The Numbers that may change your plan for 2015! Santa Clara County Market update 12-17-14

Today there are 1244 single family homes, condos and town homes for sale in Santa Clara county.  If you were looking for a single family home, condo or town home you would have 1244 to choose from.  One month ago there were only 844.  In December of 2013 the median days on market was 19.  In November of this year it was 14 days.  The sale to list price ratio one year ago was 102%,  in October  of this year it was 102.9% and last month it was 102.8%.  In December of 2013 there were 1162 closed  sales in Santa Clara county.  In October of this year, 2014, 1371 homes sold and in November, 1025 single family, condos and town houses sold.  The median sale price in December  of 2013 was 660K, in October of 2014 it was 755K and last month is was 754,400K.  In October there was 1.3  months of inventory in the county, in November  it went down to 1.1 months.

If you have questions about how this market affects you, I'm only a phone call away!

Don't miss this Santa Clara County Market update. 12-9-14

Today there are 1044 single family homes, condos and town homes for sale in Santa Clara county.  If you were looking for a single family home, condo or town home you would have 1044 to choose from.  One month ago there were 1429.  In December of 2013 the median days on market was 19.  In November of this year it was 14 days.  The sale to list price ratio one year ago was 102%,  in October  of this year it was 102.9% and last month it was 102.8%.  In December of 2013 there were 1162 closed  sales in Santa Clara county.  In October of this year, 2014, 1371 homes sold and in November, 1025 single family, condos and town houses sold.  The median sale price in December  of 2013 was 660K, in October of 2014 it was 755K and last month is was 754,400K.  In October there was 1.3  months of inventory in the county, in November  it went down to 1.1 months.

If you have questions about how this market affects you, I'm only a phone call away!

Don't hang your holiday lights untill you read these tips!

Safety First

• Don't use nails or metal hooks! They conduct electricity and can cause rust!
• Be safe on the ladder, try to minimize the number of times you have to go up and down, have a helper.
• Don't install lights in the Rain or Snow!
• Only use lights approved for outdoor use
• Make sure lights are in good condition.  Frayed cords can cause a fire!
• Tape extension cords down to avoid tripping hazards.

Before you begin

• Look for inspiration by walking around your neighborhood, looking in magazines or high end home furniture stores,  Use the style of your home as your guide.  Traditional homes call for more elaborate lighting, contemporary ones need more simple lighting. 
• Make sure you measure to make sure you have enough lights
• Get short strings that are easy to replace. If one string burns out and get male female strings that are easy to string together.  
• Test lights to make sure they work!
• Make sure the female and male parts of the lights are on the correct side.  You don't want to have to redo thee lights because you can't plug them in! 
• Make sure you have the right extension cord. 
• Use plastic hooks and clips to secure lights. They are easy to find this time of year and are inexpensive. 

How to

• Use the power source closest to the roof line. 
• It's OK to have extension cords go through windows.  You can use any sort of fabric to block the drafts  
• String lights along roof line and or windows.  Lights can hang in upside down arches or in tight  lines.  Pick one method and stick with it.  Periodically step away from your work to make sure the lights are all the same.  Keep in mind, it's OK to have lines and swoops, just not along the same string of lights.  
• To do columns and porches, wrapping the areas barber pole style works best.  Adding garland makes the lights look more finished and keeps them from slipping.  Another way to keep them from slipping is to get tacky clay from the hardware store.  Plastic coated twist ties are helpful with attaching lights to small branches or shrubs.  
• Net lights are great for decorating bushes and shrubs.  

For the advanced people

• Animated  lights are great for outlining shapes, like Santa or Words.  They are made of wire frames and are surrounded with little lights with a variety of patters and colors.
• Shimmer Spheres come in different shapes like, stars or snowballs and have lots of lights in a variety of sizes. 

December 2nd weekly market update

This is the weekly market statistic update for Santa Clara county.  Active listings refer to single family homes, condos and town homes currently for sale.  Pending means any of the above homes in the process of being sold.  DOM means, how many days on the market before the properties received an offer and began the process of being sold/ escrow.  Months of inventory is the length of time it would take to sell all properties if nothing new came up for sale.  The sale to list price ratio is the percentage of how much above or below the list price the property actually sells for. 
One month ago there were 1120 active listings in Santa Clara county.  Today there are 1050.  The median days on market in December of 2013 was 19 days, in November it was 14 days.  One year ago the sale to list price ratio was 102.1%, in October  of this year it was 102.9% and in November of this year it was 102.9%.  One year ago there were 1162 closed sales in Santa Clara county for the month of December.  In October of 2014 there were 1369 closed sales in Santa Clara county and in November of 2014 only 989.  The median sale price in December 2013 for properties in Santa Clara county was 660K, October of 2014 it was 760K and November's median sale price was 751K.  We had 1.3 months of inventory in October of 2014 and 1.1 months in November of 2014. Please contact me to see find out how these statistics affect you!