Silicon Valley Real Estate Info

Are you a first time home buyer who isn’t quite sure whether now is the time to buy?  The State of California is trying to motivate you by offering an incentive to those first time home buyers who make the move in 2010.  Under a newly enacted California law, a home buyer may receive up to $10,000 [...]

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According to MLS Listings Inc. data there currently are 94 single family homes for sale in Mountain View.  56 homes are active and available to purchase.  The remaining 38 homes are under contract.   The 38 homes under contract is a positive sign that the Mountain View Market may be picking up. February sales of single family homes continued to [...]

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According to MLS Listings Inc. data there currently are 121 single family homes for sale in Los Altos.  82 homes are active and available to purchase.  The remaining 39 homes are under contract.  Seventeen single family homes closed escrow in the month of February.  This is slightly above the 12 year average of sixteen homes that closed escrow in [...]

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I new listing came on the market recently in South Los Altos that has a bit of a history.  Several years back (and several owners back), a fairly graphic suicide occurred in the home.  Is a seller and/or his/her agent required to disclose that a death by suicide occurred in a house when the suicide occurred over [...]

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Los Altos Creamery Opens in Time For March Madness Originally uploaded by David Blockhus Los Altos Creamery has opened its doors in the Rancho Shopping Center, just in time for the NCAA basketball tourney. You may ask “What does eating ice cream have to do with college basketball?”. The owners of Los Altos Creamery are [...]

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There were 27 properties on today’s Cupertino/Sunnyvale broker’s tour.  5 properties were being re-tour and 22 were new listings.  Although I was unable to visit every property, I did have a favorite.  Drum roll please….. I liked 1537 Ashcroft Way in Sunnyvale.  Listed by the Levy Team of the Sereno Group, this 3 bedroom, 2 bath [...]

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On Tuesday, the Mountain View-Los Altos School District approved placing a 41.3 million dollar bond on the upcoming June 8th ballot.  What is the bond about? The district is estimating that enrollment will increase by approximately 25% (900 students) in the next 10 years.  That is about 450 new students per high school.  According to the [...]

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MVLA Board of Trustees Approves Bond for June 8th Election Originally uploaded by David Blockhus MVLA Board members just approved the adoption of Resolution 10-29: Proposing the establishment of General Obligation Bonds and establishing specifications of the election order; ballot measure to be place on the June 8, 2010, state primary election ballot.

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Friday night was the Springer Elementary School Auction at Michael’s at Shoreline.  The theme…Caddyshack!  I have attended numerous Springer Auctions and based on my un-official estimates (number of attendees, donations, and the level of frenzied bidding) the auction was a huge success! All of our local schools do some sort of fund raising during the year.  [...]

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