Silicon Beat: In the heart of Silicon Valley, summer home sales keep going up despite sharp drop in listings

SOURCE Real estate markets traditionally suffer from the summertime blahs. But the Silicon Valley market is not a normal market, particularly in Santa Clara County. Yesterday’s monthly report from the CoreLogic real estate information service…

Chinese American Real Estate Association Installation Dinner Featuring Keynote Speaker, Michael Repka

Circle of Champions! The Chinese-American Real Estate Association (CAREA) cordially invites you to attend and sponsor the installation of Jennifer Chen as the 2017/2018 President, along with the installation of 2017/2018 Officers and Board of Directors. …

顶尖经纪人如何看待高效地建造梦想家园

DeLeon Realty  创始人，Ken DeLeon；华语市场代表, Melanie Yu    现如今，在硅谷买地建房的需求比例比以往任何时候都要高。为什么？ 主要有三个原因：1）房源少，新房更少；2）房价高；3）市场上现有的房源多过于老化，例如：没有开放式的厨房、没有步入式衣帽间和挑高的空间等等。这使得买家不得不开始问自己为什么不自己建房子？…

Neighborhood Spotlight: Community Center of Palo Alto

  Community Center, as it is appropriately named, is just that—a community-centric neighborhood of Palo Alto where residents feel a strong connection to each other and the neighborhood itself. With a population of approximately 2,000, Community…

Consider Cashing Out Now

  “If only we had a crystal ball” or some similar expression often makes its way into conversations with homeowners who are considering selling their properties. In the hot seller’s market that is Silicon Valley, homeowners have seen…

Reinventing a Traditional Home

By Leah Li | Interior Designer The process of reinventing a traditional home always excites me. Compared to new homes that are built to look like a Colonial or a Victorian, true Traditional homes with history, character, and a story to tell are…

Inman Connect 2017: Protecting Ourselves From Power Shifts in Real Estate

The pros predict we'll be working in an increasingly polarized industry The real estate industry is going to become more polarized, with discount brokerages at one end and luxury, high-service brokerages at the other. This prediction came from the…

Menlo College Real Estate Symposium

Ken DeLeon and Michael Repka will be speaking at the Menlo College Real Estate Symposium on Thursday, August 10 at the Menlo College Dining Hall. Join a panel of experts for an informative session on the future of real estate. The DeLeon team will be…

Seminar: Home-Selling in Silicon Valley

Winning Preemptive Offers

  In a hot seller’s market such as Silicon Valley, many buyers have undergone a bidding war and were rejected, at least once or twice. This process is not only frustrating and stressful, but emotionally draining on buyers. Buyers in such…