Silicon Valley Real Estate Info

The costs associated with preparing your home for sale will likely go up due to a new EPA rule that goes into effect on Thursday.  The Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) rule  requires those who are paid to renovate residential structures that contain children must use lead safe building practices.  According to the EPA’s website: The Renovation, Repair, [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

The economy is soft and money is tight yet there continues to be a lot of construction occurring in Los Altos and it’s surrounding communities. On my street alone, there are five homes under construction. Check out the short video below and see the demolition of one of my neighbor’s home.  It probably took a [...]

[Read more →]

Image via WikipediaI’m not sure just what to think about this marketing campaign for new homes in Las Vegas, but I thought that it was interesting enough to pass on. A client forwarded my this advertisement for an upcoming real estate ”Short Sale” being put on by D. R. Horton, America’s Builder.   D. R. Horton is trying [...]

[Read more →]

The purpose of the single story overlay zone (or in builder speak, R1-S district) is to modify the height and number of stories permitted in any R1 zoning district to preserve and maintain single-family neighborhoods of predominantly single-story character.  Note, the definition of 1-story does not include basements.  Most of our local cities have some [...]

[Read more →]

Its Mid January and we are slowly starting to see inventory come on the market.  At this time of the year, the inventory make up is a blend of homes from last fall that didn’t sell as well as new listings.  One of the benefits of being a Realtor is the ability to tour many homes during [...]

[Read more →]