Home Sales decrease 22.2 percent in November, median price of a home in California at $555,290, up 1.4 percent from year ago
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 21) – Home sales decreased 22.2 percent in November in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home increased 1.4 percent, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.
“After fairly steep declines in sales during the first half of the year, the market appears to have stabilized at about 450,000 sales on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis,” said C.A.R. President Colleen Badagliacco. “The median price is holding steady in the $545,000 to $550,000 range, and increased just 1.4 percent last month compared with a year ago.”
Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled 450,930 in November at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, according to information collected by C.A.R. from more than 90 local REALTOR® associations statewide. Statewide home resale activity decreased 22.2 percent from the 579,560 sales pace recorded in November 2005.
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New real estate developer approved for Sunnyvale downtown
In an effort to revive the long-delayed, multi-million dollar real estate redevelopment of downtown Sunnyvale, the city council has unanimously approved transfer of the project to a new developer. The Sunnyvale City council, acting as the Sunnyvale Redevelopment Agency, granted permission at its Dec. 12 meeting for Fourth Quarter Properties to continue negotiations to transfer the 34-acre property and development agreements to San Mateo-based Sand Hill Properties and its financial backer, RREEF, a worldwide financial organization.
Sunnyvale Council members and city staff agreed that the transfer represented the city's best shot at getting the $400 million real estate renovation of the downtown quickly back on track.
"I think we have a very strong developer here," said council member Melinda Hamilton. "It's a positive step in the right direction.''
The real estate redevelopment plan is a mixed-use project designed to convert the old Sunnyvale Town Center mall into a traditional downtown with more than 1 million square feet of retail space, a quarter million square feet of commercial office space, and almost 300 housing units.

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Welcome to Sunnyvale

A GUIDE FOR NEW OR CURRENT SUNNYVALE RESIDENTS

Thank you for being a resident in the City of Sunnyvale. If you've just moved to the City of Sunnyvale, welcome home! This guide is a resource to help you get settled and better understand Sunnyvale as a whole community. It is available for download in PDF format (PDF 1.92 MB). Please be aware that this is a large file that may take several minutes to download.

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Shop Sunnyvale

Every time you dine out at a Sunnyvale restaurant, purchase a car at a Sunnyvale dealership, rent movies at a Sunnyvale video store or buy any item in Sunnyvale, you're helping the City provide our nationally recognized public services. Every dollar you spend in Sunnyvale directly benefits city services. We can all feel safe, drive on clean, well maintained and lighted streets, relax in our community's beautiful parks and enjoy many other city services, all because of you and our community's valuable businesses. The 9,400 retailers, hotels, restaurants, corporations and home-based businesses located in our City contribute 70% of total revenues to the Sunnyvale General Fund. That's about $63 million annually. So let's keep making our Sunnyvale community one of the best in the nation.

Shopping Center Map
This map will show you the locations of Sunnyvale shopping centers. To view the stores and services available at those locations, select the shopping center. This will provide you with a list of different services and contact information.

Sunnyvale Hotels Map
This map will show you the locations of Sunnyvale hotels. To view contact information and/or hotel web pages, select the hotel name. *Hotel names will link you to outside web pages.

Sunnyvale Auto Row
This link will provide you with a list of auto dealerships located on El Camino Real.

The Sunnyvale Auto is currently promoting the "Support Our Schools" Program. In partnering with the Sunnyvale School District Education Foundation (SSDEF), Sunnyvale Auto Row is pleased to announce the formation of the "Support Our Schools" Program. This program started on February 1, 2006 and will continue until June 30, 2006. Click on Auto Row - Support Our School Program to view promotional brochure.

Yahoo! Yellow Pages
This link will take you to the Yahoo! Yellow Pages for Sunnyvale businesses. If the business you are looking for is not in a shopping center, you can use this link to search for it.

Support your local Sunnyvale businesses!

Sunnyvale Safety and Sobriety Checkpoint Scheduled for December 22
Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety officers will conduct a DUI safety and sobriety checkpoint from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., Friday, December 22. Sunnyvale will operate the checkpoint with assistance from other regional law enforcement agencies. Cars traveling northbound on Mathilda Avenue between Maude and San Aleso Avenues will be randomly stopped and checked. Officers will look at the safety of the vehicle, the operator’s license and state of sobriety. News Release: Click Here

Caltrain Gate Opens on Hendy Avenue in Sunnyvale
Caltrain arrives in Sunnyvale as viewed through the newly-opened Hendy Avenue gate. Residents can now enter the Multimodal Transit Station from Hendy on the north side of the tracks.

Sunnyvale Pop Warner Jr. Midgets won the Division II National Championship in Florida! Also, Oak Grove (San Jose) Jr. Midgets won the Division I National Championship.What a fantastic accomplishment by all the coaches and kids!
Way to go SUNNYVALE and OAK GROVE!

Watch out...this could cause our Sunnyvale real estate market to jump by popular demand.

Sunnyvale's Pop-Warner Football team is Playing to Qualify for National Championship in Florida today. Great job Sunnyvale!I am happy to report, that the Sunnyvale Micro Rockets won their first game in Florida. They beat a team from the San Diego area 24-8. The Sunnyvale Micro Rockets qualifing championship game has just started (Friday 12/8 at 1:00 EST) and you can get the results under the Jr Midgets games in just a few hours: Click Here If Sunnyvale wins today they will play for the National Championship on Saturday(tomorrow).

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Sunnyvale Micro Rockets blast off for Florida...
Disney World long has been a celebration place for football success, honoring the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player. San Francisco 49ers greats Steve Young, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice all made visits to the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Fla., following MVP performances and Super Bowl victories.
Now, a team of 31 middle school-aged boys from Sunnyvale and Cupertino is in Orlando, trying to turn an already magical season into a national championship.
The Sunnyvale Micro Knights, newly crowned champions of the Pacific Northwest Region, traveled to Orlando last weekend for the Pop Warner Super Bowl.
In all, 64 regional winners from eight Pop Warner regions converged upon Disney's Wide World of Sports athletic complex for the annual weeklong event. A total of 68 games played on eight different fields will determine eight national champions. There are four age/weight classifications (midget, junior midget, peewee and junior peewee) and two divisions of each class.
The Sunnyvale Micro Knights, whose players are ages 11-13 and weigh no more than 130 pounds, are vying this week with seven other regional kingpins to be the king of the Division II junior midget class. The Sunnyvale Micros entered Super Bowl Week with a 13-1 record, including three victories in the Peninsula Pop Warner Conference playoffs and three more in the Pacific Northwest Regional. During the journey they outscored opponents 305-28, and registered 11 shutouts.
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A little off the subject of Real Estate...
I have just returned back to Sunnyvale from a short lived 1.5 days in the Central Coast of California. I was just south of San Luis Obispo in Arroyo Grande visiting and working with a friend & his family. Soon after I arrived we went to the Pismo Beach Sand Dunes for a couple of hours of incredible fun. There was less than 20 people to be found in the many miles of sand dunes and the weather was about 65-70 degrees, NO fog and NO wind. This was truly a perfect day! Oh, what a BLAST! We escaped without injury and stories to tell for years to come.
We also stopped by a Monarch grove with thousands of butterflies amongst the eucalyptus trees, that was worth seeing any day of the week. We also played some Frisbee golf at a park that has 27 Frisbee golf holes throughout a sprawling park that never seemed to end. Avila Beach was another stop that we swung on the swing sets on the beach with next to no one around. That's something I haven't done since I was 12 years old. We also took his dog Chip on a long walk on the beach in with only the moon light and the tranquil sounds of the ocean to guide us. OK, this would have been much better with my wife!
We did manage to do some real estate work from time to time as well.

Deadline is today for Submitting Notice of Interest
in Onizuka real estate in Sunnyvale

For Nonprofit and Government Agencies Interested in Onizuka Property

SUNNYVALE, Calif. –The Sunnyvale City Council, serving as the Onizuka Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA) for Onizuka Air Force Station, is seeking notices of interest (NOIs) for surplus Sunnyvale real estate at the installation from state and local governments, homeless service providers and other interested parties. The deadline for filing an NOI is 5 p.m., Tuesday, December 5, 2006.
A listing of surplus property at Onizuka Air Force Station was published by the Department of Defense in the Federal Register, May 30, 2006.
NOIs for homeless assistance may be submitted by any state or local government agency or private nonprofit organization that provides – or proposes to provide – services to homeless persons and/or families living in Sunnyvale.

Overnight real estate interest rates in 4-day slump
30-year fixed rate at 5.61%; 10-year Treasury yield at 4.43%
Long-term mortgage interest rates were down again Friday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield slipped to 4.43 percent.
The 30-year fixed-rate average dipped to 5.61 percent, and the 15-year fixed rate sank to 5.39 percent. The 1-year adjustable held at 5.3 percent.
The 30-year Treasury bond yield decreased to 4.55 percent.

Rates continue to slide down more this week as well...this is really a good time to consider a refinance or home purchase loan!
Contact me and I will personally refer you to a professional lender I know...(California Properties Only)

Numourous burglaries in the Sunnyvale residential community area known as 'Bird Land".

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) is seeking the public’s assistance in solving a series of residential burglaries in the City’s southeast area.
The burglaries, which began November 1, generally occur during early evening hours, typically on a Friday or Saturday. After the residents leave their homes, the suspect or suspects enter the residence through a rear window or sliding glass door, taking money and jewelry. The burglar apparently knows the difference between costume jewelry and valuable items.
No suspect description is available, nor has a possible vehicle been identified. The crimes have generally been in residential areas south of Evelyn Avenue, east of Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road, and as far south as the Sunnyvale city limit.
DPS Crime Prevention Bureau staff reminds the public it is important to report suspicious activity immediately, and residents should always report suspicious persons or vehicles in their neighborhood. To report any emergency or crime in progress, call 9-1-1. For non-emergencies, call (408) 730-7180. More information on burglary prevention is available on the City’s Web site at CrimePrevention.inSunnyvale.com and then follow the link to Residential Crime Prevention, or by calling DPS at (408) 730-7140, TDD (408) 730-7501.