Silicon Valley Real Estate Guide

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I recently had a discussion with another realtor about the state of the Los Altos real estate market.  We both felt that it is somewhat easy to tract the number of home sales.  However, we also both felt that due to the lower volume, the effect on sales price trends was not as easy to tract. Because sales […]

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Today’s Los Altos/Los Altos Hills Real Estate tour consisted of 14 single family homes priced from $1,290,000 to $5,195,000.  Eleven of these homes are new listings and 3 are properties being re-toured.  Below are some of my thoughts on today’s tour.
Highlights
1142 Lisa Lane - Listed by Brandon Schaeffer of Coldwell Banker.  This is an original 3 bedroom […]

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It was such a beautiful morning that I decided to go on the Sunnyvale Broker’s tour on my mountain bike.  You should have seen some of the reactions of my fellow Realtor’s.  It was as if they had never seen someone on a bike before.  Anyway, outside of making one wrong turn, it was a great morning combining exercise […]

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Image via CrunchBaseAccording to a recent article by Matt Woolsey of Forbes.com, Los Altos real estate is home to two of the most expensive zip codes in the nation, 94024 and 94022.  The zip code 94024, which covers much of the southern portion of Los altos and Los Altos hills, was ranked 30th with a median […]

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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 taken from our local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.  
According to our local MLS provider (ProMLSlistings.com), there currently are 98 single family homes for sale in Los Altos.  […]

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I wrote this post 2 months ago but decided not to post it.  Was I frustrated at not getting the listing? probably.  Could I have been wrong about the price?  Yes.  Could I have been wrong about my marketing abilities?  No.  Given that the home in question is still on the market and has gone through numerous […]

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According to MLSlistings, Inc. our local MLS search provider, Los Altos currently has 78 active listings for sale and another 20 homes that are under contract.  I thought I would do a little research to see what are the current buying habits of Los Altos home buyer’s. 
Note: this is completely unscientific but I hope it can shed light on […]

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