Silicon Valley Real Estate Info

The first Broker tour for Los Altos and Los Altos Hills was as like getting a flu shot, quick and painless.  There were nine new listings of single family homes and two re-toured properties.   Below are some of my thoughts. I know it’s hard to believe, but my favorite house was also the most expensive.  It was [...]

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If you have any unwanted electronic equipment, the Coldwell Banker office in Los Altos is holding a free e-waste collection event this Saturday.  Stop by from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and recycle your old TVs, batteries, cell phones, keyboards, monitors, laptops, microwave ovens and power supplies.    See attached PDF for a list of recyclable items.  Coldwell Banker [...]

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Satake Estates is one of Summerhill Homes newest developments.  Located in Mountain View on the old Satake Nursery site (at the end of Marilyn Drive), Satake Estates is a higher end development of 30 single family homes.Currently, prices range from $1,537,000 to over $2,013,000 plus options.  Home sizes range from approximately 2238 square feet up to approximately 3358 square feet [...]

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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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Promotional flyers have been used by agents in marketing homes in Los Altos and the surrounding cities for many years.  With technology getting better and more sophisticated, one would think that the number of agents who use promotional flyers targeted at real estate agents as part of their marketing efforts would be zero (or close [...]

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I took off the first weekend of May to do my annual pilgrimage south to Lake San Antonio for the Wildflower Triathlon weekend.  Usually, I go down on Thursday to establish a camp site for our group.  Friday is set aside for wine tasting in Paso Robles.  Saturday is a rest day. Sunday is race [...]

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Tonight the Los Altos City Council will decide whether to adopt the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement and whether to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our community.  The meeting will be held tonight (Tuesday) at 7pm at the Community Meeting Chambers, Los Altos City Hall, One North San Antonio Road.

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