Each week, Embarcadero Media takes a look at home sales activity along the Midpeninsula in the communities of Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Woodside. Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from counties' recorder's offices. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks. Here's a look at home sales activity between April 24-28 that was made public the week of May 29.
Compare this data with last week's home sales.
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Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Jun 5, 2023 at 6:20 am
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on Jun 5, 2023 at 6:20 am
Too bad there was no link to see the 1916 English manor.
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Community Center
on Jun 5, 2023 at 8:29 am
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on Jun 5, 2023 at 8:29 am
Yikes. Property taxes will be close to $200K a year.
Curious what the figure would be under a Prop 13 umbrella.
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Mayfield
on Jun 5, 2023 at 8:51 am
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on Jun 5, 2023 at 8:51 am
If you click on the underlined words in the green box "historic English manor," it will link to this site, which has photos and a history of the home: Web Link
Thanks,
Linda
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Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Jun 5, 2023 at 9:40 am
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on Jun 5, 2023 at 9:40 am
Thanks. So tired of seeing historic houses painted all white all the time.
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Adobe-Meadow
on Jun 5, 2023 at 10:46 am
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on Jun 5, 2023 at 10:46 am
Prop 13 fixes the property tax at the last sales price for the property. That is a legal amount relative to the mortgage and other costs associated with the property. It goes up 2% a year. People appear confused concerning Prop 13.
Houses in South PA are turning over now with new two story homes replacing the existing one story homes. The sales prices on the new homes is $2M+ and up ward. The city is doing very well on the turn over of homes.
The problem is in the commercial properties and rental residential properties - condos and apartments which increase the lease rates but the property itself does not turn over. All of those empty buildings on West Bayshore are not generating any income but they were bought ages ago so the property tax is relatively low.
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Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Jun 5, 2023 at 12:57 pm
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on Jun 5, 2023 at 12:57 pm
"Does Palo Alto have a City transfer tax?
In Santa Clara County, it is customary for sellers to pay for the county tax ($1.10 per $1,000). Typically buyers and sellers split city transfer tax 50/50. Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Jose all charge an additional city transfer tax of $3.30 per $1,000.Apr 17, 2021"
From 2021 and I thought I'd read that the city wanted to raise its transfer tax even more. Obviously it takes so much more effort to executive a $2M transfer as a $5M or $10M transfer.