Saratoga, CA Real Estate Market Update
Inventory of homes for sale in Saratoga is still dropping (now at 146 detached homes and 14 attached) even as new properties are added to the market. We are continuing to see good sales activity in the high, medium and moderate price ranges. There are some new price reductions and most…
Saratoga Real Estate Market Trends
The real estate market in Saratoga, CA is transitioning from a “buyers market” back to a “sellers market” as we are once again seeing multiple offers, depending on how a property is priced.  We were involved in the sale of a $2.7 million property on Saratoga Heights Dr. last week that had six bidders and…
Mastering The Art and Heart
Last evening my wife and I enjoyed the delightful new movie Julie and Julia. My wife is an excellent cook, who devoured Volume I of Mastering the Art of French Cooking as a young wife and mother; she recalls son Jim frequently asking for Eggs Benedict with her luscious hollandaise. To bloggers,…
Grass Roots and the Story of Stuff
Brad Inman is launching a new venture that mixes text, video and social networking. He spoke about TurnHere Video, Vocab Videos, Vook, recent change in reading habits and how video storytelling is a more effective means of teaching some complex concepts. Inman hopes to facilitate the collaborative work of “grass…
RE BarCamp & Inman Real Estate Connect 2009
I spent Tuesday and Wednesday in San Francisco at two different gatherings of “the best and brightest” among internet-savvy Realtors, software developers and Brokers. The first day at RE BarCamp was an informal network discussion that facilitated friendly interaction; instead of having “experts” presenting seminar talks to an audience, everyone…
