Blog Archives: January 2020

Super Bowl 54: Your Game Day Guide

January 30, 2020
Homes of Silicon Valley (A Sereno Group Team)
There are many things that make a house truly feel like home… and watching the Super Bowl from your living room surrounded by your best friends and biggest football fans is one of them! Whether you like football or not… we dare you NOT to watch as a Silicon Valley team brings the heat to Miami (GO NINERS!). As you get settled to watch the game from the best seat in your house… here is the Homes of Silicon Valley Game Day Guide to the big day and everything that makes it one to remember! Enjoy! (Click on titles to read hand-selected ...

COMING SOON: 3 Great Properties, 3 Great Communities

January 23, 2020
Homes of Silicon Valley (A Sereno Group Team)
What a start to the year! You have often heard us say that the spring real estate market kicks-off after the Super Bowl. And whether you are a sports fan or not, we have a feeling that this year’s big game with our own local players may have virtually every Silicon Valley resident watching… or at least eating nachos in the background! GO NINERS! So, once the Super Bowl is behind us… what is traditionally known as the busiest housing season is directly in front of us. With low inventory the name of the game this year, we wanted to give you a ...

Census 2020: Why It Matters & What’s New

January 16, 2020
Mark & Sarah Homes of Silicon Valley
Just 3 days ago, the United States Census Bureau designated the National Association of REALTORS® as a National Partner for the upcoming 2020 Census. While you no doubt know by now that a new decade means a new national headcount, you may not know exactly why it matters or what to expect this year. That’s where we come in! As  Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham explains, “The 2020 Census is your census, and its success depends on you. It’s a once-in-a-decade chance to inform how billions of dollars in funding are allocated for ...

Inventory Insights: How Low Could Housing Units Go?

January 09, 2020
Mark Barber
We are only 10 days into the New Year and housing trends for 2020 are already emerging full force. One of the recent, dominating news stories thus far pertains to inventory. Wait – we know what you are thinking... haven’t we already seen inventory lows? Isn’t this just the same old news? Not quite! Here are a few notable data points to help you understand the current posturing of supply and demand. | Forbes projects “next year may just see the biggest housing inventory shortage in U.S. history.” By the end of 2019, only 1 out of 10 ...