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In the first and second quarters of 2022 Cupertino house prices reached an all-time high as buyers purchased before an expected interest rate increase. Prices then dropped until the first quarter of 2023. Then, even during a year of interest rate increases, house prices have risen from their fourth-quarter 2022 low back to their all-time… Read more: House Prices Return To All-Time High In Cupertino

On January 29, 2021 Weingarten Realty Investors submitted an updated plan for San Jose’s Cambrian Park Plaza which proposes having 30 houses to now include granny units on the ground floor. The granny unit would have its own entrance. The second and third floors would be an entirely separate single family dwelling from the granny… Read more: New Housing Developments Begin Including Granny Units

A Feb 3, 2021 Zillow Press Release begins: “Competition is Fierce for Home Buyers, But Acting Quickly Could Save Them Hundreds on Their Monthly Payments”. The two things which stand out about this press release are that: 1) Zillow has little to gain by urging buyers to buy now and 2) the numbers they provide… Read more: Zillow: “Acting Quickly Could Save Them Hundreds …”

Real estate agents have been creating new real estate commission plans. JLee Realty has recently implemented a 0% real estate listing commission plan. Their expressed goal is to attract as many buyer agents to their listings as possible. If their own buyer agent submits a successful offer, they reduce their listing commission to zero percent.… Read more: Real Estate Commission