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November 25, 2012

Has Los Altos Been “Occupied?” No, It is Time for the Los Altos Festival of Lights!

Its 10:00 A.M. in Downtown Los Altos and the sidewalks are full of chairs, tarps, tape and sidewalk chalk.  Has the Occupy movement hit Los Altos?  […]
November 16, 2012

Buyers Are Hoping to Get a Steal on Vacant And Staged Homes in Silicon Valley, But I Don’t Think This is What They Were Thinking!

Preparing a home for sale typically involves some level of preparation.  The home is usually cleaned and painted.  There may be updates to the kitchen or […]
September 12, 2012

New First Time Home Buyers Surveyed. The Results May Be Surprising!

What do first time home buyers want in a home?  Is it location?  Is it space?  Is it floor plan?  Is it amenities? Coldwell Banker recently […]
August 24, 2012

1733 Oak Avenue, a Great Opportunity in South Los Altos

In my opinion, the best home on today’s Los Altos Broker tour was the property located at 1733 Oak Avenue in South Los Altos.  If one […]
August 13, 2012

Help, We Made a Non-Contingent Offer and Now Our Loan Broker Can’t Get us the Loan!

Unfortunately, as our market becomes more active (i.e. pro seller), buyers make dumber and dumber decisions.  Case in point, a buyer of a Los Altos home […]
May 31, 2012

Tired of Losing Out, Home Buyers Are Bringing the Preemptive Offer Back

Over the last several months we have seen a huge upswing in multiple offers on properties in most price ranges.  Buyers, tired of losing out in […]
May 3, 2012

Three Reasons Why The Facebook Effect May Not be a Windfall For Sellers Who Wait

Facebook is going public in a mere 15 days.  Once it does, there will be hundreds of newly minted millionaires just clamoring for your home.  Or […]
May 2, 2012

The Reality of Our Los Altos Real Estate Market

According to MLS Listings Inc. data there currently are eighty-three single family homes for sale in Los Altos.  Forty-seven homes are active listings and the remaining […]
April 19, 2012

3519 South Court, Palo Alto

We’ve got a great new listing in the southern part of  Midtown Palo Alto.  I write “we” because I am co-listing this property with Hannelore Blanchard, […]