With growing pressure on Silicon Valley cities to allow more high density housing it is not a surprise that more new condos were built in Silicon Valley than single family houses. Looking at the 4 largest residential new home builders, for homes built in 2020: Builder SF Townhouse Condo Total Toll Brothers Inc. 29 43 […]
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San Mateo County is offering several less-known rebates that will reward you for making your landscape more drought tolerant and for water conservation efforts. An up to $300 “Rain Garden” rebate and an up to $4 per sq.ft. “Lawn Be Gone” rebate, emphasize the value of making the change and will make you happier to
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The San Francisco Chronicle published an article on April 15 which has a good summary of the real estate trends during the pandemic. “The Bay Area deviated from state and national trends. The nine-county region’s urban ZIP codes saw home prices increase on average by just 4.7%, while its suburban ZIP codes’ home values shot
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San Mateo County trends and Santa Clara County trends have begun showing greater differences. At the beginning of 2018 prices spiked higher in Santa Clara County due to the expected increase in mortgage rates. At the end of 2020 Santa Clara again is showing greater increases, possibly due to its greater economic influence from tech
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The Foster City Levee improvement, which was funded by Measure P in 2018, is estimated to cost property owners $40 per $100,000 of assessed property value. This cost is much less than the typical flood insurance required by mortgage lenders. The project is also intended to make the Levee/Bay Trail a more inviting recreation destination.
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