San Jose Lynbrook High Homes Update 04.17.10

West San Jose Lynbrook High Homes Update 04.17.10

Hello! This is Michelle Carr Crowe with your Lynbrook High Homes Update for 04.17.10. We hope you enjoyed spring break and are ready to get back to the usual rhythm of school and work life.

We invite you to join us at our *2* Open Homes
Saturday, April 17th from 1:30-4:30
5356 Avenida Almendros, San Jose 95123
7100 Rainbow Dr., #33, San Jose 95129

Demand for Lynbrook High Homes remains strong in many areas and steady in others. Currently there are 11 single-family homes for sale and 25 pending. With townhomes and condos, there are 14 for sale and 4 pending. There was only 1 single-family and 0 TownHome/Condo sales this past week.

To help you learn about the Lynbrook and Cupertino Schools market and what's involved in selling in today's new world, we offer a FREE HomeSeller ToolKit. Just send an email to lynbrookhomes1@hotmail.com with the subject line "FREE HomeSeller ToolKit" and we'll send one out to you.

Home Buying incentives just increased with the new Calif. Homebuyer Tax Credit. If you're in the market to buy, click the prior link for details. Also, when you'd like a FREE HomeBuyer ToolKit, just send an email to lynbrookhomes1@hotmail.com with the subject "FREE HomeBuyer ToolKit," and one will be sent to you.

Toolkits include information about the Cupertino Schools markets, particularly Lynbrook High, as well as information about school scores, who pays for what in a transaction, as well as several FREE money-saving reports to make the process smoother for you.

To keep in touch with Lynbrook and Cupertino Schools happenings, visit my blog at www.activerain.com/results.

If you have trouble seeing or accessing full information on your Lynbrook Update, request a free detailed report of this week's activity by sending an email with the subject "LBU details" to lynbrookhomes1@hotmail.com.

Currently for sale in San Jose with Lynbrook High there are:
SFH: 11
TH/C: 14
Multi-Family: 0

Pending
SFH: 25
TH/C: 4
Multi-Family: 0

Sold
SFH: 1
TH/C: 0
Multi-Family: 0



Lynbrook High Homes for Sale in San Jose, CA





Lynbrook High Homes Area Pending Homes Sales

Market Update on April 17, 2010 at 11:27 am

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Directions for All San Jose Saratoga Lynbrook High Homes Open Houses Sunday March 21

Directions for All San Jose Saratoga Lynbrook High Homes Open Houses Sunday March 21

by Michelle C. Carr-Crowe

Hello. There are several single-family, condos and townhomes all open on Sunday March 21, both in San Jose and Saratoga with Lynbrook High. These Lynbrook High Homes vary from a 2 Br condo for $479,000 to a lovely 5 Br for $1.698M.

Directions for All San Jose Saratoga Lynbrook High Homes Open Houses Sunday March 21 are below. For questions or to make a private showing appointment with your Lynbrook Hgih & Cupertino Schools Experts, Just Call (408) 252-8900.

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Directions for All San Jose Saratoga Lynbrook High Homes Open Houses Sunday March 21 are above. For questions or to make a private showing appointment with your Lynbrook Hgih & Cupertino Schools Experts, Just Call (408) 252-8900.

Aloha & God bless you,

Michelle

Michelle C. Carr-Crowe, DRE #00901962, is known as the "Lynbrook Expert." She's a Silicon Valley-based multi-million dollar real estate consultant. Her designations include: Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR), Accredited Luxury Home Specialist (ALHS), Accredited Staging Professional (ASP), Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE), Property Marketing Expert (PME), Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist (RECS), and Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES). In addition, she is an internationally-published freelance writer with over 1,000 traditional articles in print and online, as well as over 500 blog posts. She enjoys reading, travel, animals, dancing, staging and praying. Check out her blog at www.activerain.com/results or visit her online at www.michellejudycarr.com or www.lynbrookhighhomes.com. For RE$ult$ ... Just Call ... (408) 252-8900.

You're Invited to *3* Get RE$ult$ Team Open Homes! Sat., Jan. 30th, 1:30-4:30

You're Invited to *3* Get RE$ult$ Team Open Homes! Sat., Jan. 30th, 1:30-4:30

By Michelle Carr-Crowe of the Get RE$ult$ Team, Your Lynbrook & Cupertino Schools Experts

Thinking of buying a home in 2010...in San Jose...Saratoga...Santa Clara? Considering buying a home within Nationally-Recognized Cupertino Schools? Curious about first-time homebuyer tax credit expiring April 30...existing homeowner tax credit expiring April 30...the tax-free capital gain benefit expiring December 31...mortgage payments...short sales...foreclosures...FHA loans...where to start...who to trust?

Come to a Get RE$ult$ Team open house and see how real estate consultants work differently ... and why we're the Lynbrook Cupertino Schools Experts!
You're Invited to *3* Get RE$ult$ Team Open Homes! Sat., Jan. 30th, 1:30-4:30
3 Get RE$ult$ Team Open Homes !!

. 7100 Rainbow Drive, San Jose . 20644 Oak Creek, Saratoga . 3735 Pruneridge, Santa Clara

7100 Rainbow - NOT YET ON MLS! Delightfully Affordable!
Peaceful Location! Private End Unit! Priced to Sell! Lovely END UNIT Features ALL WHITE Kit.! Updated Appliances! BIG Pantry! HUGE Balcony Spanning Length of Home! Separate Inside Laundry Room! Energy-Efficient Dual Pane Windows! Nationally-Recognized CUPERTINO Schools !! Meyerholz! Miller! Lynbrook High! Delightfully Affordable! Rainbow Drive!

20644 Oak Creek, Saratoga - Hidden Jewel!

Hidden Jewel! Privacy! Prestigious Saratoga! Prime Cupertino Schools! SINGLE-LEVEL END UNIT !! SOARING CEILINGS !! Gleaming Hardwood Floors! GORGEOUS GRANITE SLAB Kit.!! Stainless Appl.!! Skylights !! Nationally-Recognized CUPERTINO Schools !! Blue Hills, Kennedy & Monta Vista High! Hidden Jewel! 20644 Oak Creek, Saratoga!

3735 Pruneridge, Santa Clara - Stylish & Spacious!

Stylish & Spacious !! Westwood Oaks! GORGEOUS BULLNOSE GRANITE SLAB!! Recessed Lights !! 5 Skylights !! THICK Crown Molding & Baseboards !! Glowing Hardwood !! Tile Baths !! Lg. & Lovely Updated 3 Br! ~1674 sf HUGE ~7700sf Lot !! Cupertino Schools! Westwood Oaks Beauty! Santa Clara w/ Cupertino High! 3735 Pruneridge
Just Call 252.8900 !!

How Martin Luther King Jr. Can Help Silicon Valley Buyers Negotiate (and GET!) a Great Home Value

How Martin Luther King Jr. Can Help Silicon Valley Buyers Negotiate (and GET!) a Great Home Value

By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe, ABR, ALHS, ASP, CDPE, PME, RECS, SRES

Did you know Martin Luther King Jr. can help Silicon Valley buyers negotiate (and GET!) a great home value in 2010? With the three-day weekend to honor the civil rights hero, Santa Clara County buyers are getting an opportunity to get ahead as well. It’s estimated about 30 percent of the population in Santa Clara County leaves the immediate Valley during most three-day holiday weekends.

Even in this fiscally conservative environment, people still plan to visit friends or relatives, as well as get away to the snow, campgrounds, beaches, theme parks and pre-paid timeshares. What does this mean for the Buyers who stay in town?

Do You Qualify for the New First-Time Home Buyer or Existing Home Buyer Tax Credit?

First and foremost is OPPORTUNITY due to temporarily reduced competition among buyers! Especially in the more competitive market segments, such as under $1,000,000 for single-family San Jose homes in Lynbrook High, under $600,000 for detached homes in Willow Glen or under $400,000 for almost any single-family investment property throughout Santa Clara County, including Sunnyvale, Milpitas and Morgan Hill.

Or even see and buy a home such as our Warm and Welcoming Westwood Oaks Beauty with Cupertino High that's open on Saturday and Sunday - before it even goes on the Multiple Listing Service! How's that for a great opportunity?


Opportunity Knocks! Buy Now Before Home Hits MLS!


Essentially this three-day holiday weekend effectively removes about one-third of your potential competition. Those on holiday are likely "taking a full mental break" and also unplugging from the phone and Internet. (Some may just be traveling to areas where Internet and phone service is poor or intermittent.)

Don’t underestimate the competitors still here. The flip side is those who remain in town during a holiday weekend are the most committed and/or motivated to buy in the near future.

Second, Sellers and Agents holding open house this weekend are committed to selling. It means the Sellers and their Representatives also gave up a three-day weekend to achieve the goal of selling that home.

Thirdly, a three-day weekend gives you as a buyer that extra third "weekend" day. You have more time to review and fully process the data, disclosures and reports provided, perhaps re-visit the home(s), sleep on the decision Sunday night and go over the pros and cons and think things through one more time without immediately rushing back into your usual work and school routine.

And with the current limited-time government tax incentives for first-time and existing buyers, home buying is definitely worth a careful look.

Last, for Buyers who are truly prepared (pre-approval letter already on file, clear goals and a defined plan), it's a chance to leap ahead by making an offer while others are relaxing.

As in Aesop's Fable, this is that window of time when the turtle can sneak ahead of the hare. In wise Aesop’s morality tale, the hare had run so far ahead of the turtle that he relaxed and stopped to take a nap. While the confident hare slept, the perseverant turtle crept ahead and reached the finish line first.

The moral of the story is a three-day weekend allows the “slow but steady” Silicon Valley home buyer a chance to get ahead of the competition and win the real estate race by completing a contract while competitors are “asleep” to the opportunity. If you're pre-approved, prepared and know precisely what you want to buy-and see it available this weekend, this may be your big chance to hop ahead of the competition and secure a great home buy in 2010.

Santa Clara Boasts More Than Half of State's Semifinalists for Intel Contest

Silicon Valley Boasts More Than Half of California’s Intel Science Contest SemiFinalists

by Michelle C. Carr Crowe

Economists generally predict either technology or real estate will power the next wave of economic growth. With the recent announcement of fifteen Bay Area students chosen as the prestigious Intel Science Contest semifinalists, it appears Silicon Valley innovation may again power up the nation’s next economic growth cycle.

Fifteen high school seniors who call Silicon Valley home were named semifinalists in the prestigious Intel science contest. Of the fifteen, six were from San Jose's Lynbrook High School.

The six seniors recognized are David Liu, Tony Ho, Akshay Maheshwari, Ritik Malhotra, Tejas Navaratna and Raman Nelakanti.

Part of the well-known "Cupertino Schools," Lynbrook is one of five high schools in the Fremont Union High School District. Students attending Lynbrook reside in either Saratoga or San Jose.

The remaining nine Bay Area students came from Harker Academy, Palo Alto High , Foothill High and Mission High.

Each student was awarded $1,000 personally, as well as $1,000 for his or her respective school.

This year 1,736 entries were received. Of those, 300 semifinalists were chosen, and 28 of them were from California. California has historically received the highest number of semifinalists each year out of all 50 states.

More than half of all California semifinalists this year were from the Santa Clara County / Silicon Valley area, 15 out of 28.

On January 27th, a total of forty finalists nationwide will be selected to win an expense-paid trip for the final competition, held in the nation's capitol, Washington, D.C.