Property Taxes are paid in arrears.  The second installment of your 2009-2010 property taxes are due April 10, 2010.  This means you must have your mailed in payment stamped by the post office by 4/10/10 or you can pay through the internet (although there is a 2.5% fee for using your credit card).  Late payment are subject [...]

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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 respond to an offer.
Buyers need [...]

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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 addition, the City of Saratoga, CA [...]

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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 were added to the inventory including [...]

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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 plotting via Google Maps.  You can [...]

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