Tom McEvoy's Blog

It never ceases to amaze me when reviewing the Property History portion of listings how many potential missed opportunities there are to sell a home. As you know, the Property History section contains all listing information in chronological order by MLS number.  It includes, list price, date of ...

This is a partial list of area events for Santa Cruz, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties celebrating Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January, 21st.  Following that is information on holiday closings and public travel schedule information.Ras Midas - With Root Awakening. Raggae celebration of Ki...

When in or near downtown Sunnyvale, heart of Silicon Valley, I suggest you stop in to savor the flavors of award-winning il Postale Italian-American Bistro. They're located on Washington Avenue just east of Mathilda Avenue in what once housed Sunnyvale's original post office.My wife and I frequen...

Yes, I know, what I am doing talking about a 1987 movie, La Bamba? Well, the reason my wife and I saw the movie (again after almost 20 years) and the life-lessons that I picked up by watching it are the reasons I write about it today.Lou Diamond Phillips starred in this film about an early rocker...

This information summary and analysis uses MLS Listings Inc. (MLS) transactional data for December 2007 for Santa Clara County, we affectionately call Silicon Valley, as well as the nearby counties of San Mateo, Santa Cruz and Monterey.For single family homes in Santa Clara County, December saw t...

Hello, my name is Tom McEvoy and this is an introduction to my new ActiveRain blog!I've been a California licensed real estate broker for the past eight years and am a Realtor with a Seniors Real Estate Specialist designation.  I place an emphasis and high value on peer support.  To that end, I'm...