There’s an interesting shift happening in California housing right now: buyers aren’t necessarily giving up on homeownership. They’re changing the map. New Realtor.com data released August 25 found that 94.4% of home-shopping traffic originating in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro went to homes outside the area during the second quarter of 2026. That was the highest percentage among the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the country. And when you look at San Jose home