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Market data, neighborhood guides, Eichler history and how-tos for buyers and sellers, from Eric & Janelle Boyenga and the team at Compass.

Cities Near Stanford University: Distances, Trains and the Free Shuttle

Stanford isn’t a city. Most of the campus sits in unincorporated Santa Clara County, in a census-designated place called Stanford, and the university’s land, 8,353 acres by Stanford’s count, spreads across seven jurisdictions. Five cities and towns touch it. Here’s how close each nearby city is, whe
Single-Story Overlays in Silicon Valley and the Peninsula, City by City

A single-story overlay is zoning that limits homes in a neighborhood to one story, usually adopted because the owners asked for it. Six cities on the bay side of Santa Clara County use them. We found none in San Mateo County. Here’s how each city’s version works, where they’ve been adopted, and how
Which Eichlers Are Historic? Bay Area Listings and the Rules That Shape a Remodel

A handful of Bay Area Eichler neighborhoods are on the National Register of Historic Places, and many more have local rules. The two get confused. Here’s which Eichlers carry historic status, what that status does and doesn’t do, and the local rules that actually shape a remodel. On the National Reg
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