tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246873652009-07-12T11:20:10.285-07:00Unbiased reviews of the newest housing developments in the San Francisco Bay AreaRealtorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15510362655081426251noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687365.post-21167923861284438082009-07-12T11:15:00.000-07:002009-07-12T11:20:10.304-07:00

Homeowners are deliberately walking away from mortgages - LA TimesLooking for the Lenders’ Little Helpers - NY TimesPotential homebuyers still wary - Baltimore SunHousing market built on sand foundation - Herald NewsPoll: Would-be homebuyers cautious as layoffs rise - APMortgage Defaults: Many Are Intentional, Study Finds - TimeAlmost a quarter of homeowners cannot get a mortgage - Times

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In order to figure out what lies ahead for the home prices in Bay Area in 2009 lets take a look on the recent home price change in the several newest Cupertino communities.Two years old two bedroom, two bathroom condo in Metropolitan Cupertino was sold in 2007 for $649,000, not the asking price for this beautiful unit at 19503 Stevens Creek Stevens Blvd 351, Cupertino, CA 95014 is $595,000. The

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The current advertisement for Granada Park by Barry Swenson townhomes screams "Hurry In, Only 5 Homes Remaining". I wonder how long it would take to sale remaining five new Mountain View homes, if Barry Swenson started to sell 20 units of Granada Park in spring of 2007. Also in Mountain View, "Granada Park Townhomes" built by Barry Swenson have 20 new units for sale. "It's coming along really

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I just noticed that someone it tried to rent town house in the new Mountain View Gables End community developed by Regis Homes. The asking rent price is $3,000 per month for two bedrooms and two and half bathrooms unit with two car tandem garage. The town house price has been initially $640,000, but recently the home was sold for $575,000. Looks like the monthly payment for this town house at

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Hoping to salvage another high-profile project besieged by the dismal economy, San Jose redevelopment officials say they are prepared to forgo as much as $2 million still owed by the developer of the 360 Residences, a condominium tower in the South of First area.Under terms of the deal, Mesa Development — faced with slow sales and plummeting home prices — could wind up paying the city just $8

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Classic Communities homebuilder announced preview weekend on May 16 and 17 of a new Sunnyvale homes in Trinity Park. According to the sales office more than 600 interested home buyers already show interest in new 42 single-family homes of Trinity Park development in Sunnyvale. In case you're interested in buying a new home in the Cupertino school district, you can also take a look on Kentwood

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Forbes published the list of America's top 25 towns to live well1. Boulder, Colorado2. Doral, Florida3. Fairfax, Virginia4. Mountain View, CaliforniaPopulation: 70,960Location: South of Palo Alto on the Bay Area peninsula.Median income: $88,736Strongest categories: While there's plenty more to Mountain View, the average commute time of 20 minutes is a rarely found pleasure of Bay Area living.

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TraVigne Villas Cupertino condo development with 46 residential units is mixed-use project built in 2003 on the land previously occupied by deteriorated strip-mall. TraVigne (trah-veen-yay) means "living among the vines" in Italian. This like new condo complex located at 19999 Stevens Creek Blvd near intersection with Blaney Ave. The two-story commercial building with 5,500 s.f. retail and 6,000

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The Skyline at Tamien luxury condominium development by Barry Swenson Builder is conveniently located at the corner of Alma and Lick Avenues in San Jose. The condos are located within walking distance to VTA Tamien station near downtown San Jose, a transit station that services CalTrain, light rail and bus services that go as far south as Monterey and as far north as San Francisco. The land

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The popularity of the Cupertino school district and Fremont school district has priced out many potential home buyers who wanted to buy a home in the neighborhoods with strong schools. Even now when home prices are falling across Bay Area, Cupertino homes are still not affordable and there are not foreclosure homes in Cupertino. There is hope, not every home buyers is aware that attendance area

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Right now it is definitely a time to take an economic opportunity of historically low mortgage rates and a new homeowner tax credit up to $18,000 by buying a new home in Mountain View. Miramonte by Classic Communities is superb community of new single family detached homes in Mountain View located within walking distance of downtown Mountain View. The 58 homes of Miramonte built by Classic

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There are a view pictures Mesa’s 360 Residences condo development in San Jose from different angles. 360 Residences San Jose, one of the several San Jose downtown high-rise projects, is on schedule for 2009 completion date. 360 Residences complex is a 23-story building and has 213 condos ranging from one-, two- and three-bedroom condos with price from $500,000. Home owners at Three Sixty

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Peninsula Real in Los Altos, new 78 unit condominium and townhouse development by Silverstone, reduced prices on several condominium and townhome residences located within attendance area of K-8 school district, the Los Altos School District, and 9-12 Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District.Price for one bedroom, 1,671 square feet condo was $518,880 – now $469,880;Price for two

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The housing market has turned upside down. In January 2009, the median home price is San Francisco Bay area was $300,000 down from $550,000 in January 2008. The developers of San Jose high-rise condominium towers begin to offer tasty incentives for brokers and clients like fixed-rate financing, tax credit, HOA paid for two years.Three Sixty Residences San Jose is a 23-story tower containing 213

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The 151-unit townhomes development known as Mondrian Mountain View by Shea Homes located right of Caltrain tracks and highway 237 in northeastern Mountain View near Sunnyvale border. Not long ago Shea homes razed long vacant Calvac headquarters buildings and plans to build two and three bedrooms townhomes on 9 acres propertyMondrian Mountain View located just a few minutes’ drive from still

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The owners of San Antonio shopping center in Mountain View, most likely urged by the success of Santana Row in San Jose as he highest ranking in the Bay Area by sales per square foot, proposed high-density homes for the San Antonio shopping center, along with parking garages, a new system of driveways and even some open space.http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=1132

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The San Francisco Chronicle reviews Gables End townhouse development in Mountain View.On the plus side, these 108 townhouse-style condominiums are well-positioned for Silicon Valley workers and come with two or three bedrooms, 2 1/2 or 3 1/2 bathrooms and attached two-car garages. Available units range from 1,387 to 1,738 square feet with price tags of $622,900 to $694,900.Perhaps the biggest

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Axis San Jose is one of the new luxury high-rise condo developments in downtown San Jose. The 22-story residential tower of Axis San Jose, designed by Ankrom Moisan architects to offer every unit a fantastic view of downtown San Jose and beyond, and for some condominiums, floor to ceiling glass. Axis San Jose has two levels of underground parking and three above grade parking levels with twenty

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2009 will be a tough year for condo developers in San Francisco-- The company behind Millennium Tower, the 60-story luxury project in SoMa set to open in April, will soon announce it is slicing all prices by 15 percent to entice buyers. In a surprising move, it's also extending that bargain to those who have already submitted deposits to purchase units.-- The owners of the Radiance, the 99-unit

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Despite looking pretty bleak housing market, developers in Mountain View proposing as many as 1,120 new housing units on thirty-eight acres parcel in Mountain View's South Whisman area.The project, which could entail as many as 1,120 housing units and 70,000 square feet of commercial space, is planned for a 38-acre site bordered by Ferguson Drive, East Middlefield Road and the VTA light rail line

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Regis Homes is now offering homebuyers a wonderful opportunity to become a homeowner of one of 108 homes in Gables End community in Mountain View.As I remember, just a few weeks the advertisement for Gables EndMountain View homes looked a liitle bit different. This is your chance to act now to own a new home near Google office.

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The real estate section "who sold what, published Jan. 3" of Silicon Valley newspaper "Mercury News" shows how badly and hard hit several Silicon Valley areas by the nation's foreclosure crisis. Almost all home sales in East Palo Alto and East San Jose involved foreclosed homes from banks. EAST PALO ALTO1395 Camellia Drive, $245,000, 12-08-08, 1,020 SF, 3 BR, US Bank to Newlands Enterprises732

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The famous Cupertino school district is the site of new home community Kentwood place by Braddock & Logan Homes. This Bay Area developer has built over 33,000 new homes, 3,000 apartments and 355,000 square feet of retail and commercial properties since its founding in 1947. Despite the fact that Kentwood place town homes located in San Jose south of Kentwood avenue at the northwest corner of

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and 45 new homes in Palo Alto. Just in time ...A total of 481 homes will take the place of the former Mayfield Mall and Hewlett-Packard office building on the 26-acre site, with 45 of them built on a five-acre Palo Alto portion if approved in January. A mix of four- and five-story stacked flats, three-story row homes and two-story single family homes will surround two parks totaling 3.47 acres. A

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Despite an increasingly uncertain economy, thousands of homebuyers around San Francisco Bay kept snatching up foreclosed homes last month, dragging down the median home price by 41 percent from a year ago, a real estate tracking firm said Thursday.The median home price in the nine-county region plunged to $375,000 in October, compared with $631,000 in the year-ago period, according to San

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