Tonight, April 7, 2010 at 7 PM the City of Saratoga Council meets to review and approve an update to the General Plan 2007-2014 Housing Element and other land use Elements, which include the following proposed changes:

Establishment of a new zoning district C-NRHD (Commercial Neighborhood Residential High Density) in Saratoga Village.
Removal of the 2 [...]

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The map above shows various neighborhoods in Saratoga, CA.
As a Realtor it seems to me that the logical process in home buying is to first choose the community you like and can afford, then narrow the search to select the most desirable neighborhoods (constrained by affordability) and then find the specific home of your dreams that is [...]

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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 a $1.2 million Saratoga Village Pedestrian [...]

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As everyone knows, real estate is highly localized, so within a relatively small geographical area there may be both fast moving, lower-priced sub-markets with multiple offers and nearby, more expensive communities where sales are still relatively slow and inventory is growing seasonally. 
That’s the case in Silicon Valley, where there is rapid absorption of REO eating up available [...]

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Almaden is known for having great schools.  In fact, when I hold open house in Almaden I get quite a few homebuyers who previously were looking in Cupertino, but are now attracted to Almaden for the schools as well as the value.
Most of Almaden (area 13) is in the San Jose Unified School District.  The [...]

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