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, [...]
Silicon Valley Realtors present scholarships to high school graduates
June 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Preparing your house for a home inspection or sale
June 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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
June 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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. [...]
De-Clutter is key of staging home to sell
May 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
San Jose is the number 4th of the top 10 recession-proof cities.
May 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I found an interesting article of the -Top 10 recession proof cities from the forbes.com . The City of San Jose is the #4 of the top recession proof cities. They used the following 3 sources to create the 10 recession proof cities. 1). The unemployment data supplied by the U.S. Bureau of Labor [...]
Buy foreclosure home
May 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday I read an article of “No deal for anxious home buyers” by Sue McAllister of the San Jose Mercury news. She mentioned that “more than 900 houses for sale in Santa Clara County for $450,000 or less, many home buyers assumed that market was soft and are shocked to find themselves outbid on foreclosed, [...]
Subprime Problem is Not Serious in SV – Silicon Valley
March 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Larry Stone, Santa Clara County assessor came to speak at the Silicon Valley Association Realtors Cupertino Sunnyvale tour meeting last week. I always enjoy his speech. Larry provides good county wide real estate information. Larry Stone reported Santa Clara County has fewer assessment appeals than any other county in California because his department is [...]
What is the #1 mistake the home sellers can make? 2 of 2
March 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
What is the #1 mistake the home seller can make? 1 of 2
February 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Winter Home Maintenance
February 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This picture was from the remodelmyspace.com. Winter can cause more problems for home. Fortunately that the owners can maintain their homes to their best condition. Here are some suggestions to help owners: Roof: Before majoy rain and cold temperatures, check the flaskings around roof stacks, vents, skylights and chimneys for sings of crakinf, rusting etc. [...]
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