Two Silicon homes have a differnt apprication?!

  I found a 3 bedrooms 2 baths home for 1203 sqft home with lot 5978 sqft at901 Gerard way San Jose was closed for $620K August 1 2006 now at the market as the bank owned property since June 24 2008 only asking $310,000. If you jump the conclusion that the Silicon Valley homes [...]

Silicon Valley Realtors present scholarships to high school graduates

The Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR), has presented scholarship awards to 18 graduating seniors from public high schools in Silicon Valley. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship. SILVAR’s scholarship program, now on its ninth year, recognizes students who have exemplified outstanding achievements in academics, [...]

I am going to eat my flowers!

Almost all culinary herb flowers are edible. (Newport News Daily Press/MCT) (MCT) From time to time when I found flowers on my plates at the trendy restaurant. It looks pretty and yesm the flowers may be edible. I found the good article named “ Petals on your plate” at today’s SJ Mercury news. It said: [...]

Celebrate Homeownership

June is National Homeownership month so it is the perfect time to reflect on how homeownership has enhanced our lives. Every year, the dream of owning a home comes true for thousands of people. Today more than 68% of the population of the United States owns a home. This year is the 40th anniversary of [...]

Preparing your house for a home inspection or sale

This morning Corey Folsom, property Inspector, inspected a Pebble Beach home I just sold. He  gave me  some reading material. I found this article is extremely important for the home sellers. He listed 15 items to prepare a home for the inspection: 1. Secure or remove unruly pets for the time of the inspection. 2. Create clear [...]

3 Tips of buying foreclosure homes

According to RealtyTrac, lenders repossessed 197,800 homes in the first four months of 2008 vs. 90,800 in that period last year. Banks is in the business of loaning money to earn the interest not owning the real estate. Banks sometimes accept the offers are much less than you might think to get off their books. [...]