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Market data, neighborhood guides, Eichler history and how-tos for buyers and sellers, from Eric & Janelle Boyenga and the team at Compass.
Los Altos vs. Los Altos Hills: What’s the Difference?
Los Altos and Los Altos Hills share a name, a border and two ZIP codes, but they’re separate places with different rules. Los Altos is a city, incorporated December 1, 1952. Los Altos Hills is a town, incorporated January 27, 1956. Here’s what changes when you cross the line, and why a mailing addre
Cities Near Stanford University: Distances, Trains and the Free Shuttle
Stanford isn’t a city. Most of the campus sits in unincorporated Santa Clara County, in a census-designated place called Stanford, and the university’s land, 8,353 acres by Stanford’s count, spreads across seven jurisdictions. Five cities and towns touch it. Here’s how close each nearby city is, whe
Single-Story Overlays in Silicon Valley and the Peninsula, City by City
A single-story overlay is zoning that limits homes in a neighborhood to one story, usually adopted because the owners asked for it. Six cities on the bay side of Santa Clara County use them. We found none in San Mateo County. Here’s how each city’s version works, where they’ve been adopted, and how
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