Mary Pope-Handy | Los Gatos, San Jose & Silicon Valley Real Estate

Selling Your Home in an Up or Down Market

by Mary Pope-Handy | Apr 16, 2021 | Book on home selling in Silicon Valley, Selling tips

UPDATE (4/16/2021): This post was originally published way back in June 2015. Santa Clara County was in a seller’s market, just finishing it’s spring peak, but the market wasn’t as hot as it is today. But even in a crazy market like we have today the...

Milpitas

by Mary Pope-Handy | Apr 10, 2021 | homes for sale, How's The Market?, Market Reports, Milpitas, Neighborhoods

Located in the north east end of Santa Clara County, Milpitas offers an excellent commute to locations throughout Silicon Valley. This, coupled with the fact that Milpitas is a great family town with highly regarded schools, makes this city one of the county’s most...

San Jose – Blossom Valley

by Mary Pope-Handy | Mar 23, 2021 | Blossom Valley (SJ), homes for sale, How's The Market?, Market Reports, Neighborhoods, San Jose (all areas)

The Blossom Valley area of San Jose borders Cambrian Park on one side, Willow Glen on another, Santa Teresa on the third, and the beautiful Santa Teresa Foothills on the forth. While Blossom Valley is mostly a quiet suburban district in Silicon Valley and it has no...

Alviso, San Jose’s waterfront community by the bay

by Mary Pope-Handy | Feb 1, 2021 | Alviso (SJ), homes for sale, How's The Market?, Market Reports, Neighborhoods, San Jose (all areas)

Alviso, San Jose’s community on the water Alviso is a small community on the marshy, southern tip of the San Francisco Bay. Originally it was its own city, incorporated in 1852. Ever since 1968, though, it’s been part of the 10th largest city in the United...

What’s my home worth?

by Mary Pope-Handy | Jan 28, 2021 | Home Value

What’s my home worth? Whether you’re thinking of selling or just curious about your property’s equity, the question of current market value is always of interest to home owners. If you are a Silicon Valley home owner, please request an online or in...