Silicon Valley Housing Blog by Steve Leung

How do you define what a great place to live is?  I walked up and down the streets of this neighborhood carefully observing how they reacted to it.  It's those details that are important.  After all, there's a double-edged sword here early on in an agent-client relationship: most clients recogniz...

Jet black and brand new.  You could see this car from all the way on the other end of the garage.   It was never well-lighted in this Silicon Valley complex but you could still see the Cadillac's moonlit reflection, like a soft white halo.  There was talk about added security, getting the lock on...

The AMC movie theater at Cupertino Square opened Friday with a noon ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Cupertino Mayor Kris Wang.  Automated movie ticket pods are available in the lobby next to the escalator and you can also purchase tickets at the traditional AMC ticket booth or online.  The new Cup...

"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...