870 Brevins Loop: Beautiful, Elegant Willow Glen Home for Sale!

New Listing, Please Stop By!  Open Sat/Sun, June 26-27, 2010 from 2-4pm

Last night I put this new Willow Glen listing of mine on the MLS and I look forward to holding it open this weekend for the first time. If you are in the area, please swing by and have a look! I always enjoy meeting the readers of my blog & this is a home you will enjoy seeing!

The house & yard are full of amenities that Silicon Valley home buyers will appreciate:
hardwood floors, built-in bookcases and media niches, slab granite, gas cooking, stainless steel appliances, lots of windows & natural light, a luxurious master sweet with 2 walk-in closets and a spacious bathroom with big soaking tub, separate shower and two separate vanities. Central air conditioning.   The lush backyard boasts two trellises, sandstone hardscape & custom lighting. The front yard is easy-care: the HOA takes care of the maintenance!

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A Realtor friend of mine here in Silicon Valley, Ann O’Farrell of Luxor Real Estate Group, has a lovely listing in Saratoga which I am presenting today (with permission, of course!). As readers of this blog know, I don’t usually post about homes for sale, but this house has some neat features so I wanted to help Ann with the marketing. (This is not a paid post, btw.)

The property is 18803 Mcfarland Avenue, Saratoga, which is just a couple of blocks from Quito Market, close to bus stops and major road acess with Saratoga Avenue, Lawrence Expressway and Highway 85 close by.

The centerpiece of this fine home is the gourmet kitchen, which features an oversized island topped with slab granite, abundant custom cabintry made from Brazilian Cherrywood, stainless steel appliances, a good-sized pantry, recessed lights, 6 burner gas range, two ovens plus a microwave oven, and beautiful hardwood floors.  Although it truly must be seen to be appreciated, here are some hints in the way of photos:

And the view to the right:

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Do you like to browse Los Gatos homes for sale by neighborhood and by map? Get a bird’s eye view of what’s for sale, and for how much, in different parts of Los Gatos. Search by home type (condo, house, townhome), size, number of bedrooms and other criteria. The “shop by map” feature is available on my PopeHandy.com website. Have a look today!

View Los Gatos homes for sale (listed on the MLS).

It's frustrating to wait for a bank response on a distressed home you want to buy or sell!

A challenge we’re running into with the market weirdness is the deceptive status of listings in and around San Jose and Silicon Valley.  Sometimes a house or condo appears on the web to be a listing that’s available and ready for your offer, but in fact the agents are no longer accepting offers on the seller’s behalf.

Since a large percentage of our San Jose real estate sales consists of distressed properties (short sales or bank owned properties), the situation is more complicated than with a “normal sale” for many homes.  (Non-distressed listings gleefully proclaim, “this is a NORMAL sale! no bank approval needed!” because they know that serious buyers, particularly highly motivated ones, just want to buy a home without delays and games.) 

With distressed sales, the complications usually come in the way of bank involvement on the seller’s side (beyond just funding the buyer’s loan).
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San Jose’s Cambrian Park neigbhorhood offers a variety of home types, sizes, and price ranges, from small condos to large houses on big lots.  Below, please find virtually all MLS listed properties currently for sale in the Cambrian Park Area. The map and info is updated automatically, so please check back often! (You can narrow your search by selecting only certain home types, sizes, etc. And if you like your search, you can “save it” too.)

To browse homes by price:

Cambrian Park - San Jose (zip codes 95124, 95118)
Cambrian Park Homes Under $1,000,000
Cambrian Park Homes $1,000,000 and up

For more information on Cambrian Park neighborhoods, please click on the following link for all Cambrian area posts on this blogsite.