Silicon Valley Real Estate Info

Contrary to public opinion, there are not that many distressed properties exchanging hands in Los Altos and/or Los Altos Hills.  According to our local Multiple Listing Service, three short sale  properties closed escrow in Los Altos Hills and three in Los Altos within the past year.  Currently there are 12 short sale properties on the market and [...]

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If you’re looking for a bargain, one can be found in the foreclosure market.  However, it takes plenty of patience and solid market knowledge.  Oh, did I mention that you also need cash and lots of it – no loans or I.O.U.’s accepted. Yesterday I went down to 190 N. Market Street in San Jose to check [...]

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There are nine short sale listings currently listed for sale on our local Multiple Listing Service. Seven of these are “sale pending” (in contract), one is an active listing and one is attempting to be sold via auction (today). List prices for these properties range from a low of $799,000 to a high of slightly under [...]

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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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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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The South Bay area has seen a huge uptick in short sale activity.  I’ve recently spent a fair amount of time with various clients looking at short sale real estate listings in Mountain View, Santa Clara and San Jose. Buying a short sale property can be an excellent opportunity, but the process is full of headaches and [...]

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According to our local Multiple Listing Service, there currently are four single family homes in Cupertino for sale that are listed as “short sale” properties.  These homes are: 18840 Newsom Avenue, Cupertino 18900 Newsom Avenue, Cupertino 10210 Johnson Avenue, Cupertino 10187 Byrne Avenue, Cupertino

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According to our local Multiple Listing Service, there currently are two “short sale” properties listed for sale in Los Altos Hills.  These homes are: 13119 Estralita Place, Los Altos Hills 15411 Vista Serena, Los Altos Hills

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