Silicon Valley Real Estate Info

I was having a cup of coffee at Peets last weekend and this funky looking road bike caught my eye.  Check out the photo.  With the gnarly mesh-looking frame, the bike looked like it should have been in 1975 classic movie,  Rollerball.  Just imagine … James Caan ripping around an oval track on this thing! It turns out it is [...]

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I recently had an inquiry on this Blog’s chat box asking about pricing in the Waverly Park neighborhood of Mountain View.  I thought I would give an expanded answer here.  Below is a map for the neighborhoods in question (MLS area 208, Waverly Park and the Martens-Carmelita neighborhoods). View MLS Area 208, Waverly Park Mountain View CA in [...]

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Several weeks ago, I posted a video of a neighborhood house being demolished prior to it being rebuilt.  A large backhoe took about 75 minutes to tear down the home and a work crew took about 1 week, with multiple dump truck trips to the land fill, to remove the debris.  More and more homeowners are using salvage companies [...]

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According to our local Multiple Listing Service, there currently are four single family homes in Cupertino for sale that are listed as “short sale” properties.  These homes are: 18840 Newsom Avenue, Cupertino 18900 Newsom Avenue, Cupertino 10210 Johnson Avenue, Cupertino 10187 Byrne Avenue, Cupertino

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According to our local Multiple Listing Service, there currently are two “short sale” properties listed for sale in Los Altos Hills.  These homes are: 13119 Estralita Place, Los Altos Hills 15411 Vista Serena, Los Altos Hills

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Image by dogweldervia Flickr That’s right, tiny space creatures have invaded the south peninsula town of Los Altos, CA and have vaporized most of the city’s home buyers.  Home sellers have been alerted to this phenomenon and are seeking advice on how to protect their equity.  Apparently, these sinister assaults began late last year and have reached [...]

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March 2009 sales of single family homes in Los Altos were soft.  According to MLS Listings, Inc. data, for the month of March 2009, 14 single family homes closed escrow in Los Altos.   This is a significant decline over previous March’s sales totals.  March’s sales totals (in units) were the lowest (for the month of March) in the last 12 years, one half the 12 [...]

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