I am not a foreclosure expert, but I have received training from Alain Pinel Realtors that empowers me to represent buyers of distressed properties.
As I have previously noted on this blog, Saratoga, Monte Sereno and Los Gatos are now experiencing some distressed property sales, but they are generally random (in terms of neighborhoods and price [...]

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Short sales, (sales of homes for less than the amount of their outstanding mortgage debt) have tripled since 2008, particularly in California, according to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times.
The number of transactions rose to more than 160,000 in 2009 from roughly 96,000 in [...]

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Los Gatos and Monte Sereno, CA (zip codes 95030 and 95032) have a relatively small percentage of homes in foreclosure, compared with other parts of Santa Clara County, but are not completely immune from the ravages of the economic downturn.
There are currently only 11 Los Gatos or Monte Sereno distressed homes currently available for sale [...]

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I love interactive maps and potential homebuyers can get lots of important information online at the official Los Gatos City website about property they are considering purchasing.  You can search by street address or assessors parcel number and get maps showing topography, zoning, general plan designation, buildings, lot size and more – even street sweeping [...]

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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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