Silicon Valley Real Estate Guide

Don’t miss tomorrow’s New Year’s Day Fun Run in downtown Los Altos.  The 5K run begins at 9:00 AM at the Community Plaza where State and Main Streets meet in Downtown Los Altos.  Participants can walk, run or roll.
Dogs on leashes are welcome, no bikes please.  No registration is required.  Its a fun way to […]

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I can’t end the 2007 without a little music.  Here are a few of my favorite songs with the word “Home” in the title.  Enjoy and be safe tonight.

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A few days ago I read an interesting article written by Teresa Boardman of the St. Paul Real Estate Blog about customer service.  Working in a occupation where service is so important, I thought I would pass along my recent experience at a retailer known world wide for its high level of customer service, Nordstroms.
Yesterday morning my wife, daughter, and […]

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The long tail theory in real estate has been extensively written about in the blogosphere.  Jim Cronin has a good article on his highly enjoyable blog The Real Estate Tomato.  another excellent article, “Long tail, short tail and coat tail searches“ can be found on rsspieces.com.   Another good article is found on RealtyBlogging.com, “The long tail and real estate blogging.”  I […]

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After a long day of running around like a chicken with my head cut off looking to finish my Christmas shopping, my family and I decided to go to downtown Los Altos for a nice relaxing dinner.   My daughter wanted to eat at her favorite Japanese restaurant, Akane.  My son wanted a sandwich at LeBoulanger.  My wife didn’t have a preference and […]

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We have all heard the real estate horror stories about mold and water intrusion.  Stories describing people forced out of their homes because the amount of mold in the home made it unsafe for habitation.  Stories written about those who have allergies and the devastating health effects that black mold has had on them.  Stories written about the massive judgments awarded in […]

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As we all rush out to get those last minute gifts for family and friends (only 5 more shopping days until Christmas!), lets take one last look at the year end sales figures for one of my favorite areas of Mountain View - Area 209. 
Not to be confused with Area 51 in the Nevada Desert (see photo to the […]

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According to MLSListings Inc. (our local multiple listing service) sales of single family homes have continued to creep along with November sales at 21, new listings at 14, and inventory hovering around 30. 
Currently there are 30 active listings ranging from a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom home bought in April 2007 by a real estate agent at 1,150,000 (likely […]

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Today I found a great article from one of my favorite mortgage writers, Dan Green of The Mortgage Reports.  Dan writes about The Hidden Cost To Your Mortgage When You Open A Store Credit Card To Save 10 Percent.   Dan points out the pitfalls of opening a new credit card account and how it is […]

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In the news of late there have been prominant news stories featuring Curtis Dean Anderson, who recently died in a Bakersfield hospital and Michael Dodele, who was recently killed in Lakeport, CA by a neighbor.   What do these two men have in common?  Besides their current health status, they both are registered sex offenders and presumably on California’s Megan’s Law […]

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