Real Estatin' the Facts

Photo by Beertje Vonk Artist - Discover traditional landscape design inspiration 5 Ways to Put Fall Leaves to Work in Your Garden - Bay Area residents leveraging sky-high home prices to take out record loan amounts from credit unions -  Dog owners, rejoice: Downtown San Jose welcomes park for pooches -  California Housing: 40 Years Of Crisis And Counting -  Real estate investors on U.S. coasts target cheap, out-of-state markets -  Rent rebels: these people are getting creative to avoid ridiculous Bay Area rent -  Tile Workbook: New Looks With Classic Subways Enjoy!

Photo by Robert Edson Swain Architecture and Design - Search modern kitchen pictures How to Choose the Right Pet Door -  Mark Your Calendars; Satur-YAY 10/8/2016!  Join Me! - C.A.R. Releases Its 2017 California Housing Market Forecast - Investors Eye More Real Estate Assets - San Jose Shoppers Brace For Sales Tax Increase - The Apple Effect: After Spaceship Campus Lands, Will Silicon Valley Prices Soar? - How to Future-Proof Your Family Bathroom Enjoy!

Mediterranean Hall by Montreal Interior Designers & Decorators Esther Hershcovich 8 Home Projects Perfect for Holiday Downtime - 8 Home Projects Perfect for Holiday Downtime - Why It’s Cheaper to Buy a House in the Winter - Fully 70% of homebuyers don’t know about down payment assistance - Housing's Millennial Mismatch - Most Competitive Neighborhoods for Home Buyers in 2014 - California unemployment rate dips to 7.2 percent - The year in Silicon Valley real estate: Google grows, Vallco sells, industrial booms - What's the Right Wood Floor Installation for You? Enjoy!

Traditional Landscape by New York Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers Earth Mama Landscape Design 5 Ways to Put Fall Leaves to Work in Your Garden - 5 Ways to Put Fall Leaves to Work in Your Garden - Realtors are alerted on hot issues ahead for real estate - Apartment Rents Jump — Especially In Silicon Valley - Student loan debt curbs housing market by $83 billion, study says - California Affordable Homes in Short Supply After Cuts - More investment dollars pour into San Jose's North First Street - Own a piece of Sand Hill Road: Rare offering on Silicon Valley's most famous street -  Dream Spaces: Home Offices You’d Be Delighted to Work In Enjoy!

Contemporary Living Room by Irvine Interior Designers & Decorators 27 Diamonds Interior Design 9 Questions to Ask a Home Remodeler Before You Meet -  9 Questions to Ask a Home Remodeler Before You Meet - 200,000 housing units in Bay Area pipeline. Is it enough to move the needle? -  Tesla Motors spawns an automotive ecosystem -  Why would a Chinese tech company buy a $16 million Morgan Hill golf course? -  Why Bitcoin may be superior to cash for sellers of real property -  Where Millennials Live: Redfin Breaks Down Key Attributes of Neighborhoods Where the Young and Educated Cluster -  New HUD Secretary outlines his vision for last years of Obama Administration -  12 Ways to Get a Luxe Bathroom Look for Less Enjoy!

Midcentury Bedroom by San Jose General Contractors Flegel's Construction Co., Inc. Rethinking the Master Bedroom Rethinking the master bedroom; many renters can afford mortgages, but not homes; 5 reason for milllenials to enter the houing market; San Jose real estate market plateaus; housing costs are a drag on CA's economy; 10 year Yelp review: CEO on SF company's journey; Tesla's manufacturing rennaisance; Google propels commercial real estate sales; the future of backsplashes. Enjoy!

Traditional Landscape by Putney Architects & Building Designers Putney Design How to Grow 10 Favorite Fruit Trees at Home How to grow 10 favorite fruit trees at home; Where is the U.S. housing market headed; Best places to flip homes in the Bay Area; Housing prices cool slightly; Renters pour out woes at Mountain View housing event; Common credit mistakes for mortgage seekers; Housing isn't overvalued, except in these 10 spots; Cash sales decline; Ideas for shared kids' rooms.  Enjoy!

Traditional Family Room by San Francisco Architects & Designers Arcanum Architecture How to Navigate an Extended Guest Stay How to navigate an extended guest stay, National Bike Month, top 100 California restaurants, Bay Area wages are very high, signs of an suburban comeback, how the real estate market is reflected on TV, comsumers paying mortgages ahead of credit cards, Ericsson leasing in Santa Clara, 8 uses for a sideyard.  Enjoy!

1818 The Alameda, San Jose, CA  - Eugene Zelenko Whole Foods coming to The Alameda, turnkey homes, Silicon Valley mortgages mapped, how to pay your mortgage down, apps that challenge kids to solve environmental issues, creative window treatments. Enjoy.

By Tomincal (Own work) [ CC-BY-SA-3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Filoli  - Country House set inWoodside, CA Luxury markets, urban villages, efficient office spaces, and in need of 25-34 year old home buyers. Oh, also snow in Big Sur (thank you for that news) and a new gallery find for me.

Silicon Valley, San Jose, Santa Clara, Peninsula, Collage Skyline - found on Etsy The overall themes today are commercial real estate, job growth, and work-life lifestyle of the Silicon Valley, which directly impacts residential real estate. 

Great Blue Heron Flying Above Reflection In Water Top 10 Markets by Equity Appreciation since 4th Quarter 2010. Hint, San Jose did well, which is a great segueway into f our million more homeowners now 'above water'   and housing affordability spiking this year . Another layer affecting affordability is the increase in interest rates as suggested by Janet Yellen in her first press conference. 

Green Leaves by Cuba Gallery While I service a diverse range of clientele, the majority of my clients are first time home buyers in my age bracket, Generation Y or the Millennial Generation. Though Generation Y is economically frustrated , and  unsure if they stand a chance , the question remains -  are they really lost ?

Confetti in the Blue Sky This post was inspired by current clients of mine who are open-minded and forward thinking, prompting the search for up and coming neighborhoods. Price is relative. When a client tells me that something is too expensive, or calls something cheap, I usually ask, "For whom? And compared to what?" Here's an interesting collection of  how one makes do in the Bay Area .