has added probably 100 or more new units comprised of single family homes and townhomes in clusters around the city core.
During the 4th quarter of 2018, Scotts Valley home prices averaged $1.285 million. This represents wonderful appreciation for those who had the money to purchase when the economy begain rising out of the great recession: prices have roughly doubled since June of 2012, when the average home price was $642,000.
