Blog Archives: September 2017

When we launched our blog nearly 18 months ago… even WE were surprised how much there is to write about when it comes to Silicon Valley real estate! While we definitely believe that knowledge is power… we also know that there is such a thing as information overload! Over the last year and a half, we have tried (and hopefully succeeded!) at giving you access to the very best real estate guidance and news with the very least amount of confusion. Quite often, that meant we picked our top three pieces of advice to give you strategically simple ...

Whether you are a first-time buyer or a move-up buyer… nothing compares to the excitement of getting those keys and finally making the place your own! Maybe you have dreamed for years of owning a place, maybe you have tried for months and months to finally be that winning offer… maybe you got lucky and it was a quick acceptance but those 28 days of escrow seemed like the longest moments of your life! No matter what your situation, chances are you have a really BIG list of stuff you can’t wait to do when you move in, but a budget that’s not ...

Generally speaking, selling your Bay Area home is not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘how’. Homes continue to be in high demand and the fall is often considered the 2nd best time of year to sell. If you have ever interviewed a real estate agent, you know that both experience and integrity are equally important. While much of this can be assessed through a review of the agent’s recent sales and career history… sometimes knowing if you are a match is more about the ‘what if’ than the what has been… Here are 4 questions to help you determine if the ...

Maybe you’ve been waiting… and waiting… and waiting for Bay Area home price pacing to slow down. But for better (for sellers!) or worse (for buyers…), home prices are moving  in ONE direction: UP. The tech blog of The Mercury News, The Silicon Beat, reports “fat appreciation” based on just-released data from Core Logic’s Home Price Index. Year-over-year home prices grew 10.1% in our surrounding 9-county region, with Santa Clara County year-over-year prices up 11% for a single-family home. Similarly, Mortgage News Daily reports that the ...

You might not know exactly what your Labor Day weekend is about to bring – but one thing is certain: heat will be involved! In a blog that is as short and sweet as those summer days we are about to put in our back pocket – here are three hot topics of note this weekend… #1: The Hottest App To Keep Cool In honor of Labor Day weekend and the heat wave that’s about to hit, we wanted to make sure you knew about this app to share with the outdoor workers in your life. This free ‘Heat Safety Tool’ (redesigned by CDC’s National Institute for ...