Understanding Securities Based Lending Previously we laid out the back story surrounding the current economic environment and addressed tax issues faced by today’s affluent securities investor and purchaser of luxury properties in desirable towns such as Atherton, Palo Alto, and Los Altos. Now we move forward with a key aspect of the process used in the [...]
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Cash is King—-But There’s more to the Story In our first blog of the series, “Luxury Home Buying Strategies Used by Stock and Bond Investors Revealed,” we introduced the idea of using securities to purchase luxury homes in the Silicon Valley. There are many advantages in using this method in today’s competitive real estate [...]
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Inventory continues to be tight, so savvy buyers and their Realtors have begun to dive a bit deeper to find the properties they are looking for. The sales are happening, its just many of them are happening off-market. As promised, we have a few to share with our readers. Here is one in the sought after Barron [...]
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Through out the Bay Area, but more specifically Silicon Valley and the Peninsula inventory is extremely low and everything seems to be selling as soon as it comes on the market! That is not the whole picture though. Now more than ever, sellers are option out of putting their house on the market, as many of the [...]
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It’s no secret that we are experiencing a dramatic financial evolution following the Great Recession, and it is having a profound effect on the real estate, lending and securities industries. But today, depending upon your personal financial position, you could be looking at extraordinary possibilities that did not exist until recently. Now five years after the [...]
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Recently, and with the addition of real estate icon Alain Pinel, Intero rolled out their luxury division “Prestigio.” Not long after that, another real estate record has been set in the Bay Area! Menlo Park just recorded its highest sale ever for a single family home. The property, 2 Robert S Dr, listed at $7.950M, [...]
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If you have a thing for modern homes and architecture, this Saturday is the event for you! Modern Home Tour presents it’s first annual Silicon Valley Modern Home Tour. Architects, Builders, Designers, Realtors and Modern Home experts will all be there to give you ideas, and help you connect with the Valley’s top experts. Whether you plan on [...]
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In the past week, during negotiations, the issue of square footage to determine fair market value kept popping up, so I thought I would share with you some excerpts from a recent blog written by Alain Pinel. As many are aware, Alain came on board with Intero early in the year and is focused on building the luxury brand. [...]
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