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The DeLeon Insight – September 2025



The AI Boom and the Stock Market Rally: Catalysts for Silicon Valley’s Luxury Real Estate Surge

By Ken DeLeon Silicon Valley has always been synonymous with innovation, wealth creation, and disruptive technologies. But in 2025, the latest wave of innovation is shaping our luxury real estate market: the AI revolution. Fueled by surging stock market…

The Latest Successes from the Integra Law Group, LLP

By Colette R. Thomason At DeLeon Realty, one of the ways we earn our commission is by providing sellers with free legal services through the Integra Law Group when they run into issues with a buyer while in escrow. These issues jeopardize closing and…

Marketing Across Cultures: Insights from Our Work with Chinese Buyers

By Pamela Tao, DeLeon Chinese Marketing Specialist The San Francisco Bay Area has long been a prime destination for international homebuyers—including an important and growing Chinese population. With world-class universities, a strong tech economy,…

Why We Need an Indexed Capital Gains Tax Exemption

By Ken DeLeon, Berkeley Law Graduate, Stanford Graduate School of Business Graduate The following article that I wrote was sent to journalists and inspired articles in Fortune Magazine and The Epoch Times. These articles, which quoted me extensively,…

A Man on the Inside

Z-Market Cap for Zillow Dropped Over $30 Billion

By Ken DeLeon According to the Diamond Price Index, in December 2021 the average price for a diamond was $11,212.56 per carat. I found this interesting given that the average price per carat of diamonds has gone up significantly since the time…

Newly Enacted SB-9 and SB-10 Seek to Increase Housing Density, But at What Cost?

By Michael Repka, Esq. Much of California faces a dramatic housing shortage, most certainly including the Bay Area. It is truly tragic that so many people that work in this area, including teachers, nurses, civil servants, and a multitude of others…

Is the California Exodus Real?

Is the California Exodus Real? Why Dallas, San Antonio, and Jackson Hole Appeal to Californians  By Michael Repka In our previous two issues of The DeLeon Insight, we looked at the myriad of reasons as to why people are leaving California, along…

The DeLeon Insight – July 2021

Introducing Our Piper M600

By Michael Repka, Instrument-Rated Pilot, DeLeon Air Force The Newest Addition to the DeLeon Family Over the past few years, we have seen a significant spike in affluent homeowners selling their Silicon Valley properties and moving to lower tax states.…