Silicon Valley Real Estate Guide

My usual routine in the morning is to get up, let the dog out of her kennel and then check my e-mail.  This morning my e-mail had a shocker.  I received an e-mail from one of the Account Managers at the Los Altos Branch of Financial Title Company indicating that Financial Title Company was closing its doors […]

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If you are out in your backyard tomorrow night (7/29/08) and hear a small plane overhead, it is possible that it is the one the Santa Clara County Vector Control District has sent out to find mosquito sources.
The plane will be equipped with digital photography equipment that will be aimed at your backyard looking for […]

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The Multiple Listing Service is our most efficient means to sell a home and the most reliable source of local market information.  The following information was take from our local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.  
According to our local MLS provider (ProMLSlistings.com), there currently are 94 single family homes for sale in Los Altos.  […]

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After attending REBarCamp 2008, Zillow hosted an evening of networking aptly named Beer with Bloggers.  The event was held at Café Du Nord in the city from 6:00pm - 8:00pm.  I haven’t set up my Flickr account yet, so I have just included a photo from last night’s festivities. 

This morning I head to Bloggers Connect, a workshop that brings […]

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This is an update to a post I wrote on February 26th, 2008 titled “Crime In Your Neighborhood? Check It Out Online!.”   Crimereports.com now includes crime statistics for the cities of Los Altos and Sunnyvale. 

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I consider myself fairly technologically adept, especially considering that I’m a Realtor and I’m over 40.  Most Realtors over 40 don’t understand technology and don’t necessarily like learning new technologies in order to sell real estate.  I figure that I either learn and adapt or retire.  Since I have a wife, two kids, a dog, and […]

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Tomorrow’s real estate tour has eleven new Los Altos listings and six new Los Altos Hills listings ranging in price from $1,299,000 to $6,495,000.  There are also 4 homes that are being re-toured.  Three out of the four re-toured properties have lowered their list price to heighten buyer’s interest.   Two of the new listings are homes that […]

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I really enjoy the second weekend of July in Los Altos because it’s the Art and Wine Festival weekend.  The 2008 Los Altos Art and Wine Festivalwill host 380 exhibitors, 30 food vendors and have an expected attendance of approximately 125,000.  This year, as I have in the past dozen or so, I am a volunteer wine […]

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Over the past several months, ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) in Los Altos and neighboring cities have been hit hard by clever criminals. 
A Los Altos Arco gas station ATM was “skimmed,” and criminals made off with over $100,000.   Over 150 people who used their ATM/debit cards at an Arco gas station in San Jose sufferred a similar fate.  However, they lost approximately $195,000 in […]

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Have you ever noticed that home buyers today are becoming more and more frustrated with the housing market.  They understand that in most markets, prices have come down (from a little to a ton).  They also understand that the numbers of home sales is off (by 20% to much more).  Buyer’s also don’t want to […]

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