Cupertino Schools in West San Jose-Look for California Distinguished Schools In addition to checking a schools Academic Performance Index (API score), look for this image when shopping for high-performing school academics - A California Distinguished School.  Several West San Jose Homes have neighborhood schools with this distinction, particularly those with Cupertino Schools. For example, homes whose residency enables them to attend Dilworth Elementary, (A California Distinguished School) would also attend Miller Middle School and Lynbrook High School, both of which are also California Distinguished Schools. Michelle C. Carr-Crowe is a Silicon Valley-based Multi-Million Dollar real estate consultant and an internationally-published freelance writer with over 1,000 articles in print and... 10/06/2009

Lynbrook High Homes and Cupertino Schools The Lynbrook High Homes area is bordered by Cupertino, Saratoga, Campbell, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, in an area known as West San Jose. It offers a central location for great schools, entertainment and a wide variety of destination shopping areas. In particular, parts of zip code 95129 are within the boundaries of the desirable Cupertino Schools Area - Cupertino Union School District (elementary and middle schools) and the Fremont Union High School District (high schools, including Lynbrook, Monta Vista, Homestead, Cupertino and Fremont High). Great first-run movie locations include the CineArts and AMC Theater franchises, including Century 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25 Theatres, Santana Arts Theatre and Saratoga AMC 14. Additionally, The Alameda Theatre... 10/05/2009

  What is the current Cupertino Ca Real Estate market? Let us compare from June 2008 to June 2009 we can see some interesting changes: 1). Home inventory rose this year to 132 from last year's 79.  The numbers of sold homes dropped this year to 37 from last year's 38. 2.) The average Cupertino homes sales price is lower this year.  This June's salesprice is $1,148,020 vs last June $1,199,084. The median sales ofJune 2009 is $1.111,000 which has dropped from last June $1,197,000. 3.) Last June took  average 35 days to sell a home but  it took 50 days this year. This real estate trend is the same as last month. In June of 2009there were 67% more homes for sale  and 33% less Cupertino homeswere sold. The average Cupertino sales price dropped 4.25% and theCupertino median price homes has dr... 08/06/2009

Cupertino is a mid sized city. It is about 45 minutes drive to city of San Francisco. It is close to the heart of Silicon Valley. Cupertino offers a short commute to most high tech firms, including the headquarters of HP, Apple, Trend Micro System, Symantec and Borland. Cupertino has joined Milpitas as the second city in the silicon Valley where the majority of residents is Asian.Cupertino is best renowned for the quality of its schools for good students and teachers with end result of great API scores.  Many schools have won state and national recognition for their academic excellence. The Computer education is one of best part. The Vice President Al Gore once visited theMonta Vista High School and Homestead High was honored at a White House ceremony. While Cupertino schools receive mo... 07/24/2009

I found a Cupertino  short sale homes asking only $499K today. I rubbed my eyes to see if I come cross a mistake. It is not a mistake! This small 2 bedrooms and one bath fix upper home with over 6000 sf lot. Considering the  median sales price of $927,500 for 95014 , this small fixer upper is a steal. A real estate short sale is a type of pre-foreclosure sale in which the lender agrees to sell a property for less than the mortgage owed by the owner. Yes! This Rancho Rinchonada area of Cupertino home price just like the price durning the year of 2002 or 2003. Accordining the Wikipedia that "Rancho Rinconada is a residential neighborhood in the eastern part of Cupertino, California. It is bordered by Saratoga Creek (just west of Lawrence Expressway), Stevens Creek Boulevard, Miller Road, ... 07/20/2009

City of Cupertino’s Cinema of the Sundown series begins July 16 with a showing of Kung Fu Panda. The animated film will be shown outside on big screen at the memorial park amphitheater. The series will continue with showing of Back to the future on July 23 and Hairspray on July 30. All films Begin at 8:30 PM and admission is free. Memorial Park is located at the intersection of Stevens Creek Boul. and Mary Av. You may access to the park is also available from 10185 N. Stelling Rd Cupertino.. 07/20/2009

Posted on 29 June 2009 by gracekeng What is the current Cupertino Ca Real Estate market? If we compare from May 2008  to May 2009 which has shown some interesting changes: 1). Home inventory rose up from this year from last year's  81 to this year 127.  The numbers of sold homes has dropped from last year 46 to 31 this year. 2.) The average Cupertino homes sales price is lower.  This May sales  price is $1,112,518 vs last May's ' $1,299,204. The median sales of May 2009 is $1.062,000 which is dropped from last May's $1,250,000. 3.) Last May took average 27 days to sell a home however this year will need 61 days to sell a home. This real estate trend is the same as last month. In the may of 2009 there are 70% more home inventory  and 30% less the Cupertino homes get sold.  The average Cu... 07/10/2009

An overview of Cupertino’s Single Family Real Estate market of April 2008 compared to April 2009 shows some interesting economic changes: 1.) The Cupertino homes inventory rose to 137 this year from last year’s 95. The sold homes are a little less then last year. Last April sold 27 homes 27 and this April is 26. 2.) The averageCupertino homes price is still on the down turn. This year’s sold price is $1,095,319 vs last years’ $1,278,179. The median sales on Cupertino homes has dropped also from $1,199,000 to this year $955,000. 3.) It takes shorter this April to sell a Cupertino home as 26 days vs 27 days. With all the numbers we can tell there are more Cupertino homes for sale and less of them actually sold. The average and median price for Cupertino homes dropped about 10% from last A... 06/04/2009

The city of Cupertino where the home town of Apple computer and HP. It is famous for the great school systems and expansive homes. The city of Cupertino is updating the housing element of its General Plan. By rezoning land that could accormmodate an additional 1,170 residential units from them there are 813 units are affordable housing through 2014. The city council has sceduled to review the updated on May 5 2009. The State law requires all California cities to have an adopted General Plan with a housing element that is updated every 5 years. Each city and county receives an allocation of houseing units, broken down by the income categories.The housing department even address the housing according the cliimate change. According to a Cupertino city staff report, meeting existing and pro... 05/09/2009

Cupertino real estate trend March 2009Look at the left graph you can see March 2009 is the right most bar and the 1st from the left bar was the Cupertino homes for sale in March 2008. An overview of Cupertino’s Single Family Real Estate market of March 2008 compared to March 2009 shows some interesting economic changes: 1.) The Cupertino homes inventory rose to 127 this year from last year’s 65.The sold homes are lower from 23 last March to 9 this year. 2.) The average price of Cupertino homes this year has lowered to $1,170,465 from last years’ $1,311,979. The median price on Cupertino homes has dropped from $1,185,000$ to $1,050,000. 3.) It takes average 28 days to a Cupertino home, but last March was 24 days. With all the numbers that show we have more Cupertino homes for sale and l... 04/29/2009

Is the Lynbrook High Homes, Cupertino High Homes & Monta Vista High Homes Market Heating Up? By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe, ABR, ALHS, ASP, CDPE*, PME, RECS, SRES Everyone, or at least most potential buyers, want to know when the market will "hit bottom" so they can snap up a bargain before prices go back up. In examining pending sales activity in the Cupertino Schools of Lynbrook High, Cupertino High and Monta Vista High throughout Saratoga 95070, San Jose 95129, Cupertino 95014 and Santa Clara 95051, we've recently seen an accelerated rate of pending sales since 4/15/09 (the last six days) as compared to the previous 15 days of 4/1/09-4/15/09. Specifically, 29 new pending sales in the past 6 days as compared to 32 pending sales in the prior 15 days. Most tellingly, the overwhelming majori... 04/21/2009

The Cupertino Square mall is on the news again. The only three leveled shopping mall in Cupertino of California which is the home of the Cupertino AMC 16, Strike, JC Penny, Sears, Macy...In year 2005 a local group of the investors purchased  this mall. It went through a few major renovation since then. In year 2006 Cupertino residents voted against rezoning part of the Vallco property to condominiums. The mall encountered the financial problems due to loss of this expected revenue. Those investors sold the mall to the Orbit Resources, Inc.   The Orbit Resources has visions of infusing Cupertino Square with some elements of a lifestyle center and a focus on entertainment, it is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy from September 2008. According today's San Jose Mercury News that If the U. S. Bankrup... 02/25/2009

  Trends At a Glance Jan 2009 Previous Month Year-over Year Median Price $1,291,000 $1,181,000 (+9.3%) $1,097,890 (+17.6%) Average Price $1,203,590 $1,180,200 (+2.0%) $1,059,540 (+13.6%) No. of Sales 9 10 (-10.0%) 9 (0.0%) Pending Properties 11 7 (+57.1%) 23 (-52.2%) Active 71 60 (+18.3%) 46 (+54.3%) Sale vs. List Price 96.4% 96.1% (+0.5%) 100.2% (-3.6%) Days on Market 35 49 (-29.3%) 100 (-65.5%)  Both the median and average price of Cupertino Single Family home is over million dollars. There are 71 homes available and january sold for 11 so we have 6.5 months inventory on the market. The days  on the market is less and the price is slightly higher then last month's data. Grace Keng, Silicon Valley real estate agent,  (408) 799-8887 creator of www.GraceKeng.com , member of the Silicon V... 02/10/2009

There are not only one but two available to buy. The 1st home located at 10410 Wunderlich Dr which is at the Cupertino Rancho area. The Rancho is in between Stevens Creek Blve and Bollinger, and the other two streets are Wolfe and Lawrence Expresssway. The high schools will be Cupertino High school, Hyde Middle, and Sedgwick Elementary School . Those schools are within the Cupertino school disctrict . You may look into the school district to find the boundary, schools introduction and API scores. 1). 10410 WUNDERLICH DR, Cupertino 95014 (Cupertino)$599,000 Beds: 3 bed(s) Baths: 2 bath(s)> Wow! The average per square foot is $579.3 which is very low for Cupertino.  This home sold and closed in March 2009 for $579K. I like this one because it is 3 bedrooms and two baths with low $ cost av... 01/26/2009

While growing up in Cupertino and playing in the orchards and creeks, it sometimes seemed as if I were living in a magical place. Now this fabulous town has become an affluent, sought-after community. Located an hour south of San Francisco and an hour north of Santa Cruz, this city now boasts award-winning shools, parks, a golf course, fabulous restaurants, a library, community center, businesses, a farmer's market, shops, all with easy access. Being such a popular city has made housing affordability a little challenging, but surprisingly, affordable homes do exist!The average sales price for single family homes in Cupertino was $1,014,192 Single Family Residential  2008 Q4   City/Area County New Listings Current Inventory Closed Sales Average DOM Average CDOM Average Sales Price Cupert... 01/06/2009

Cupertino Real Estate Cupertino Home Sales in September 2008 Cupertino 95014  Property Type:  Single Family Homes ~ Cupertino Real Estate There were 22 single family homes reported sold in Cupertino during the month of September 2008. Current Inventory in the month of September 2008 = 77 The Average Price was $1,135,954 The Median Sales Price was $1,112,500 The Average Days of Market (DOM) was 32 % LP Received = 97.90% There were 34 new listings reported in Cupertino, California in September 2008. Property Type:  Condos / Townhomes ~ Cupertino Real Estate There were 6 condos / townhomes reported sold in Cupertino during the month of September 2008. Current Inventory in the month of September 2008 = 24 The Average Price was $686,833 The Median Sales Price was $679,000 The Average Days on... 11/14/2008

Cupertino Bank Owned home is only one in the whole city.  Yes! Cupertino does have as many REO home like San Jose or Sunnyvale or Santa Clara. It is a 3 bedrooms 2 baths about 1048 sf and larger lot over 8000 sq with one car car garage. The schools are Elementary school: Sedgwick Elementary. The Middle schools: Hyde Middle High. The high school is Cupertino High school. It is just on the market for 5 days. If you are interested in knowing more about this Cupertino bank owned home, you may contact: GraceKeng1@gmail.com for the value of your home. Grace Keng, CRS, Silicon Valley, Northern California Real Estate Residential Specialist (408) 733-8887 Rated number #2 featured Cupertino Realtor on Activerain.com and Localism.com. California relocation, local events, homeowner information and... 10/20/2008

Cupertino is located in Santa Clara County ~ California. Cupertino is the home of 95014 Zip Code. Cupertino homes are highly desired for the Cupertino schools. Cupertino home values continue to hold strong. There are many homes for sale in Cupertino California.Property Type:  Single Family Homes ~ Cupertino California There were 56 single family homes reported sold in Cupertino California during the month of August 2008 compared to 55 homes sold in Cupertino during the month of July 2008. The current inventory of homes in Cupertino in August 2008 = 122 The current inventory in the month of July 2008 = 128 The average sales price was $1,203,974 The average sales price in July 2008 was $1,118,353 The median sales price in August 2008 was $1,131,450 compared to $1,138,000 in July 2008 The ... 09/19/2008

Cupertino Square is an indoor shopping mall will be on auction block. Cupertino Square shopping market formerly known as Vallco Fashion Park, will be on auction September 10, 2008 at the San Jose downtown court house. According the local news, San Jose Murcury News : “Gramercy said in an Aug 7 notice of sale of foreclosure, that Cupertino Square owes it and its lending partner, United Commercial Bank, an estimated $121 million. .. this 32-year-old mall, which as been trying to reinvent itself with a new name, a new look and new tenants since 2007”  Kelly Kline, Cupertino redevelopment development manager and a close Cupertino Square observer told the Cupertino City Council on August 5 that the most project at the mall are on hold until the receivership situation changes and the lawsuit ... 08/29/2008

Cupertino City residents can get fre bulk compost Friday and Saturday Mornings from 8:30 AM -11:00 AM at the Stevens's Creek Quarry ( on Stevens' Canyan acroos from the Stevens' Creek Reservoir dam) The compost is made from yard waste collected by the city's yard wasted recyling program. Opne March 28 to October 25 , 2008 No Appointments needed.   Make Sure you bring: 1) You driver's License to verify Cupertino residency. 2). Heavy Plastic Bags or Garbage cans (only 2 bags will be provided per car_ 3). Shaovels 4). Helping hands. 5). A tarp and tie-downs to cover the load in your truck bed   *More information please call (408) 777 - 1320 Grace Keng is a Cupertino ~ Silicon Valley Real Estate Realtor serving home buyers and home sellers in Cupertino and Silicon Valley ~ Santa Clara Coun... 08/27/2008