EB Tri-Cities Open Houses March 22-23 Not as many open houses this weekend as usual, which doesn’t surprise me because it is Easter this Sunday. But this could be considered a ‘different’ kind of Easter egg hunt. Easter eggs are typically decorated to look beautiful and appealing and I think some of these houses are… Read More
A total of 23 homes were recorded has having sold over the past three weeks in Berkeley. The tables below are for the weeks beginning the 9th, 16th and 23rd of March. Of note is 2008 Francisco Street (pictured right) which sold for $706,000, 9% above its asking price of $650,000. This had the effect… Read More
Over the course of the next 6 weeks, I will be bringing you a list of farmers’ markets by county. Why? Because it is important to support local farmers, it is important to eat locally, and your health can only be improved by being out in the fresh air, walking the booths, and buying only… Read More
This home located at 1598 Sawgrass Drive in San Jose is spacious, offers four bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths, and has a wonderfully large eat-in kitchen. What’s wrong with it, you might ask? It has the misfortune of being located in the besieged Alum Rock district of San Jose. If you are willing to take… Read More
Today I went to do wash in our building’s single communal machine, which has recently been replaced with an energy efficient, water efficient model. Of course, though it surely costs less to run, the price to do wash went up two dollars (in quarters), so I will have to wait until I can find said quarters,… Read More
Until last week I had never heard of subway tile. (No, I don’t live under a rock.) While perusing a kitchen remodeling magazine, I came across the mention of subway tile used as a kitchen backsplash in a renovated 1930s home. So I did a little research and found that these primarily brick-shaped tiles were… Read More
It’s official. Winter has officially departed and spring is the newest resident for the upcoming 3 months. When I think of spring, I think of birds chirping, spring cleaning, flowers blooming and a overall regeneration of life. With that in mind, why not add life back to a neglected house and make it your big spring… Read More
Wow. What a fiasco. A friend and I decided to check out the One Rincon Hill sales office and see just how painful their process really is before letting you see an actual unit. Let’s just say we were even more disappointed than we expected to be. After the usual sign-in sheet where you put… Read More
Oakland is a sprawling urban center with a population of over 400,000 making it the largest of the East Bay cities and coming in 8th on California’s list of most populous cities. It is also considered one of the country’s most diverse cities in terms of ethnic, cultural and racial demographics (over 100 languages are spoken here). While… Read More
The homeowners of San Mateo sure have been ramping up for the Spring selling season. There have been 45 new listings in the last 7 days, and 80 new listings in the last 14 days. That brings the total of homes for sale in San Mateo (including Foster City) to 320 listings, which should be… Read More