Silicon Valley Housing Blog by Steve Leung

The beauty of real estate is that you can apply a lot of its concepts to other areas.  In this case, Money Crashers writes about being upside-down on a car loan and bootstrapping your way out of a situation where you owe more on the loan than your car is worth. Traditionally it's been easier to g...

Howdy, I've folks updated my article on Walking Tours and Hiking Trails Galore to include another great Bay Area hiking site that has detailed pictures of the flora, fauna, creepy crawlies, and other skeptical natives you might encounter on your next outdoor adventure.  Oh, and it's got my two fa...

The reality of Silicon Valley is that you need a car to get most places you'd actually need (or want) to get to on a regular basis.  This is unfortunate because other urban-suburban regions have shown that it's both possible and practical.  Boston, for example, has the amazingly interconnected T ...

Ever wondered how your favorite shopping mall rates or whether there might be a much nicer one within a few minutes of where you're going now?  Scott Parsons of the BIGMallRat Guide to Shopping Malls has a solution. His site focuses on Northern California and Reno, Nevada and rates some of the bi...

While folks are moving into the Bedford Square master-planned community in July, they've already sold out the first of their six phases.  Its location in Mountain View right along the border of neighboring Sunnyvale is close to many major employers in the Silicon Valley.Even in the rain that day,...

Whoever said "virtue is its own reward" didn't know that the 511 Rideshare Rewards Program is giving away up to $100 in gasoline and Safeway gift cards to new carpoolers in the Bay Area.  To encourage Silicon Valley commuters to make the switch from "California carpools" (you know, where everyone...

Sometimes good real estate stories don't come from real estate.  This was a lesson in paying attention to detail which I experienced (carelessly, mea culpa) some years back.  I've told clients and prospects this story and they've reacted well to it so I figured I'd share it here. I wanted to trad...

Like most real estate agents, I go out to see a lot of properties in any given week.  I like to pay special attention to ones that have been vacant or on the market for a long time.  A few times there will be a subtlety in the title or a major defect that keeps the house from selling.  Other time...