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2 Cats Allowed or No Sale!

November 17th, 2011 · 4,799 Comments · buying a home, condo/townhome, first time buyer, home for sale, home seller, real estate, santa clara, santa clara home, selling a home

This was a normal transaction in Santa Clara where I represented the seller. I actually sold the seller this home as her buyer’s agent so this was our second transaction together on the same home! I just love this seller. She has the best personality and is such a positive person. After our first transaction together we stayed in touch [...]

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Another Successful Short Sale Transaction with a FHA Buyer

October 27th, 2010 · 5,671 Comments · FHA approved, FHA loan, bay area, buying a home, condo/townhome, first time buyer, homebuyer, real estate, santa clara, santa clara home, short sale

I sold this home to a really sweet first time FHA buyer who was  very patient through the waiting process. This sale was a short sale that took about 2 months for short sale approval and then another month to close the transaction, so not too bad. For the most part the short sale process and [...]

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Average Sales Prices for Santa Clara County and Fremont 1st Half of 2010

August 31st, 2010 · 5,423 Comments · bay area, real estate, santa clara, statistics, stats

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City/Area
Average Sales Price 2010

Almaden Valley (13)
951,635

Alum Rock (4)
350,648

Alviso (Santa Clara County) (7)
447,500

Barron Park (232)
1,432,191

Berryessa (5)
524,324

Blossom Valley (12)
514,807

Cambrian (14)
615,609

Campbell (15)
685,626

Central San Jose (9)
422,843

College (236)
1,572,318

Community Center (240)
2,638,666

Country Club (212)
1,812,174

Crescent Park (239)
2,596,000

Cupertino (18)
1,052,291

Dowtown Mountain View
844,815

Downtown Los Altos
1,565,000

Evergreen (3)
699,912

Grant (208)
1,294,592

Green Acres (231)
1,459,055

Green Gables (238)
1,579,863

Highlands (213)
1,689,000

Los Altos Hills (221)
2,468,022

Los Gatos/Monte Sereno (16)
1,430,156

Midtown (234)
1,437,837

Milpitas (6)
527,994

Miramonte (209)
1,103,914

Morgan Hill / Gilroy [...]

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FHA Loan or Conventional Loan?

May 25th, 2010 · 15,220 Comments · FHA loan, bay area, buying a home, first time buyer, homebuyer, real estate, santa clara, tax credit

I sold this home in Santa Clara for $711,000 to a very nice young couple buying their first home. They initially wanted to get an FHA loan and put as little of a down payment as possible, but also had the ability to go with a conventional loan as well. In my opinion, if you [...]

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