Why Saratoga Needs An Intergenerational Center For Younger Olders
Self Esteem – A huge cohort of baby boomers is entering retirement age! These Younger Olders have bought into the cult of youth! We all need to start seeing wrinkles and gray hair positively as the natural badges of maturity, like “ripeness” is the natural expression that fruit as it…
May Home Buyers Write Simultaneous Offers On Multiple Homes For Sale?
The short answer to the question is no, unless they intend to buy both! Two situations are prompting homebuyers to want to make simultaneous offers on multiple properties: 1) a hot market with multiple offers, and 2) a short sale where it may take a bank a long time to…
Saratoga-Live & Saratoga Village Improvements
Saratoga, CA Vice Mayor, Jill Hunter and Brian Berg are two spark-plugs behind the Saratoga Village Development Council, which met Tuesday evening at the Rose International Market on Big Basin Way in Saratoga, CA 95070. In addition to discussing planned events in March and April, the group saw plans for…
March Is Party Time in Saratoga Village
Mardi Gras Luncheon - On Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at noon, the Saratoga Senior Center (across from the post office on Allendale) will be having a Mardi Gras Luncheon featuring Louisiana red bean, rice, chicken and smoked sausage. Phil’s trio wil play jazz music. The cost is $8 per person.…
Inviting Prospective Buyers Into Your Home For Sale
We love our pets and feel that they are a natural part of our home – they have rights too! When it comes to selling your home certain precautions need to be taken regarding animals. Â Some cats are restricted to inside only, for their own protection; Â it important that the…
Saratoga Ground Movement Potential Maps
California statutes require home seller’s disclosure of environmental hazards through reports generated by companies such as JCP/LGS Disclosures, Property ID and First American Natural Hazard Disclosures. They search public records relative to specific assessors parcel and disclose if a property is in an earthquake zone, flood zone or other hazard. In…
Help in Finding A New Home For Your Aging Parent
As adult childern of aging parents, we often don’t know where to turn for advice to answer questions about what senior housing options are available? As a Senior Real Estate Specialist, I have information on local caregiver support resources and retirement communities. I am here to help, so please call…
San Jose Wind Symphony Today at Saratoga’s McAfee Center
An under-publicized community resource in Saratoga, CA 95070, that adds value to real estate (homes and lots for sale), is the McAfee Center, Â located at the corner of Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road and Heriman Ave on the campus of Saratoga High School. This afternoon the San Jose Wind Symphony will feature trombonist…
Localism Strengthens Saratoga, CA
Localism is more than a wishful expression of a local chamber of commerce – it is an understanding that we all gain by supporting our communities. A recent article in Yes Magazine indicated that buying from independent retailers in communities with active “Buy Independent or Buy Local” campaigns reported an…
Saratoga Real Estate Heats Up With The Super Bowl
The Silicon Valley real estate market regularly starts to pick up about the time of the Super Bowl (wasn’t that a great game)! Inventory of homes for sale in Saratoga, CA 95070 is climbing, but is still a low 86 detached and 11 attached homes. Last week 21 detached homes…
Introducing The New APR Open House App
 In the early 1990′s Alain Pinel Realtors was a pioneer in implementing new internet applications for local real estate and they have just introduced their latest ” killer” application: www.Open.APR.com   This website now gets a feed from the MLS database that shows open houses with maps, a street view and a route…
Will Private Morgage-backed Security Investors Pick Up The Slack This Spring?
Continued uncertainty about loan modifications are still an impediment for investors returning to the market with residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). According to Jacob Gaffney, the Federal government’s bailout and stimulus package has “created an environment where private investors in the securitization are reluctant to come back to the sector en…
Will A Voluntary Strategic Walk-Away From Your Mortgage Make Your Problems Worse?
I am hearing more talk these days of homeowners who are “upside down” in their mortgage relative to current home value and they are considering voluntarily walking away from their mortgage and giving their home back to the bank. I heard it at a Christmas party; on the street; at…
Home Buyers Should Act Now Before Rates Go Up
Interest rates have been stable over the past week but appear ready to rise based on Obama’s budget which among other things promotes job growth, responsible government spending and is viewed as a positive for the economy based on today’s bond trading. There were several other positive economic reports out…
