The San Jose Mercury News recently shares (yet) another article on how the hiring frenzy at companies like Facebook and Google is creating huge demand for new homes. These big time silicon valley companies are adding thousands of new positions to their payrolls. This means an influx of new workers all looking for a place to live, and builders like SummerHill are worki...
Midtown Village brings a sophisticated urban feel in Santa Clara, near Santana Row in San Jose. The community is divided into “The Boulevards” and “The Avenues” (with “The Avenues” now totally sold out). At “The Boulevards,” there are only five homes left including the already-decorated model homes. All the homes here are over 2,200 square feet and ar...
As summer vacation comes to a close, it’s time to start thinking about going back to school. While kids might not want to think about school just yet, now is the perfect time to start preparing them for the new school year. Here are some tips that can help ease the transition from summer to school: Adjust to a new routine While it’s tempting to wait until late...
The Silicon Valley Business Journal this week writes about upcoming SummerHill Homes plans in the valley, and the article is worth sharing. The largest piece of undeveloped land in Las Gatos has been eyed hungrily by developers for years, for its location and because there is so much demand in the area. Finally, after much debate, the area is being developed. A compa...
[caption id="attachment_2742" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Las Palmas - The Groves[/caption] The San Jose Mercury News recently ran an article on how the San Francisco Bay Area housing costs are impacting the new home market. Land costs have gone up at least 40-50 percent in the past two or three years, Smiley said, ranging now from $3 to $4 million an acre in Sa...
Big news today about California’s drought: the San Francisco Chronicle reports $500 per day water fines have passed the California legislature. Water wasters now face serious penalties, so now seems like a good time to share some water saving tips for our Bay Area new home owners. [caption id="attachment_2734" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo by Justin Sulliv...
What are your plans for the 4th of July and the long weekend? The sales team at our bay area new home communities will enjoy the most welcomed day off (and reopen for the weekend traffic on Saturday). With the day off approaching, everybody’s been talking about where to go celebrate the holiday, and some folks did some research into various festivities, and we figur...
The Pacific Coast Builder Show (PCBC) happens this week at Moscone Center in San Francisco. In the world of new home construction, PCBC is one of the best ways for home builders like SummerHill Homes to remain at the forefront of what’s hot in real estate. We get to go to education seminars to learn about trends in everything from paint color to housing economics ...
We read with interest a recent Q&A with Lawrence Yun, the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), that ran in the San Jose Mercury News. Yun is a man who, when he speaks, everyone interested in real estate listens. His predictions and observations is closely analyzed across the country and in the halls of congress. As a builder of new homes...
SummerHill Homes is currently selling a variety of new home communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. We want to update you on all the communities, basically because recently much of the attention in the press has been just about Las Palmas, an attached homes community in Sunnyvale. (The first release sold out in the first 10 minutes. We averaged about ten offers for...