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The Mountain View Whisman School district receives the core of its financing based on the average daily attendance of it's students.  In short, it is a Revenue Limit funded district.  Revenue limit income is a combination of local property taxes and state money.  As property taxes increase, they ...

Joe Brown, a 28-year real estate veteran and President of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage's Silicon Valley, Monterey Bay and East Bay regions has started a real estate blog called Weekly Market Watch.   It's good to see Coldwell Banker's leadership adopting some of the technologies that hav...

The economy is soft and money is tight yet there continues to be a lot of construction occurring in Los Altos and it's surrounding communities. On my street alone, there are five homes under construction. Check out the short video below and see the demolition of one of my neighbor's home.  It pro...

Los Altos single family home sales were down in January 2009.  However, given the state of home financing and consumer confidence, I expected the numbers to be even worse.  Below is an 11 year history of Los Altos single family homes that have sold in the month of January.     A quick calculation...

In part two of the Magical Mystery (bus) Tour of the Mountain View Whisman School District (MVWSD),  Dr. Maurice Ghysels, the Superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District, shares his thoughts about the district's core values.  It's these core values of (1) academic excellence, (2) ...

The Multiple Listing Service is the most reliable source of local real estate market information.  The following information was take from our local MLS provider (ProMLSlistings.com) and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.   There are currently are 91 single family homes for sale in Mountain V...

I was fortunate to attend the Magical Mystery (bus) Tour of the Mountain View Whisman School District.  Below is one (of many) video clips taken during a morning tour of the district.  Our tour guide was Dr. Maurice Ghysels, the Superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District.  In thi...

The Multiple Listing Service is our most efficient means to sell a home and the most reliable source of local market information.  The following information was taken from our local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.  According to our local MLS provider (ProMLSlistings.com), there cur...

Sue McAllister had an interesting article in the San Jose Mercury News.  The topic of the article focused on who is buying homes in our declining real estate market.  Her conclusion; first time home buyers and investors made up the majority of today's home buyers.  Below is an example detailing o...

I just received a price reduction for my listing at 1701 Penny Way in Los Altos.  For those of you who may have missed it, it's a 4 bedroom 3 full bath home located on the Cupertino School District side of Fremont Avenue in South Los Altos.  At almost 2100 sf and on a lot of slightly over 9500 sf...