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About the Valley of Heart’s Delight
“The Valley of Heart’s Delight” was the way in which Santa Clara County, home to San Jose and now Silicon Valley, was once described. For those of us who grew up climbing trees in the orchards, and who grow a few fruit trees in their own yards, it still is the Valley of Heart’s Delight. This valley was once famous for wheat, later for grapevines, citrus, nuts, cherry trees, and fruits of all kinds. Hints of the valley’s past are everywhere to be found.
On this website, we will focus on Los Gatos and nearby areas such as Saratoga, Campbell, Monte Sereno, Cupertino, the San Jose areas of Almaden, Cambrian, and Willow Glen, and adjacent communities throughout Santa Clara County.
Please also visit The Valley of Hearts Delight Blog for the latest market reports, area information, photos, tips, bits of history and more for Silicon Valley, San Jose, Los Gatos, Cambrian Park, Almaden Valley, Monte Sereno and Saratoga real estate and homes for sale!
The Valley of Heart’s Delight Blog – latest posts
- Updating the Campbell Real Estate Market - How is the Campbell real estate market? Here are the numbers, but what do those numbers mean? The sales vs list price remains over 100% though it has dropped some in the last months, and while the average days on market has increased it remains under a month. This indicates that Campbell is still in a strong seller's market, despite a growing inventory. Further down in this article, we'll utilize the graphs from Altos Research, which uses list prices, and check out the trends in pricing by quartile in this zip code (meaning 4 groups based on the pricing tier from least to most expensive). Campbell condominiums and townhomes will be considered as well. And finally, a list of homes for sale in Campbell will be found at the bottom of the post.
- Santa Clara County Real Estate Market - Santa Clara County Real Estate Market update
- The real estate market in San Jose’s Blossom Valley area - The Blossom Valley area of San Jose is on the south end of the city and covers the 95123 and 95136 zip codes. For our MLS, it's "area 12". A more affordable section of Silicon Valley, Blossom Valley has much to offer in addition to more reasonable housing prices. Many areas enjoy views of the Santa Teresa Foothills or the Communications Hill knolls or even the coastal foothills in the distance, as with the photo below. One corner of it sits alongside beautiful Almaden Lake, too. One corner is located at the crossroads of Highways 85 and 87, making it an easy commute destination for those working in downtown San Jose. And there's an abundance of shopping opportunities.
- Is your property tax assessment too high? - Is your property tax assessment too high? Appealing may be an option if the value is truly incorrect.
- The Bellgrove neighborhood in Saratoga - The Bellgrove neighborhood in Saratoga, California, is an attractive, newer subdivision in a convenient location with Saratoga schools. It is highly sought after for all of those reasons. Bellgrove neighborhood houses Most homes and yards are very well tended, even pristine. Only a couple looked like they could use a little paint or […]
- Lighten up your dark home and sell for more! - Lighten up your dark home and sell for more! A few tips for Silicon Valley home sellers.
- The Heritage Grove Neighborhood in Los Gatos and the Heintz Open Space Preserve - An old apricot orchard used to line Blossom Hill Road between Union and Leigh Avenues until the 1990s. The former owners, Ralph and Sophie Heintz, lived there in their farmhouse until their deaths, at which time the property was willed to the University of California at Berkeley for eye research. Summer Hill Homes did a nice job of developing the land to keep some of the historic character.
Contact Us
This Silicon Valley Real Estate Website is provided to you by me, Mary Pope-Handy, a veteran Realtor, and Clair Handy, licensed in 2021 but a very knowledgeable Realtor, both with Sereno in the Los Gatos office.
No website, though, can give you precise advice or an expert opinion (not even this one!), so there are plenty of ways to contact us. We dislike pushy sales people as much as you do and always put our client’s best interests first.
Mary Pope-Handy
Realtor, CRS, CIPS, ABR, SRES
CA DRE # 01153805
Christie’s International Real Estate – Sereno
Los Gatos Office
214 Los Gatos Saratoga Rd
Los Gatos, CA 95030
408 335-1400 office
408 204-7673 cell
mary@popehandy.com
Clair Handy
Realtor, Blogger
CA DRE # 02153633
Christie’s International Real Estate – Sereno
Los Gatos Office
214 Los Gatos Saratoga Rd
Los Gatos, CA 95030
clairhandy@sereno.com
