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May 27, 2021

Selling Your Silicon Valley Home? What You Can Control And What You Need to Know

If you have followed our Silicon Valley real estate market, inventory and interest rates remain low yet buyer demand remains high. People leaving the area are […]
April 26, 2021

Why Reading Love Letters May be a Bad Idea When Selling Your Home.

In our highly competitive seller’s market, love letters are being used by more and more home buyers in an attempt to get their offer accepted.  Love […]
June 13, 2013

Mapping the Future, Where Los Altos and Mountain View High’s Class of 2013 are Going to College

Friday May 31st was a great day in the Blockhus household.  We watched proudly as our oldest received his diploma from Mountain View High.  We are […]
March 15, 2013

It Is a Wild and Crazy Real Estate Market!

We are in the midst of the wildest real estate market that I have experienced in my 20 years selling real estate.  A combination of extremely […]
November 26, 2012

During Multiple Offers Scenarios Are Seller’s Agents Demanding Too Much From Buyers?

Any buyer who has been actively looking for a home in Silicon Valley knows that multiple offers are the norm.  Properties are selling quickly, many via […]
November 10, 2012

How the Obama Medicare Tax Will Affect Los Altos Home Sellers

There have been a lot of questions regarding the impact of the new Health Care Reform Act that goes into effect January 1, 2013 and how […]
March 19, 2012

Los Altos School District to Detail Option For Bullis Charter School Students to Share Space at Egan and Covington

At tonight’s LASD board meeting, board members will be discussing possible modifications to its facilities offer which include exploring the possibility of sharing Covington Elementary School […]
February 5, 2012

Five Crucial Reasons Real Estate Agents Shouldn’t Represent Themselves When Selling Their Own Home

I’ve been selling residential real estate in Los Altos and the surrounding communities since 1994.  Most of the time when I’m representing a buyer, I don’t […]
January 23, 2012

The Reality of the Los Altos Real Estate Market, How Was Our Market in 2011?

According to Leslie Appleton Young, the Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors, California’s home sales should increase approximately 2% and the median home price, […]