Silicon Valley Housing Blog by Steve Leung

"It's yours!"  About ten seconds after hanging up with the selling agent, I couldn't wait to deliver the news.  This had been something he'd been waiting years for and today was the day.  And after those two words, the only thing on the line was stunned silence!  A combination of elation, shock a...

Sequoia Union covers a wide stretch of Silicon Valley and the Peninsula, serving the San Mateo County cities of Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, and Woodside.Three of Sequoia Union's four comprehensive education high schools (Sequoia Union h...

Fremont Union primarily covers the Silicon Valley staples, Cupertino and Sunnyvale, but also includes areas of other Santa Clara County cities including Los Altos, Saratoga, and San Jose.Three of Fremont Union's five high schools received the California Distinguished School award this year.  Mont...

The California Department of Education (CDE) just released the recipients of its California Distinguished Schools award, which honors the "exemplary and inspiring" schools across the state.  Typically only 5% of schools are awarded with the California Distinguished School title, which schools are...

Progress has been steady and the day's been set.  I confirmed that, beginning Monday of next week, Cupertino Square will be holding several charity events (though they aren't open to the public) leading up to the ribbon cutting at the AMC Cupertino Square 16 movie theater on Friday, April 27.  Mo...

I mentioned in my Silicon Valley Housing Market Update - April 2007, that the recent 9.2% increase in single-family home prices year-over-year in Santa Clara County wasn't necessarily bad news for most buyers.  Then I left a cliffhanger for Sunday. I've updated the article with the reasons why an...

On cue, our feathered friend hopped up onto the wine barrel and struck a pose.  He was the photogenic one.  A friend of his was laying in the shade preening himself and another went roaming the grounds for bugs, but that wasn't him. No, he'd been following some of the other visitors around the wi...

It was the right neighborhood near one of Silicon Valley's up-and-coming downtown areas.  I paced the angular stairwell looking carefully at the stained hardwood while my client measured out the living room.  "It's good," he said, sizing up the empty canvas beside the fireplace.  I smiled and mad...

Going up?  Cupertino Square pulled the wraps off the construction they're doing on the AMC theater set to open in April.  Stairway to heaven?  Normally an escalator wouldn't be that interesting, but in this case it's the visual centerpiece of the Vallco revitalization.The entire area had previous...

Bubble bloggers everywhere rejoice as their lightning rod David Lereah, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors resigned today.  "I'm leaving to spend more time with my family," he is quoted as saying.  Pat Verdevoogd Combs, President of the National Association of Realtors annou...