Silicon Valley Real Estate Info

MVLA Board of Trustees Approves Bond for June 8th Election

Originally uploaded by David Blockhus

MVLA Board members just approved the adoption of Resolution 10-29:
Proposing the establishment of General Obligation Bonds and
establishing specifications of the election order; ballot measure to
be place on the June 8, 2010, state primary election ballot.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Originally uploaded by David Blockhus

From my family to yours, happy Thanksgiving!

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The older age group swings
Originally uploaded by David Blockhus

Children in the Los Altos Elementary School District are off this week for the Thanksgiving holiday and parent – teacher conferences. It was a beautifully cool and crisp day. So after lunch, I decided to take my daughter to Shoup Park to play.
For those [...]

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Morning fog lifts at Crystal Springs Reservour, originally uploaded by David Blockhus.

My morning bike ride took me to Crystal Springs Reservour. When I got
there, the fog had mostly lifted.

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According to MLS Listings Inc. data, 24 single family homes closed escrow in August within the city of Los Altos zip codes of 94024 and 94022.   This is slightly below the 12 year average (for the month of August) of 36 closed sales of single family homes. The graph below documents the last 12 years of listings and sales figures for the [...]

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February 2009 sales of single family homes in Los Altos were soft.  According to MLS Listings, Inc. data, for the month of February 2009, 6 single family homes closed escrow in Los Altos.   This is a significant decline over previous year’s sales totals.  February’s sales totals (in units) were the lowest (in the month of February) in the last 12 years; one [...]

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Image by Getty Images via DaylifeOn this Veteran’s day, my family wishes to thank all of those who have served in the armed forces.  We appreciate your service to your country.
Below is a post that I wrote (Nov. 12, 2007) about the dedication of the Cupertino Veteran’s Memorial.  If you have time, please stop by to honor [...]

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Habitat for Humanity, transforms families and strengthens communities by partnering with volunteers, the community and qualified families with low incomes, by building decent, affordable housing for long-tern home ownership.
Yesterday, I was one of the volunteers helping build one of six homes in Santa Clara.  It was a great day.  Upon arriving we were given an introduction about Habitat [...]

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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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Back in the late 90’s, I thought it was cool to be one of the few Los Altos Realtors to use software that “stitched” photos together to create “virtual tours” of my real estate listings.  Flash forward to today and I now can use Photosynth. 
Photosynth creates a futuristic 3-d experience with user submitted photos.  Could this service replace [...]

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