Marcy's Blog

There is nothing I enjoy more than helping a family sell a South San Jose home in Probate. I know, it doesn’t take much to make me happy, but I am who I am. Over the years I have developed a system to sell SOuth San Jose homes in probate and it works really well!    1. Look at a home and see if t...

It has been a very brisk time for sales in the Villages Golf and Country Club in San Jose this summer.   As you can see from this chart in June of 2014 homes in the Villages San Jose sold for just over 100% of list price on average. There were 21 closed home/condo sales in The Villages Golf and C...

Last week I wrote a blog about how a lender can derail a home sale. Today I want to write about how a lender made a Mountain View home sale happen. The lender is Lisa Austin with Bank of America. As a Mountain View real estate agent I could not be more impressed. I have been working with a great ...

Everyone knows that people love the golf courses at the Villages Golf and Country Club San Jose, but for tennis lovers, this is also a fantastic place to live. the opportunities for tennis players at the Villages San Jose are many. There are 6 tennis courts at The Villages San Jose that are avai...

Anyone trying to buy a condo in Mountain View right now knows that it is tough out there. There are many more buyers than sellers and many Mountain View condos sell with multiple offers way over list price. Some homes go as much as 30% over asking, but some do not. How does a buyer make the deci...

Anyone trying to buy a home in Menlo Park right now knows that it is tough out there. There are many more buyers than sellers and many Menlo Park homes sell with multiple offers way over list price. Some homes go as much as 30% over asking, but some do not. How does a buyer make the decision abo...

  I am currently in Maryland, for the third time this summer. One of my sons had surgery and his wonderful neurosurgeon is in Maryland. I really miss Palo Alto. Fortunately we should be able to come home on Tuesday night. The day before surgery my New York based son came to visit my Palo Alto son...

Buying a home in Sunnyvale is not easy. There has never been more competition and other very qualified buyers. Prices are at historic highs and inventory at historic lows. Decisions must be made quickly and very often in a multiple offer situation if the Sunnyvale home buyer asks for a contingen...

Anyone trying to buy a condo in Mountain View right now knows that it is tough out there. There are many more buyers than sellers and many Mountain View Condos sell with multiple offers way over list price. Some homes go as much as 30% over asking, but some do not. How does a buyer make the deci...

Anyone trying to buy a home in Mountain View right now knows that it is tough out there. There are many more buyers than sellers and many Mountain View homes sell with multiple offers way over list price. Some homes go as much as 30% over asking, but some do not. How does a buyer make the decisi...