Here are some local resources for green building materials:
Flooring:  Earth and Company, 249 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 650-261-3500
Cabinets:  Golden Gate Kitchens, 272 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA 408-370-2388
Countertops:  Design 101, 1821 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga, CA 408-873-1100
Tile:  Tile Fantastic, 22910 S. Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 408-371-6247
Rick Bonetti | Alain Pinel Realtors | 408-857-8800 [...]

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Saratoga real estate continued to have strong sales activity in August 2009 and during the first half of September.  There have been 17 new sales since the end of August.  At mid-month September, Saratoga has 39 pending sales and the detached inventory available for sale had dropped to 128 homes.  Unfortunately about 1/3 of Saratoga pending [...]

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You may have heard about reverse mortages for senior homebuyers, age 62 or older, who have lived in a home for some time and built up considerable equity, but now Wells Fargo has a Reverse Mortgage program that allows seniors to purchase a primary residence with a reverse mortgage without having monthly mortgage payments
The purchase program [...]

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Here are three simple homeseller tips from professional stagers: Un-clutter, Neutralize, Create Impact.

Rick Bonetti | Alain Pinel Realtors | 408-857-8800 | DRE#01237009

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This past week Hasbro and Google launched of a four-month-long online, Google Maps-based version of Monopoly. Click>here to become the richest player and win.  Prospective players use their $3 million Monopoly starter dollars to buy any real estate they want on the Google Map.
I am putting my money in Saratoga Real Estate.  Let’s see who [...]

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