We recently had a listing in Old Palo Alto that wasn’t generating a lot of interest. The house was lovely – and completely empty. It sat on the market for over a month, with no reaction to it. At...
Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Peninsula Magazine. This magazine is our tribute to living on the Peninsula. It is a showcase of some of the finest homes available for sale, the...
Realtors Outed by Freakonomics In the book Freakonomics, authors Steven D. Levitt and Steven J. Dubner point out a shocking fact about real estate agents: When real estate agents sell their own...
When you invest in a remodeling project, it’s important to know what choices will provide the biggest boost to the home’s value. The problem is that market trends and tastes of prospective buyers...
The New York Times recently reported on the cottage industry of downsizing specialists that have cropped up to help seniors who must figure out how to squeeze the contents of a house into a small...