Renters: beware that if you do a search on Craig’s list and find a listing for a rental property that sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
Today I was contacted by a young woman who did a Google search for 7129 Cerro Crest and found my Saratoga Voice site.  She assumed that I [...]

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Trees are assets to most properties if they are propertly maintained.  Often, homeowners want to open up their property to more light and/or better views and hire unqualified tree trimming companies that either don’t know or don’t care about the long term health of the trees they are working on.  Certified arborists know how to maintain the [...]

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The ready availability of jumbo mortgage financing has constrained the market for more expensive homes in Saratoga, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and other parts of Silicon Valley.  The problem has be sluggishness in the secondary wholesale market for loans above $729,750.
Now Private Mortgage Advisors (a joint venture of Wells Fargo and Alain Pinel Realtors) just announced very special, [...]

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One of the benefits of summer in Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and Saratoga is the abundance of great outdoor music.  In addition the Los Gatos Sunday Music in the Park I also enjoy Jazz on the Plazz, which starts this Wednesday at 6:30 PM. 
Here’s the lineup:
June 23 – Kathleen Grace
June 30 – Blue Wednesday, featuring Chris [...]

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During the decade when I was born in Saratoga, CA there were only 470 homes built.  Most of the surrounding land was in orchards.  During the 1950’s the boom started, reaching its peak during the 1960’s.  The 1970’s were also active home building years, but it tapered off dramatically after that as most of the large parcels [...]

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