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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.

Selling a Mountain View Home: How to Appeal to Tech Buyers and Space-Focused Buyers at the Same Time

Selling a home in Mountain View is different from selling in almost any other Silicon Valley market. Why? Because Mountain View has two powerful buyer pools that often overlap but do not think exactly the same way: tech buyers and space-focused buyers. Tech buyers are looking for commute efficiency,
Why Google Proximity Still Matters for Mountain View Real Estate

In Mountain View real estate, proximity to Google still matters. Not because every buyer works at Google. Not because commute is the only value driver. And definitely not because “near Google” magically makes every home worth more. The real Property Nerd answer is more nuanced: Google proximity matt
The Deeper Monta Loma History: Eichler, Mackay, Mardell, and the Three-Builder Modernist Experiment

Here is where Monta Loma gets especially Property Nerdy. Our Monta Loma guide has the streets, recent sales and homes for sale. Most people casually describe Monta Loma as a Mountain View Eichler neighborhood, and that is partly true. But the full story is more interesting. Monta Loma was developed
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