Santa Clara Valley Living

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Positives: Great Jones and Emmons Eichler.  I really appreciated the layout of this Eichler, the floor plan was ideal for any Eichler afficianado.  There were quite abit of original details such as the concrete stained floors and the landscaping was fair to good.  The home also featured an open kitchen and a spacious master [...]

Shea homes has resumed development on their Boulevard townhome project project in Santa Clara. After leaving the project dormant for almost a year they have opened up their sales center and resumed construction. This is one of many new townhome developments in the Santa Clara and Sunnyvale areas that are available.
I visited the new Santa [...]

Great Santana Row loft with spacious exterior patio. This unit features a one bedroom one and a half baths and den. Open living area with dramatic 22 foot tall ceilings and large windows. Unit also features an extra dedicated parking spot and custom paint. Check out the slideshow for the contemporary decor.

This townhome is located in the Palomar complex of Midtown/West San Jose. Right off of Stokes and Bascom about a quarter mile from the Pruneyard. These units are about 5 years old, and although they have some floor plan drawbacks this particular unit is a phenominal deal for the price. 1800 sqft. 3 bedrooms 3 [...]

This condo development is hardly new. Its been in the works for years, Pinn Brothers the developer of the site had two projects in Cupertino simultaneous. This project has quite a bit of possitives going for it. Number one is the location. Its right across the street from the Apple head quarters, and in the [...]

I was searching the web for high school rankings in Santa Clara County. I found a site, http://schooldigger.com, that published statewide high school rankings not based on API. They combite the CST schools in math and english, also they have other metrics such as school size and teacher to student ratios. I compiled the state [...]

Schools have always been a major factor in most home purchases. There’s no doubt that good performing school areas will correlate with high real estate home values. The most ambitious people in our society today are going to seek out the best areas to raise their children. These days we have come [...]

The last few weeks I have been writing about the market conditions around Rivermark, Santa Clara.  Citing a number of short sale homes and condos, at significantly reduced prices.  In the last week there has been a slight shift in the market with increased buyer activity that has resulted in some Rivermark home sales.  Although [...]

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Positives:This Killarney Farms home showed nicely.  The floor plan was very functional and some what open.  The decor was a bit dated, but it was clean and well maintained.  There was a large family room addition off the back that was open and well done.  The back yard was decent size, room sizes were [...]

I haven’t reviewed inventory levels in a some weeks and with the increased activity of the market I am curious to see how the different areas such as Cupertino, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Los Altos are performing.

Cupertino had a busy week with 16 pending sales of single family homes.  Compare to last [...]