Silicon Valley Real Estate Guide

Mountain View’s Blossom Valley Estates is yet another great neighborhood offering its homeowners an excellent value in a home and a great place to live.  What makes this neighborhood so desirable?  It could be it’s beautiful tree lined (and tree named) streets.  It could be it’s comfortable homes with nice floor-plans.  It could be it’s close proximity to the […]

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The Blossom Valley Shopping Center, which is located at the corner of Miramonte Avenue and Cuesta Drive, plays a vital roll in our community.  For those who live in the surrounding neighborhoods of Varsity Park, Springer Meadows, Blossom Valley Estates, Gest Ranch, Cuesta Park and parts of south Los Altos, the Blossom Valley Shopping Center provides […]

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Bargains, bargains, bargains, get your bargains here!  Unfortunately for buyers of homes in the south peninsula cities of Los Altos, Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Cupertino, the bargains are few and far between.  The Bay area was entirely excluded from a recent Forbes article, Best Cities For Bargain House Hunters.  Does this mean that there aren’t any good […]

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I recently sat down with a potential relocation buyer.  He was thinking about moving north and wanted to get an idea about our local real estate market.  Coming from San Diego, he was familiar with the steady and sometimes huge years of appreciation.   He was weary of a downturn similar to the one that has affected the San Diego […]

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Mountain View’s Varsity park neighborhood is one of the best housing values on the peninsula.  Varsity Park, built between 1952 and 1957, consists of three subdivisions: Varsity Park, Varsity Park 2 and Varsity Park 3.  In total, 245 single family homes were built.  Homes originally were constructed as either 3 bedroom, 1 bath homes or 3 bedroom, 2 bath homes […]

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As we all rush out to get those last minute gifts for family and friends (only 5 more shopping days until Christmas!), lets take one last look at the year end sales figures for one of my favorite areas of Mountain View - Area 209. 
Not to be confused with Area 51 in the Nevada Desert (see photo to the […]

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According to Re Infolink, the local multiple listing service, there are currently 7 active listings and 4 “sale pending” listings for sale in the area of west Mountain View known as Waverly Park.  High demand and low inventory has kept the values for homes in this neighborhood very high.  Homes currently for sale range in price from […]

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