ZIP Code Market Report · May 2026
Is 95121 a Buyer's or Seller's Market?
📍 Evergreen, San Jose, California
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🔥 HOT
Seller's market
14 avg days on market · Property tax ~1.15%/yr
Mortgage Breakdown — ZIP 95121
Median Price$920,000
20% Down Payment$184,000
Loan Amount$736,000
P&I (~6.7%)$4,749/mo
Property Tax Est.$881/mo
Total PITI Est.$6,013/mo
Annual Income Needed$200,433/yr
Educational purposes only. Market data estimated based on available public sources. Not financial advice. Figures are approximations and vary by property, lender, and market conditions.
The other half of the answer
Prices tell you what a house costs here. They do not tell you whether a lender will approve the loan — and that varies more than almost anyone realises.
29.3%
of FHA applications denied in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 2025 · national 22.1%
CFPB HMDA 2025, computed by FinanceRateCalc. Covers the highest-volume lenders published for this market, not all lenders. Rates reflect applicant mix as well as lender practice — historical observations, not predictions. CC BY 4.0, not independently reproduced.
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