Comments for Residential Real Estate in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills & Palo Alto from Jeff and Steve http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com Perspectives on Real Estate market in Palo Alto, Los Altos, and the surrounding areas in California from two area experts Wed, 14 May 2008 02:51:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on The Difficulty of Pricing High-End Homes by Real Estate In North Georgia http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/the-difficulty-of-pricing-high-end-homes/#comment-51 Real Estate In North Georgia Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:19:52 +0000 http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-51 I guess I have trouble understanding a luxury home value. When you put to many upgrades in a median price home you loose when you resell if the current community has not done the same. So why should luxury homes that choose to add everything get any different treatment it should go by comps in area. Thus all luxury homes would tend to be in one area would be where you would expect to find them with comperables. I guess I have trouble understanding a luxury home value. When you put to many upgrades in a median price home you loose when you resell if the current community has not done the same. So why should luxury homes that choose to add everything get any different treatment it should go by comps in area. Thus all luxury homes would tend to be in one area would be where you would expect to find them with comperables.

]]> Comment on Something’s Happenin’ Here… by Real Estate In North Georgia http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/something%e2%80%99s-happenin%e2%80%99-here%e2%80%a6/#comment-50 Real Estate In North Georgia Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:16:00 +0000 http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-50 Many are choosing to ride it out and wait till a better market and to make do. So unless relocating I don't even see the upsize and downsizing going on. I see this market as an opportunity for upper middle class to purchase a vacation home or a house near a childs university for college. I see some boomers still tending parents and unable to move buy purchasing that retirement home and using it for vacations till then. There are also alot of great homes for those that qualify and who have saved a deposit for that first time home many foreclosures are a good value. People are just nervous and actually being very frugal and paying off credit card debt and trying to plan for a possible hard time ahead. I think offering new homeowners to match there deposit is a great way to get those foreclosures sold. Only if they can qualify and take on this type of loan. I saw a thing in Canada where at age 55 they offer homeowners an opportunity to take there house taxes after they sell there home allowing many to remain in there homes longer. As our elderly population finds it difficult to pay raised taxes and insurances I kinda hope we do something like that here. There are some conditions they have to do this but great for the elderly or disabled. Of course that makes another house not being sold but thats okay one day it will. Many are choosing to ride it out and wait till a better market and to make do. So unless relocating I don’t even see the upsize and downsizing going on. I see this market as an opportunity for upper middle class to purchase a vacation home or a house near a childs university for college. I see some boomers still tending parents and unable to move buy purchasing that retirement home and using it for vacations till then. There are also alot of great homes for those that qualify and who have saved a deposit for that first time home many foreclosures are a good value.

People are just nervous and actually being very frugal and paying off credit card debt and trying to plan for a possible hard time ahead.

I think offering new homeowners to match there deposit is a great way to get those foreclosures sold. Only if they can qualify and take on this type of loan.

I saw a thing in Canada where at age 55 they offer homeowners an opportunity to take there house taxes after they sell there home allowing many to remain in there homes longer. As our elderly population finds it difficult to pay raised taxes and insurances I kinda hope we do something like that here. There are some conditions they have to do this but great for the elderly or disabled. Of course that makes another house not being sold but thats okay one day it will.

]]> Comment on Something’s Happenin’ Here… by Eric Hundin http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/something%e2%80%99s-happenin%e2%80%99-here%e2%80%a6/#comment-49 Eric Hundin Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:16:10 +0000 http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-49 I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you. Eric Hundin I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.

Eric Hundin

]]> Comment on Crumbling Confidence? by Chris Moran http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/crumbling-confidence/#comment-20 Chris Moran Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:50:17 +0000 http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-20 I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you. Chris Moran I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.

Chris Moran

]]> Comment on Market Confusion Continues by Palo Alto market showing signs of life | 3 Oceans Real Estate, A Boutique Real Estate Brokerage Serving the San Francisco Bay Area http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/market-confusion-continues/#comment-17 Palo Alto market showing signs of life | 3 Oceans Real Estate, A Boutique Real Estate Brokerage Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:27:12 +0000 http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-17 [...] TenBroeck, also of Alain Pinel, notes on his blog: This past week was brutal!   Last Saturday & Sunday we had the most traffic ever to come [...] [...] TenBroeck, also of Alain Pinel, notes on his blog: This past week was brutal!   Last Saturday & Sunday we had the most traffic ever to come [...]

]]> Comment on Finally Beginning to Get It? by Andreas http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/finally-beginning-to-get-it/#comment-3 Andreas Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:02:50 +0000 http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/finally-beginning-to-get-it/#comment-3 Silicon Valley is a collection of small towns from Redwood City to Menlo Park to Palo Alto to Santa Clara, Cupertino, Los Altos, and Los Gatos. These all merged into one general suburban city, and for many people, it's just one area. But it's still made up of pockets of areas. No wonder home prices for real estate vary so much, even within a few miles. Silicon Valley is a collection of small towns from Redwood City to Menlo Park to Palo Alto to Santa Clara, Cupertino, Los Altos, and Los Gatos. These all merged into one general suburban city, and for many people, it’s just one area. But it’s still made up of pockets of areas. No wonder home prices for real estate vary so much, even within a few miles.

]]> Comment on Confidence is Crumbling! by Kevin Boer http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/confidence-is-crumbling/#comment-2 Kevin Boer Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:59:45 +0000 http://jeffandsteve.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/confidence-is-crumbling/#comment-2 Welcome to the real estate blog world, gentlemen! Looking forward to more of your insights. Welcome to the real estate blog world, gentlemen! Looking forward to more of your insights.

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