1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges Demystified

One of the many benefits of owning real estate is the ability…

A New Real Estate Trend in Silicon Valley: Condemned Homes

Over the past four months, there have been at least three residential…

The New Tax Law & Its Impact on Real Estate

Last December, we published an article on how the proposed tax…

Initiative for Property Tax Portability

Thanks to Proposition 13, since 1978 California homeowners have…

Santa Clara County Launches Partial Payment Program for Property Taxes

Homeowners in Santa Clara County now have the option of making…

Proposition 13

On June 6, 1978, Proposition 13 passed with a two-third majority…

Stanford Professor Builds Custom, Prefab Green Home

Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Mark Jacobsen is…

Do Presidential Election Years Affect Real Estate?

Today marks exactly four months until the United States holds…

Google CFO Buys Historic Palo Alto Home for $30 Million

Google’s new CFO, Ruth Porat, now owns of one of Palo Alto’s…

Apple’s Silicon Valley Land Grab

Apple’s Cupertino spaceship complex has garnered an enormous…

Specialty Grocery Stores Impact on Home Values

According to recent findings, the grocery store in your neighborhood…

Silicon Valley Sellers In the Driver’s Seat

With housing inventory remaining at historically low levels in…