Just Listed: 55+ is the new 30!

Located at The Villages Golf and Country Club, a gated 55+ community tucked in San José’s lush Evergreen Valley, this home features a wrap-around balcony overlooking a lake, the perfect spot for watching Northern California sunsets! Inside the house, high ceilings, large windows, and abundant natural light lend warmth to every room. A huge kitchen and flexible dining space offer options for entertaining. There’s also an extra room that would be ideal for a home office!

Residents at The Villages can take advantage of an 18-hole golf course, pro shop, and practice facilities, as well as a clubhouse restaurant and bistro, newly constructed pickleball courts, tennis, and bocce ball. The club also features a fitness center, library, community garden plots, hiking and walking trails, an equestrian center, a post office, and no less than four swimming pools and community centers.

Want to learn more about this opportunity for you and your family? Please contact us today!

Food for Thought: Road Trip Podcasts

Heading out of town to beat the heat this weekend? The good folks at Mashable put together this list of podcasts to pass the time while you’re getting to where you’re going.

Chic vs. Geek: What do buyers want?

We’re still getting used to the “new normal”, and it’s shifting the way buyers are looking at homes, too. So what are the most popular features in a post-COVID world?

CHIC (PEARL)

It shouldn’t be surprising that home offices and big backyards are in high demand. With more employers shifting to hybrid or work-from-home models, a quiet space to Zoom or crush that deadline is becoming more valuable. And being stuck at home is a lot more tolerable when you have a spacious backyard to spread out.

GEEK (KEVIN)

The biggest selling point for a lot of buyers is family space — and not just for socializing. We all know that personal space is just as important, especially when you’ve heard the same family stories a couple hundred times. And with crimes of opportunity on the rise, a secure front porch is becoming another hot item on the COVID market.

Market Update: Pending home sales on the rise!

According to the National Association of REALTORS®, pending home sales increased 8% in May over April and are up 13.1% from just one year ago. And a Pending Home Sales Index of 114.7 was the highest reading for May since 2005! NAR’s newsroom has all the details.

Geek's Number Talk: Where are all the people going?

You may have heard that the Bay Area is experiencing a population decline for the first time in what seems like decades of consistent growth. According to early Census data, our regional population shrunk by 0.6% in 2020, and we’re down 0.8% from the peak of just two years ago.

As you can see, the biggest dip was right here in Santa Clara County, which dropped more than 15,000 residents last year alone. It’s no secret that the rising costs of housing are driving a population shift out of the Bay Area. But it’s yet to be seen how long this trend will hold.