Gilroy Garlic Festival The Gilroy Garlic Committee is in full gear preparing for another successful event. After almost a full year of organizing the thirty-first annual event, the volunteers the many artisans, bands and activities they are in the final count down. The banners are up in Gilroy,
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06/30/2009
Property Tax Assessment All Santa Clara Property owners should have received the Notification of Assessed Value card from Lawrence E. Stone, the Santa Clara County Assessor. Many properties have been assessed at a lower value based on the decrease of property values, however, not all propertie
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06/29/2009
The Housing tax credit may get some new life. A flurry of different bills were introduced to the House and Senate. As you may know the current housing tax bill was added to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The new bills introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate
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06/16/2009
Creekside in Eagle Ridge is sold out. All homes that have been in inventory for the last two years are now sold. The California tax credit of $10,000 for new construction purchases may have helped moving these homes. Shapell has started construction on four new homes which will be released
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06/15/2009
Predicting the future of real estate As we all know it is hard to predict the future of real estate. There is not one single cause that put us in todays precarious market rather it is a cumulation of different factors. Price values have always gone through cycles of up and downs but what caused
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06/15/2009
Eagle Ridge Inventory is down again. I can't believe that we are down to only 11 homes here in Eagle Ridge. In the beginning of March the inventory was about 42 and now we are looking at only 11 properties. The new listings are priced higher and that is a good sign for those looking to
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06/14/2009
Eagle Ridge Golf Community real estate update Last month Eagle Ridge Golf Community had 5 homes which closed escrow with prices ranging between $500,000 and $695,000. Average sale price of these homes is $635,400. These homes were on the market for 98 days. This number is low because one of the
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06/09/2009
Market Update for Gilroy Real Estate of Single Family Residential Properties. Healthy conditions are returning to the Gilroy housing market. Sales are up and inventory is down. May continues to be a strong month for real estate sales. There are currently 244 single family homes in inventory w
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06/08/2009