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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…

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….

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…

Prime street – Jewell house

My pick of the week is 1169 Norval Way in San Jose (Willow Glen). Listed at $835,000, this house is 1237 sq ft. with a 6240 lot, 2 bed 1.5 bath. The 1/2 bath is in the master and there are options to make it to make it into a full bathroom. The kitchen has…

Neighborhood WATCH!

With the economy down, gas prices and everything else going up it is no suprise that we are seeing more petty crime. Over the last week I have heard from several clients and friends telling me about crimes where someone broke into their car and took what they could. In one story they were loading…

3 quick tips when hiring a realtor

It is important to not only hire a local realtor who knows your neighborhood, but someone who works for a company you recognize. Here are the reasons why: 1) A local realtor will have access to local buyers and sellers! 2) Typically, a local realtor will attend local events and real estate tours. That knowledge…

Willow Glen Update 9/4/08

The market this week seems to be a smidge better than last week (yes, smidge is a technical term .  The count (how many houses on market) last week was 262 and this week it has dropped to 245 for area 10 (Willow Glen). What I find interesting is that it looks like more sellers…

Median sales prices have dropped

I know it is not news for many. However, here is a chart that I find comes in handy. Santa Clara had a change of -16.40% in ONE YEAR! Source: DataQuick Information Systems, www.DQNews.com Media calls: Andrew LePage (916) 456-7157 or John Karevoll (909) 867-9534 Copyright 2008 DataQuick Information Systems. All rights reserved. Sales Volume…