Silicon Valley Real Estate Info

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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This is the first post in an ongoing series of posts dedicated to the mistakes that sellers make when they sell their home.  These mistakes are real and come from visiting homes that I have seen on our local broker tours.  Each of the homes described herein are located within the cities of Los Altos, Los Altos Hill, [...]

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It was such a beautiful morning that I decided to go on the Sunnyvale Broker’s tour on my mountain bike.  You should have seen some of the reactions of my fellow Realtor’s.  It was as if they had never seen someone on a bike before.  Anyway, outside of making one wrong turn, it was a great morning combining exercise [...]

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Today’s Sunnyvale Real estate Broker’s tour was short on supply, but there were some pretty interesting properties. 817 Shenandoah Drive - was a nicely updated (kitchen and baths) Brown and Kauffman (B & K) home.   The front two bedrooms were bumped out under the roof line to add additional usable space.  Note: this eliminates the front porch.  There [...]

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This is an update to a post I wrote on February 26th, 2008 titled “Crime In Your Neighborhood? Check It Out Online!.”   Crimereports.com now includes crime statistics for the cities of Los Altos and Sunnyvale. 

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Compass Place condominiums, also known as Arcadia Terrace (named for the street the complex is located on), has always been a favorite condominium complex of mine.  Built approximately 14 years ago, Compass Place is conveniently located at the corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Arcadia Terrace, near Highway 101 in Sunnyvale.  Comprised of approximately 240 [...]

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Over the years I have had the pleasure of selling homes in what many buyers have described as unfavorable locations.  Homes that front or back up to busy roads (typically highways 85 or 280), homes that back up to train tracks (along the Cupertino foothills and Central Expressway) and homes that are near high voltage transmission lines.  One [...]

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Since real estate is local (ie. don’t believe everything you read in the press), I thought I would show you the true facts about Sunnyvale home sales as taken from our local multiple service provider, MLSListings Inc..  Since last week, 10 single family homes have been listed for sale in the city of Sunnyvale.  That brings the total of single [...]

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Despite scaled-back lending practices, the sub-prime lender fiasco, higher foreclosure rates, lower demand, and lower consumer confidence (fueled by the plethora of newspaper articles indicating that the real estate market is dead), Sunnyvale’s sales prices continue to climb. How has Sunnyvale’s housing market retained such resiliency?  The answer lies in the lifestyle the city affords its residents.  Located in the heart [...]

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