Homes For Sale East Palo Alto Blog

Will YIMBY Create Increased Condo Demand?

A recent look at YIMBY vs NIMBY said that a person's attitude about high-density housing was strongly affected by how urban centers were widely viewed when that person was about 18. Boomers were about 18 years old at a time when urban centers had numerous...

Price Appreciation vs DOM

Although home buyers and home sellers should know days on market in order to make decisions, DOM is not a good way to predict house price appreciation. House price appreciation in Sunnyvale has differed significantly from that in Daly City. Days On Market has been low...

GPM – Graduated Payment Mortgage

Many home buyers have heard about adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs). They typically have the advantage of lower mortgage payments than fixed-rate mortgages. This enables the home buyer to get a larger mortgage and buy a more expensive home. An ARM comes with the risk...

Airbnb & Vacation Rental Real Estate

Short-term rental income, such as is typical from Airbnb & Vacation rental real estate, is typically higher per day than from conventional long-term home leases. For many investors, the opportunity short-term rental provides for using depreciation losses to reduce...

Why Make A Preemptive Offer To Buy?

Unfortunately many first time home buyers believe that if a house is offered for sale with a specified offer date, they have to make their offer on that date, or perhaps later if it isn't sold. There are no laws that prevent home sellers from accepting a purchase...

Multiple Counter Offer

In Silicon Valley, multiple offers to purchase a home are often received within a short time period. A seller cannot respond to multiple offers by sending a simple counteroffer to each potential buyer. The seller needs to make a "multiple counter offer". The seller...

Juliana Lee Real Estate Team

Many real estate agents say they are part of a team or part of a group. Rarely would one person try to do everything required to regularly sell real estate. The recent Juliana Lee Real Estate Team Video provides a glimpse into why these real estate agents are a team.