Menlo Park home designed with 14-foot sound wall to block unwanted noise is among ‘modern marvels’ open to the public on Saturday
Sharp angles, clean lines, neutral colors, open floor plans – these are the design elements one can expect to find in the seven houses that will be open to the public during the 2024 Silicon Valley Modern Home Tour on Saturday, May 18.
One of the homes on the tour, however, boasts an unusual design created to tackle a not-so-uncommon challenge: noise.
With median home price 19x higher than household incomes, Palo Alto becomes second-least affordable U.S. city to buy a house
Palo Alto is now the second-least affordable U.S. city to buy a home, according to a new report, which tracked housing affordability by dividing median home prices by the median annual household income for 380 cities across the nation.
Exploring Eichler’s Greenmeadow ‘utopia’ on its 70th anniversary
Want to explore the Midpeninsula’s neighborhoods? Embarcadero Media’s “A Day In” series highlights the history, architecture and points of interest of different local neighborhoods on an interactive map each month.
Los Altos Hills cottage sells for $16,146 per square foot
The Midpeninsula saw 51 recorded home sales ranging from $730,000 for a condo in Mountain View to $15.5 million for a 960-square-foot cottage in Los Altos Hills.
Home & garden
Spotted a swarm? Meet the Mountain View beekeeper whose new platform gets honey bees rehomed
How’s your relationship with honey bees? You may be aware of their role as pollinators…
neighborhoods
How the 1906 earthquake gave rise to Palo Alto’s reputation as a sought-after place to live
The devastation to San Francisco caused by the 1906 earthquake that struck the region on April 18 has been well-documented over the past 118 years.…
real estate Business
7 small ways to boost your savings for a down payment on a house
With interest rates ticking up to 7.17% during the last week of April, the typical monthly mortgage payment for a median-priced home is likely out…
