The miracle and novelty of refrigeration
It was not long ago that many homes in the United States didn’t have refrigerators. In fact, it was only in the 1930s that fridges became affordable enough for 60% of households in the US to own one and many people in the UK didn’t own one until the 1970s, that is pretty recent! (source: Wikipedia)
Before that people would grow food or go to the local store daily. In many other countries throughout the world, refrigeration is still a novelty. We take this novelty for granted, we can keep things frozen for a couple months, we can keep milk cold for a week, and we can go to the store once a week to have more than enough food to keep our families fed each night.
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Conquer Super Bowl Anticipation
Or at least have an excuse to unglue your eyeballs from NFL.com and media day to enjoy some home town sports news. And so it is with eager anticipation of this year’s 44th Annual Super Bowl that we look at the success of our local community high school sports teams as 2010 kicks off at great year.
Redwood Gate in Palo Alto funnels to Gunn High School where the Lady Titans have been battling on the soccer field with a recent 1-1 tie game.
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3 sales in the last week and a half??
Yes, that’s right Merimont in San Bruno has sold 3 beautiful homes in the last week and a half. Talk about excitement.
The community is hidden in the hills of San Bruno making it the perfect escape from city life and a busy work day. Wondering where you can find a single-family home with a backyard that’s close enough to the city for a breezy commute? Yup, that’s right, also Merimont.
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Fed Jumps Out, Buyers Jump In!
The Wall Street Journal posted the following story on 1/28/10. We are all eagerly anticipating what will happen next with the housing market and thought you might be too. The Federal Reserve believes that when they pull out of the mortgage market, that investors will be looking to jump on the bargain mortgages and that will keep mortgage rates low. Good news for all you potential home buyers! We will have to wait and see what the market brings… keep your fingers crossed!
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Who do you trust? Headlines & Stories about real estate are a mixed bag
We work in the Real Estate market and the headlines make even my head spin. Many of the stories can be spun in different directions and the trend seems to pull out the negative facts for a catchy title that gets clicks. The facts are often buried in the story.
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Who’s ready for another round of Real Estate Today? (Applause applause and…)
First question…The big news this week regarding new home construction was- (buzz buzz buzz) CNNMoney- what’s the answer?
-This week it was reported that although housing starts have fallen over the last quarter, permit requests from builders have sky rocketed. This is the largest request for permits since Summer of 2008 and was a pleasant surprise for the market.
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What’s New in Technology for your Home?
A few weeks ago, I wrote about The next frontiers of technology. Technology and what is new in technology is particularly relevant to the homes that we build and our prospective home buyers, so I thought I would make this a regular piece to highlight what is out in the market place. As always, we want your input, is there something that you want to see? Let us know in the comments or send us an email by clicking on the name of author of the post.
Here’s what’s new in technology for your home and real estate:
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A Homeowner’s Story: Love at First Sight
As we decided to relocate to the Bay Area and were looking for a house, we had a few houses in Los Altos in our mind. However, considering both of us are working full-time with two kids under three years old, we were wondering if we’ll be able maintain a 30 to 50 year-old house.
Our new home
Then, when we visited model houses at Redwood Gate, we fell in love with them at first sight. First, it has great Palo Alto schools. Second, the floor plan fits in our need – the first floor has a spacious open plan where our kids can play around while we are cooking or even working with the laptops sitting in the kitchen island. Third, when we walked around the area we loved the beautiful trees all around the place!
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A Turning Market
When a market is undergoing change, there is a time where the changes starts happening before we fully recognize that they are happening. The past 6 months have been full of change. We are the first to say we are astonished by the activity levels that we’ve seen and continue to see with our “Mrs. Hill” live chat service seeing significant increase in activity since the start of the year as well as seeing more and more prospective homebuyers at each of our new home communities.
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Winter Home Maintenance Tips for our Homeowners
With Winter in full effect, now is a good time for homeowners who have lived in their newly constructed home to make sure their home is prepared for the season. Regular home maintenance prevents future damage and maintains proper operation of your home.
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It was not long ago that many homes in the United States didn’t have refrigerators. In fact, it was only in the 1930s that fridges became affordable enough for 60% of households in the US to own one and many people in the UK didn’t own one until the 1970s, that is pretty recent! (source: Wikipedia)
