Author Archives: Holly Barr

Willow Glen Holiday Tree Delivery!

Holiday spirit is in the air- smells like PINE! Lots of neighbors were busy putting up lights this weekend! I delivered 17 trees to my neighbors and many of them quickly put lights put them up and covered them with lights. The tradition for Willow Glen, in case you are curious, is to have them…

1252 Cherry Ave. AMAZING Victorian!

I am suprised that this house is still for sale! So much charm, old world feel, history, beauty, LAND, details. Love this house! Check out this link for more information about the historical aspect of the house! Historical 1252 Cherry Ave

Willow Glen Update Oct. 20, 2008

People often ask how sales are and how Willow Glen is doing. In a nutshell, Willow Glen had 8 sales in the last week. The week before it was 6 sales. There were two sales over a million $. The first one was at 1115 Carolyn Ave. with a list price of $1,979,989 3,825 sq…

Stunning Rose Garden Home

The rose garden realtors tour is in its infancy right now with about 12 realtors touring all the new Rose Garden listings every first and third Wednesday morning. The week of Oct. 15, our first house was A STUNNING home at 915 Chapman St. 6077 sq. ft. house with Four bedrooms and 3.5 baths tennis…

Real Estate Bailout

From my lender sources, the real estate buyout started on October 1, 2008. The basic translation of bailout is you renegotiate your mortgage with your lender to reflect the current market value of the home. Seems similar to a short sale where your REALTOR negotiates with the bank for a lower SALES price. The difference…

New Realtor Tour for the Rose Garden

Today was the first tour for the Rose Garden area of Willow Glen (especially close to my heart as I got married at the Rose Garden). Here we are at Zanato’s at Naglee and Bascom. The tour consisted of 9 homes and was organized and led by Nora Sandoval with the well respected Sereno Group….

Classic Craftsman!

For those who love a Craftsman style home, there is a BEAUTIFUL one for sale (again) at 1226 Minnesota Ave. in the Willow Glen area of San Jose. This house has 2700 sq ft., artist studio and a HUGE full height basement. It was for sale almost exactly 2 years ago for the same price…

Finding a good lender – in this economy.

Okay, financially speaking, the world is a bit scary right now. Banks are closing and being absorbed. I am reading about people pulling money out of their banks (and putting it under their mattresses essentially). Our whole economic system is morphing into something new. That being said, people (lots of people) are still buying houses….

What will builders pay for a lot?

As always there are some amazing properties available in San Jose. The total inventory for Santa Clara County is 6360 (4823 single family homes and 1537 for condos). Sales for the Willow Glen area of San Jose have dropped to 7 from 13 last week. The count of how many houses are on market for…

Take a new way home and get a treat!

As a realtor, I like to think I am up on the neighborhoods that I serve. Part of that is driving around a bit and checking out streets I may have not seen in awhile. Today, my meandering home took me down one of my favorite streets, Franquette. I like this street because of the…