On The Move October 2026 September 2026: Taliesin West This month, I found inspiration at a desk. Frank Lloyd Wright’s desk, to be exact, in his studio at Taliesin West. When Wright first established the property in the Arizona desert, it was essentially a camp (Who knew!), no running water, electricity or even conventional roofs
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Moves & Metrics September 2026 The Takeaway: San Mateo is tightening while Santa Clara is loosening. San Mateo’s days on market are improving, inventory is down and overbidding is up. Meanwhile, Santa Clara is seeing inventory rise, absorption weaken and price reductions climb. What’s behind the divergence? Tech layoffs at companies like Meta, Google and
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On The Move September 2026 August 2026: Somerset, VA. Me & Steve. Steve likes his nose scratched. I returned from my annual sojourn to the beloved Virginia countrysideto discover Palo Alto’s rental market had caught fi re. Naturally, Istarted to wonder why. Let’s take a step back… In June, the Palo Alto rental market wasnearly
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On The Move August 2026 2026: Donner Lake. Instant throwback: A “vintage” pontoon boat, just like my grandfather had. From Search To Sold. Over the past year, I logged plenty of miles traveling from Hillsborough to Saratoga in search of the right home for clients. They had a clear vision for how they wanted to
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Moves & Metrics July 2026 Well, aren’t these stats compelling! AI wealth effect is the story of the summer: in June, 44 SF home sales closed at least $1M over asking, up from single digits a year ago. Total dollars over-ask in SF: over $60M in June alone. Santa Clara posted the second-largest YoY price
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Moves & Metrics June 2026 My thought balloon at the moment… Which real estate markets will be the recipients of the AI-related upcoming IPO wealth generation? Will the executives head for Atherton? Look for an estate in Napa? A beach house in Baja? The San Francisco housing market is already white-hot, where will the money
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On The Move June 2026 Photo: Saturday, May 30, 2026 Spaceship? Amoeba? Modern art? Your guess is as good as mine. This sculpture was discovered while on a walk through Stanford’s outdoor sculpture collection, a collection I didn’t even know existed until a fellow Rotarian (and Stanford insider) organized a tour. (Thank you, Hal!) As
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Moves & Metrics May 2026 Much like a home in escrow, this month’s market report experienced a slight delay in closing. With Patrick Carlisle’s retirement, the new Compass analytics team is working through issuing the monthly reports. A few speed bumps aside… the data is in! Santa Clara County Competition remains strongest in the family-home
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On The Move May 2026 Birthday tulips. Photo credit: Brian, a patron of Terún Pizza This month’s inspiration came from a vase of tulips. Terún is a neighborhood spot that reminds you why locally owned businesses matter. This year, the staff surprised me with a vase of tulips at the bar (last year it was
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On The Move April 2026 Y Combinator HQ, Mountain View, CA: February 2026 You can literally smell spring in Palo Alto! Not just fresh-cut grass, but those unexpected corners where the air turns floral and almost sweet. It still catches me off guard. After years in NYC, where you learned which blocks doubled as wind
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