Santa Clara, California Week of February 28 to March 8, 2010 Active Single Family home Market Update Report February 28-March 8, 2010 in Santa Clara, California, here is the market upadate for Active single-family homes Map of Property currently active in Santa Clara California Summary Of Comparable Properties Single Family Residential   Address City Beds Bath DOM LOE SqFt $/SqFt Lot(SqFt) List Price Age Sale Price   ACTIVE                       Burdick Ln   Santa Clara   4   3|1  5     2,989   $377.38   3,484   $1,128,000   6       Wood Duck Ct   Santa Clara   4   3|0  6     2,494   $428.23   11,305   $1,068,000   49        Norwood   Santa Clara   4   2|1  14     2,104   $474.71   2,178   $998,800   3        Doyle Ci   Santa Clara   3   2|1  10     2,331   $426.86   3,484   $995,000   ... 03/07/2010

There will be a Nia demo at 4:00 pm.  Come join us!WHAT: FREE Health Fair - Day of Dance WHO: El Camino Hospital WHEN: Saturday, February 27, 2010 TIME: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm WHERE: Santa Clara Convention Center 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054 It is a fun-filled event that motivates women to take action to improve their health and their families! The entire community is welcome to dance, celebrate your health and learn about cardiovascular disease. Join in the day for fun and wellness! Day of Dance will be filled with a variety of activities including dancing, screenings, lectures, a fitness fashion show, vendor booths to visit, prizes, giveaways and more! Dancing Various types of dance will be performed and taught to the audience. Everyone is encouraged to participate an... 02/22/2010

Santa Clara Open Houses Sunday on Sunday January 31, 2010. If you are looking for Sunday open houses in Santa Clara California, there are 20 homes with open house schedule Sunday January 31, 2010. Here is the list if you are in the mood for house hunting this Sunday. Good Luck!  Street Address List Price Beds Baths (F|P) Bldg SqFt Age DOM Class Open House Schedules 3735 PRUNERIDGE AV 828000 3 2|0 1674 54 9 Single Family Sun 1/31 1:30-4:30 3410 TRACY DR 748000 3 2|0 1336 53 4 Single Family Sun 1/31 1:30-4:30 1101 E RIVER PY 739999 3 2|1 1907 8 4 Single Family Sun 1/31 1:30-4:30 1778 HIGGINS AV 668800 3 2|0 1628 57 23 Single Family Sun 1/31 12:00-3:00 588 SARATOGA AV 650000 3 2|0 1694 63 3 Single Family Sun 1/31 1:00-4:00 3557 SUNNYDAYS LN 599500 3 2|0 1603 12 3 Single Family Sun 1/31 1:0... 01/31/2010

Currently In Counter! Westwood Oaks Beauty! by Michelle C. Carr-Crowe Spacious & Stylish Westwood Oaks! Cupertino Scls-$828K! Offers were due & received Wed., 1/27 - we are currently in multiple counter-offer situation Wish you'd made an offer? Better hurry... This lovely home features a GRANITE Slab Kit., Thick Crown Moldings, Glowing Hardwood Floors, a HUGE Great Room ... and all on an oversized lot! Plus Cupertino Schools-$828K! Disclosures at the property and sent by request via email. $828,000 - Spacious & Stylish Westwood Oaks Beauty! Open & Flowing 3 Br* Ranch-Style Home Boasts Charm & Custom Features, Even a Charming White Picket Fence! Gorgeous Bullnose Granite Slab Kitchen! Designer Paint! Dramatic Palladian Dual Pane Windows! 5 Skylights! Thick Baseboards in Crisp White! Thic... 01/28/2010

2009 was actually a busy year for home sales in Santa Clara. Although the national press focused on the sluggish real estate market, record high foreclosures and the country's credit woes, the number of homes sold in the City of Santa Clara was not too far off from 2007 levels. In 2007 569 homes were sold in Santa Clara compared with 539 sold in 2009.  2008 we did witness a very down year, that number dropped to just 485 homes. The biggest difference in 2009 from previous years were the number of short sales and bank owned homes that made up the total sales. In 2009 the number of short sale homes sold in Santa Clara were 66 homes or 12% of homes sold that year. Santa Clara bank owned homes totalled 123 in 2009 or 23%.  Over a third of the single family homes sold in Santa Clara in 2009 ... 01/28/2010

San Jose Homes for Sale with Cupertino Schools including Lynbrook High Homes Open House List Jan. 23 & 24 by Michelle C. Carr-Crowe Following is a list of San Jose Homes for Sale in Santa Clara with Cupertino Schools, including Cupertino High Homes, that have open house for the weekend of Jan. 23 and 24 with these high-performing Cupertino Schools: Lynbrook, Monta Vista & Cupertino High in the following Cities: San Jose, Cupertino, Saratoga & Santa Clara. Be sure to stop by and see our *2* New Get RE$ult$ Team Homes! Spacious & Stylish Westwood Oaks Beauty! Santa Clara with Cupertino High!  Warm and Welcoming Westwood Oaks Beauty with Cupertino High! Santa Clara Utilities = LOWER Cost of Owning & Running a Household! Pruneridge x. Hillsdale & La Herran, near Westwood Oaks Park (between ... 01/22/2010

    November/December 2009 in Santa Clara, California, here is the market statistics for Pending listings single-family homes: Pending = 10 Single Family Homes- Pending-Are homes that are in contract-a buyer has submitted an offer Average DOM=88 DOM-Day on the market-the time the property has been list. View Larger Map Average List Price=$484,950  Summary Of Comparable Properties   Single Family Residential       Address City Beds Bath DOM LOE SqFt $/SqFt Lot(SqFt) List Price Age       PENDING                       Wilson Ct   Santa Clara   3   2|0  4     1,707   $336.85   6,000   $575,000   55     Rosita Av   Santa Clara   3   1|0  7     1,075   $464.19   5,700   $499,000   57     Pilot Knob Dr   Santa Clara   4   2|0  29     1,644   $271.59   8,000   $446,500   51     De La Cruz Bl   ... 01/21/2010

How a Winter Holiday Weekend Can Help Buyers Negotiate (and GET!) a Great Home Buy by Michelle C. Carr-Crowe Did you know it's estimated about 30 percent of the population in Santa Clara County leaves the immediate Valley during most holiday (three-day) weekends? Even in this fiscally conservative environment time, people still plan to get away to visit friends or relatives, as well as campgrounds, beaches, theme parks and pre-paid timeshares. What does this mean for the Buyers who stay in town? First and foremost is OPPORTUNITY due to temporarily reduced competition! Especially in the more competitive market segments, such as under $900,000 for single-family in Lynbrook High, under $600,000 for Cambrian with Branham or Leigh High Schools or almost any single-family home under $400,000.... 01/17/2010

Sneak Preview! Pre-MLS Open House Sat. & Sun. (cupertino) Reply to: hous-rf6qe-1534373579@craigslist.org Cupertino High! Sneak Preview! Pre-MLS Open House Sat. & Sun. Exclusive! Not YET on MLS! This Warm & Welcoming Updated Beauty is Located in a Lovely Cohesive Neighborhood! Large, Lovely Lot! Curved Custom Driveway! Even a White Picket Fence! Spacious and Comfortable 4 Bedroom! Custom Granite Kitchen! Award-Winning Cupertino Schools! Eisenhower Elementary & Cupertino High! Exclusive Showings Sat. & Sun., 1:30-4:30 Just Call 408.252.8900 for Address & Directions Email or Fax (408.378.9056) valid pre-approval letter with contact info and request to see Sorry, principals only (no agents) at this time, thank you * 01/02/2010

The city Santa Clara is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and was named after the mission. The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on the grounds of Santa Clara University. The above picture is taken out side of the Santa Clara Univervisty. What is the current Real Estate market in Santa Clara Calif ? If we compare from November 2008 to November 2009, you will find some interesting changes: 1). The home inventory has gone down from last year's 199 to this year 97.  The numbers of sold homes has gone up from last year`s  32 to 34 this year. 2.) The average Santa Clara home sales price is higher. In November 2009 sales price is $673,430 vs last November's  $621,636 The median sales of  November 2009 is $638,000 which is a increase from last... 12/31/2009

Move-Down Santa Clara Seniors-Get Your FREE Government Money!* By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe Did you know there is now FREE Government Money for Move-Down Seniors in Santa Clara in the form of a new, limited-time, tax credit?* Right now, there’s a classic 3-bedroom bungalow in the exclusive Dry Creek are of Willow Glen in San Jose just waiting for a move-down senior owner. And if you act now and close by April 30, 2010, you may also qualify for approximately $6,000 in the form of a government tax credit-EVEN if you're not a first-time home buyer! For example, located on a quiet, tree-lined street in beautiful Willow Glen, “Grandma’s Cottage” at 2180 Cheryl Way is a well-cared-for home featuring gleaming hardwood floors, an efficiency kitchen and dual pane windows. At a price of $600,000, a ... 12/27/2009

Santa Clara at the Bottom of Forbes List By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe Everyone wants to be in the Top 10…except on Forbes list of most overpriced homes. This newly updated list features Kissimmee/Orlando, Florida as #1. To find the cities with the most overpriced homes, they ranked the 40 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas--geographic entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, for use in collecting statistics. Using data provided to Forbes by Altos Research, a Mountain View, Calif.-based real estate research firm, each metro area was ranked on the following: 1) percentage of homes that had seen price reductions, an indicator of inflated pricing; 2) the median number of days spent on the market (the longer homes stay on the market, the more likely they are to be overv... 12/15/2009

Homes in Cupertino Schools Open Houses December 12 & 13 By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe Looking for a home within the Cupertino Schools? From Saratoga to San Jose, Santa Clara to Cupertino, following are the homes for sale in the “Cupertino Schools” area (Monta Vista, Cupertino or Lynbrook High) that have open houses this weekend. For a free list like this every week, send an email to open@michellejudycarr.com, or Just Call 408.252.8900. 12888 CHIQUITA CT Detached Single Family (Class 1) 4 bed(s) /3|1 bath(s) 43,995 sq ft Saratoga (Saratoga) $2,998,000 MLS: 80941246 12525 PARKER RANCH CT Detached Single Family (Class 1) 4 bed(s) /4|0 bath(s) 60,984 sq ft Saratoga (Saratoga) $2,595,000 MLS: 80956217 21427 CONTINENTAL CI Detached Single Family (Class 1) 4 bed(s) /4|1 bath(s) 43,560 sq ft Sarato... 12/11/2009

Santa Clara, Support Cupertino Schools! Inexpensive Holiday Concerts TONIGHT, December 10th by Michelle C. Carr-Crowe Are you looking for a family-friendly, entertaining way to enjoy the holidays? Wherever you live in Silicon Valley - Cupertino, San Jose, Saratoga, Sunnyvale or Santa Clara, support Cupertino area high schools and attend one of the low-cost holiday choir concerts TONIGHT, December 10th. CUPERTINO HIGH SCHOOL December 10 — Holiday Concert at 7:00pm in Auditorium LYNBROOK HIGH SCHOOL December 10 — Holiday Concert at 7:30pm in Auditorium HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL — Winter Pops Concert at 6pm and at 8pm in Auditorium In addition to (or if you can't make one tonight), consider: FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL December 17 — Choir Concert at 7pm at Saint Luke in Sunnyvale or MONTA VISTA HIGH S... 12/10/2009

Is Now a Good Time for You to Buy a Home in Santa Clara with Cupertino Schools? by Michelle C. Carr-Crowe Is This YOUR Year to Buy a Home in Santa Clara with Cupertino Schools? Take this quiz and find out right now if yes, this is your year to buy a home!  http://apps.facebook.com/is-this-your-fafcfan/?&sr=feedform   Is This YOUR Year to Buy a Home in Santa Clara with Cupertino Schools? A series of thought-provoking questions designed by the real estate consultants and experienced experts at Michelle C. Carr-Crowe and the Get RE$ult$ Team to help potential buyers clarify their goals and discover if yes, this is the right year for them to buy a home. Top of Form 1.     1. Is there an out of area home purchase, job or investment opportunity you'd like to take advantage of in the next 6 mo... 12/06/2009

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Santa Clara Voters Support Cupertino Schools Yet Measure G Fails By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe At 7:00 pm tonight we were surprised when the phone in our Santa Clara home rang. A Fremont Union High School District student called to remind my husband to vote on Measure G tonight. Our daughter who attends high school in the district had also made calls like this, so we were familiar with the campaign. We'd talked to another volunteer this past weekend in fact. Their persistence paid off. With 59 percent voting yes, Measure G clearly had majority approval. However, it needed 2/3 approval to pass. Whether you live in Cupertino, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale or Los Altos, your property's value benefits from being in the Fremont Union High School District (commonly referred to as "Cupertino Sc... 11/03/2009

Santa Clara Residents with Cupertino Schools-Vote Today on Measure G! By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe Exercise your right to vote today! In the Fremont High School District, Measure G is on the ballot. Below is a synopsis of the proposal. Basically, it is an extension of the existing parcel tax at the same amount of $98, which is set to expire, as well as an annual adjustment for inflation. The measure exempts homeowners who are seniors and/or disabled. NOVEMBER 3, 2009: MEASURE GTo provide stable, local funds needed to protect teaching positions, and assure that Cupertino, Fremont, Homestead, Lynbrook, and MontaVista High School students are prepared to successfully compete for college admission, shall the Fremont Union High School District replace its existing, expiring parcel tax with a ta... 11/03/2009

Wonderful news for the Santa Clara Unified School district as API scores have increased across the board on most elementary and middle schools for 2009. Impressively Bracher Elementary is now as high as Sutter, Ponderossa, and Braly. I am a proud Bracher Alum, and want to congratulate the teachers and staff as well as the parents on a great job. Also Don Callejon the only k-8 school is over 800 for the first time. Peterson middle school is continuing to improve as is Laurelwood which just surpassed 900. This is a wonderful trend that I hope will continue for the Santa Clara community and the quality of the student's education. 2009 Growth 2008 Base 2008-09 Growth Target 2008-09 Growth SANTA CLARA UNIFIED 782 764 D 18 Elementary Schools Bowers Elementary 790 765 5 25 Bracher Elementary 8... 09/16/2009

I am in California My buyer has found active mold in the kitchen 3 Days after Close of excrow.This is a home under regular sale. Not a short sale nor a REO. Buyer received a clean Mold inspection report before COE. what are the buyers options? 09/11/2009