Bigger is not always better. The Dreyfus Properties’ squad outperformed firms with thousands of agents, making the list of Top Residential Real...
Having trouble deciding whether you should remodel your place and stay put or search out a more suitable pad? Read on for some considerations which...
Coming to the Bay Area in August 2013 – Bike sharing! The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) in partnership with the City and...
Yesterday on Palo Alto Patch, Michael Talis posted some data highlighting the lack of inventory of homes for sale so far this year. This isn't really...
I get this question a lot from friends and clients who own homes in and around Palo Alto. Does it make sense to buy a second home? My short answer is,...
Selling a home is like going on a first date: You always check out your competition in advance, clean your house in case you bring somebody home,...
One of my specialties is Palo Alto condominiums and I have been keeping a close eye on the condo price climb. Statistics show this real...
Good to see something coming on the market in the neighborhood. 172 Grand Street (cross street Brewster) is a large home with 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths...
No one has deeper insight into our micro-markets than our team, and we want to share our collective wisdom with you. Our agents are pouring their...
Homeowner Association dues are one of the most important costs to understand when purchasing a condominium or town home. These dues are often...
If you’re a homeowner, chances are you’ve either survived a remodel (congratulations are in order), or you’ve contemplated what you would do to...
I was just quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article on Bay Area home sales. Local market data confirms what I'm seeing in Palo Alto: the Palo Alto...
Good things are getting better in the Palo Alto Condo market. North Palo Alto witnessed some pretty spectacular sales this last quarter, most notably...
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs says that human beings make decisions first based on fulfilling their physical needs, then their safety, then the...
The annual My New Red Shoes silent auction and children's fashion show was a huge success yesterday at the Sharon Heights Country Club in Menlo Park....
“A house divided against itself cannot stand” is how Abraham Lincoln put it. While we’re not in Civil War territory today, we’re definitely...
CNBC and Bloomberg came knocking at the one-month anniversary of the Facebook IPO, asking the question, “is the Facebook flop killing Silicon Valley...
I'm sharing my top five picks for empty nester neighborhoods that are affordable alternatives to Palo Alto. More and more empty nesters want to...
Mike Dreyfus was interviewed today on Bloomberg TV. Here are some highlights from Mike’s interview: Our market is back, and it’s...
We have launched the Dreyfus Properties Private Listing Service, the first ever service designed to market luxury homes for sale while shielding them...
We are excited to announce the release of our new Dreyfus Properties website! We are transitioning to a new, more powerful property search and housing...
As we approach the golden IPO moment, I though I'd take the time to address the “Facebook Effect” on our local market. Despite the breathless...
We are excited to welcome Chris Iverson and Peter Giovannotto to Dreyfus Properties! Chris Iverson brings deep experience in the Stanford real...
Mike Dreyfus was recently interviewed for a feature story in the Palo Alto Weekly about Palo Alto’s private market -- "super-secret, super high-end...
I found this great info as I was reading my California Association of Realtor's magazine. Joseph Cartwright wrote this report called "Walking the...
Again, we saw only 3 new listings on Realtor Tour in Menlo Park on Dec 7th. 675 Woodland Dr - a 3 bed/2 bath listed for $1,595,000 sold that day!...
If you are a seller - it's a great time to sell! My latest listing at 60 Willow Road sold in 7 days with 3 offers and went over list price!
The Google Apps team occasionally drops by our office to get our feedback on their products. We at Dreyfus Properties switched from an Outlook...
Now is truly a wonderful time to be a seller. With virtually no new properties to tour today in Menlo Park it brought home the strength of a good...
We are very excited to have Mary Jo McCarthy join our Dreyfus Properties team. Her professionalism and knowledge of the community fit perfectly with...
North Palo Alto Neighborhoods: College, Old Palo Alto, Green Gables, Crescent Park, Community Center, Professorville, Downtown, Palo Alto Hills ...
South Palo Alto Neighborhoods: Green Acres, Barron Park, South Palo Alto, Midtown, Ventura Average Price: $1,381,665 (-2.7%) Median Price:...
After a hot spring and blazing summer real estate rush, we have gone through our usual August doldrums. Now into the second week of September, we are...
Palo Alto remains other-worldly even when compared to its immediate neighbors. 31% of Palo Alto’s August sales had multiple offers and 61% sold over...
Palo Alto's roll continues. Pending sales -- homes under contract, that is -- is a great window on how the market is moving because it's the most...
Dreyfus Properties is in the news again. First Michael Dreyfus in Fortune magazine, and now Susan Tanner in the Palo Alto Patch. Armed with the sales...
After a long period of inactivity, Portola Valley and Woodside have finally busted out with a positive quarter, led mostly by high end sales in both...
We've collected information on multiple offers from local agents for all homes for sale that went into contract over the past three weeks. The...
This month's Fortune magazine's cover story kicks off with a vignette from Michael Dreyfus about a home he recently sold above list price in a...
Michael Dreyfus' gorgeous creekside listing on 135 Willowbrook Drive, Portola Valley has made the feature of an article posted on the San Francisco...
We received a lively welcome to the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce with a special ribbon cutting ceremony here at our Menlo Park office on 2100 Sand...
Palo Alto continues its meteoric charge and shows no sign of stopping. Inventory dropped 20% from May numbers last year while sales rose 6%, and...
Michael Dreyfus is interviewed on CBS about high profile purchases in the area, after Mark Zuckerberg bought a 5 bedroom, 5 bath home for $7 million...
After three quarters of steady recovery from a grim 2009, the end of 2010 saw a dip in both average and median prices in Palo Alto. Responding to...
The third quarter in Palo Alto saw a continuation of the bounce off the bottoms of early 2010. This recovery is more dramatic at the lower end of...
The New York Times published an interesting article last week, Paying the Price for the Thrill of the Hunt, on dollar auctions and game theory. The...
Talk about the Palo Alto "process." Fifty years after the frist proposal, regional authorities and municipalities have agreed on a downstream flood...
Palo Alto made Sunset Magazine's recent top five eco-friendly towns list. Other's on the list include Corvalis, Oregon; Boulder, Colorado; Salt Lake...
"When you stop asking" is James Grant's short answer to the New York Times Op-Ed question of "When exactly will the misery end?" From a local real...
Joe Nocera's article in Saturday's New York Times is one of the clearest explanations I've read of the mechanics behind AIG's Credit Default Swap...
No I don't need flax seed or bran muffins. I need super high-speed internet! Palo Alto has been dangling it in front of me for years and now, and just...
Addison Elementary school Principal John Lents sent out an email to parents asking them to invite parents of incoming kindergarten students to a...
Lenders are asking for a lot lately, but they haven't started looking for advanced degrees to get a loan. Despite that, almost half of Palo Alto's...
The Castilleja High School girl's volleyball team won the California State Division V Volleyball Championship last Saturday in Irvine, California. The...
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