Silicon Valley Blog for Real Estate

 Which Picture is worth a 1000 Words? A friend, who just happens to be a client, found an interesting disconnect between a Realtor's photographic presentation of an MLS Listing and photographic references provided by other internet based content providers. Consider this picture.   It is from the ...

Recipe: Cheesy Potatoes made with Sheep Cheese I think everyone has some version of cheesy potatoes.  I have even heard these referred to has "funeral potatoes"  but there is something about the combination of cheese, potatoes and cream that is hard to beat when you need some comfort food.  This ...

My mother's baklava recipe is my favorite and I have tried several recipes.  I have a well loved Greek cookbook that has some very good recipes but I still like the one my mother has been making for over 40 years.  I think the real difference between her recipe and others that I have tried is the...

How does December 2010 real estate compare to the past two Decembers in Palo Alto? * With all the doom and gloom in the news about the state of real estate I decided to look at what was actually happening in our local market.  The average sales price in Palo Alto has actually increased since 2008...

Open House Sunday 1:30-4:30 pm at 1325 Fruitdale Ave, San Jose CA 95126 Listed at 350K 1325 Fruitdale Ave, is a quick stroll to Lincoln Ave in Willow Glen and has easy access to major freeways and public transportation.   1325 Fruitdale Ave, is a 2 bedroom and 2 and 1/2 bath townhouse that has be...

Mountain View, CA Single Family Home Real Estate December 2010* As is typical in December very few properties changed hands in December. Eleven Homes were put on the market in December 2010.  The highest priced home was listed at a little over 1.7M and the lowest priced home was listed at 525K an...

I have an Open House Today from 1 pm to 4 pm at 2192 Los Gatos Almaden Road in San Jose CA 95124. Listed at $649,000, 2192 Los Gatos Almaden Road in the Cambrian area of San Jose CA, is a three bedroom home with two bathrooms.  The home is over 1300 square feet and sits on a HUGE lot.  The lot is...

This recipe for coconut cream cake with coconut chocolate pudding was inspired by all the different recipes for coconut cake tried on my trip to Hawaii.  I can not remember the last time I baked a cake.  I asked my son (who is almost 20) and he said he does not remember me ever baking one before....

Real Estate Activity in Santa Clara County CA as of December 16, 2010. 2490 Single Family homes are listed for sale on the MLS* Of those 2490 homes available, 232 came on the market in the last 7 days or 9% of the current inventory 225 homes are listed for over $2,000,000 Highest priced home is l...

This recipe for cauliflower soup with red quinoa is yet another one of my cleaning out the fridge recipes.  It turned out really tasty so I thought I would share it.  Red quinoa is a grain from South America which has a high protein content and a wonderful nutty flavor.   You can find it at a loc...