Silicon Valley Real Estate Info

Morning fog lifts at Crystal Springs Reservour, originally uploaded by David Blockhus.

My morning bike ride took me to Crystal Springs Reservour. When I got
there, the fog had mostly lifted.

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On Tuesday I was fortunate enough to participate in a Habitat For Humanity build in the Belle Haven neighborhood of East Menlo Park.  Usually Habitat for Humanity builds homes from the ground up and then “sells” them via sweat equity and interest free loans to it’s partner families.  Yesterday’s build was a little different and [...]

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According to MLS Listings Inc. data, 24 single family homes closed escrow in August within the city of Los Altos zip codes of 94024 and 94022.   This is slightly below the 12 year average (for the month of August) of 36 closed sales of single family homes. The graph below documents the last 12 years of listings and sales figures for the [...]

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Single family homes that are listed as “Short Sales” in our local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) are up 500% over last year’s figures.  How’s that for a shocking statistic!  You must be thinking that the Los Altos real estate market must really be in the tank.  Well, not so fast. 
First off, in 2008 there [...]

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