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What Do You Need to Know When
Selling Your Silicon Valley Home?

If you're thinking of, or planning to sell your home in Silicon Valley in the upcoming months, you probably have a lot of questions about the process of listing, marketing and selling your home as well as the cost and time involved. You may be wondering:

Should you sell your home without the help of an agent?

Should you hire a Realtor? If so, how to choose the best one?

What do you need to do to prepare your San Jose area home for sale?

What inspections will you need to have before selling your home?

How important is staging the home?

What will it cost to get the home ready to sell?

What happens "in escrow"?

Who pays for what in Santa Clara County?

Particularly if you haven't bought or sold a home in Silicon Valley in recent years, there are many unknowns to the whole home selling process. Some Santa Clara County home sellers will be content to hire an agent and be guided through the process. Others, though, would like details on what to expect when selling a home upfront, before they talk with an agent or are asked to sign paperwork.

If you are one who'd like to get a head start by reading up on selling homes in the Los Gatos, Saratoga, and San Jose areas ahead of time, I have several resources for you, including a book I've co-authored with you in mind.

"Get the Best Deal
When Selling Your Home in Silicon Valley"

Ken Deshaies and I wrote this book to assist Silicon Valley home sellers to better understand and navigate more profitably the process of selling a home in Santa Clara County in any market, up or down. I provide it to all who meet with me for a free, no cost, no obligation initial consultation on buying or selling homes here in Silicon Valley. (The book is also available on Amazon and in local bookstores.) Or, if you'd prefer, I can email you a chapter in pdf form.

What's covered in the book? All the basic questions a home seller in Silicon Valley might have are discussed, and perhaps some that many haven't even considered. Questions are included for when or if you decide to interview real estate professionals to assist you in marketing and selling your property.

Section One includes the basics of selling a home in Silicon Valley:

Going It Alone
Using A Real Estate Agent
The Role Of The Internet
How Much Is Your Home Really Worth?
Selling Your Home In A Up or Down Market
Pre-Sale Preparation
Screening Prospective Buyers
We're In Escrow, Now What?
Preparing for Uncle Sam

Section Two considers buying the next home as well:

Play The Field And Lose The Game
Mortgage Rate Deals
Loan Abuses
Finding Your Next Home

And finally, we've included an appendix with a detailed moving checklist.

If you would prefer to not read the book but would like to get brought up to speed on how to sell a home in Los Gatos, Saratoga, Campbell or San Jose in today's market, please give me a call or send me an email. It would be my pleasure to meet with you for an hour and discuss your situation and the current market.

Online Home Seller Resources

Some Silicon Valley home owners would prefer to glean information off the web rather than read a book. We've got you covered! Below please find links to information on this website and on my other sites and blogs - info specific to you, the Silicon Valley home seller.

What Is My Silicon Valley Home Worth in Today's Market?

Perhaps the biggest question is this: "what's my home worth"? Even if you aren't thinking of selling just yet, but would like an estimate of what your Silicon Valley real estate is worth in today's market, I can help with that. Ask for a ballpark valuation online to get a "sight unseen" range. The more details you provide, the more accurate my information will be.
Request an approximate current market range online by visiting Mary Pope-Handy's
competitive market analysis request page: www.SiliconValleyHomeValue.com.

If you would like the most precise valuation for your San Jose, Saratoga, or Los Gatos area home, please call or email me for an appointment. I will visit your home, take notes, and get back to you with a probable buyer's value within a short period of time.

Conversely, if you'd rather not have a Realtor run the numbers for you, I have a system in which you can enter your address and automatically and immediately see listings, pending sales, and solds from the last year in your immediate neighborhood:

Silicon Valley neighborhood sales activity on a map.

Would you like to see homes for sale in your area of Santa Clara County? This provides more detailed info on Silicon Valley properties, including lots and lands, commercial real estate, residential real estate, some rentals, and more:

View Silicon Valley homes for sale by map (no registration).

Note on Privacy: No matter how you get updated on your home's value or neighborhood sales activity from my sites or from me personally, your information will never be shared, traded, sold, or given to anyone else, ever.

What about real estate market statistics for Silicon Valley?

If you'd like to see monthly, quarterly or annual reports on closed sales for condos, townhomes and houses in San Jose, Campbell, Almaden Valley, Cambrian Park, and all over Santa Clara County, please visit my online Silicon Valley Real Estate Report, which is updated each month somewhere between the 5th and 8th.