Image by rick.bonetti via Flickr

This past Wednesday, I, along with business partner Moe Baniani and about 110 other Realtors and Managers had the honor of attending Alain Pinel Realtors President’s Round Table recognition event for the top 5% agents in the company.  We traveled by coach to Meadowood Resort in Napa Valley for a delightful luncheon, followed [...]

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Last weekend was the start of three May 2010 weekends in Silicon Valley where artists open their studios to the public.   Studios in Saratoga, Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill and Saratoga were open last weekend.

This coming weekend May 8-9 focuses primarily on Southern San Mateo County communities of Atherton, Belmont, [...]

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Image of Cinnabar Winery via Snooth

Cinnabar Winery Tasting Room is hosting live music every Friday evening this summer on the patio at 14612 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070!  Starting May 2010 they will be offering wine for sale by the glass for onsite consumption at the Cinnabar tasting room in Saratoga Village.
Here’s the lineup:
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The Palo Alto real estate market is often a bellwether in advance of what happens to real estate in the south bay of Silicon Valley.   Here are some recent sales activity from Palo Alto Alain Pinel Realtor Carol Li to give you a flavor of what we might expect. (note: I have not personally [...]

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In blogger-friend Scott Sambucci’s recent Altos Research post, he suggests that year over year and non-seasonally adjusted house sales statistics are the most reliable indicators to answer the questions:  What’s happening in the real estate market?  Where  is it headed?

Scott affirms that the “Case-Shiller HPI is a very reliable index … proven over time to [...]

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