by Mary Pope-Handy | Sep 30, 2022 | Buying tips, Selling tips, Working in real estate
Real estate stress is real! Buying and selling real estate – especially in pricey, overheated Silicon Valley – can make a wreck of anyone. Sometimes clients turn to me and say “how can you do this for a living?” They are bewildered that I can...
by Mary Pope-Handy | May 11, 2022 | Buying tips, Finance Information, First time homebuyers
Is ten percent down enough to be able to buy a home in Silicon Valley? Right now our real estate market is having some hyper inflation, and that makes it hard to compete in the bidding wars, even with twenty percent down! Just the same, the market isn’t equally...
by Mary Pope-Handy | Nov 10, 2019 | Buying tips, Home, Selling tips
Silicon Valley real estate & homes for sale: helpful info, no forced registration Many internet-savvy buyers and sellers begin their Silicon Valley real estate education on the web 18 months or more before they are ready to buy or sell. Most don’t really...
by Mary Pope-Handy | Sep 18, 2016 | Buying tips, Finance Information, First time homebuyers
Do you need earthquake insurance? If you live in Los Gatos, Saratoga, San Jose, or anywhere in Silicon Valley, you are probably aware that it is very likely that we’ll experience a violent temblor within the next 30 years. The San Francisco Bay Area is woven...
by Mary Pope-Handy | Oct 19, 2015 | Book on home selling in Silicon Valley, Buying tips
Mary is extremely knowledgeable about real estate in the Silicon Valley. She found a home for my family in a neighborhood I wasn’t even aware of, but that suited my family’s needs perfectly. —Kieran Sullivan Your home is sold and you are ready to buy your...
by Mary Pope-Handy | Jun 4, 2015 | Buying tips
Real estate is such a great investment! There is probably nowhere else where you can leverage so much with so little. You can purchase a $500,000 home with $15,000 (at least in some markets, some of the time!). If that home goes up in value $50,000 (or 10 percent) in...