Real Estate News & Market Insights | Los Altos Realtor Nicholas French

Average Sales Price History - 2010 to March 2022 A lot of you ask for this, remember this is the average raw data and please know this isn’t a great gauge of neighborhood value changes. Let’s talk for more info!  
What Makes for a Quality Investment Property? With interest rates slated to rise this year, it’s a great time to reevaluate your portfolio investments and diversify with an investment property. It won’t necessarily give you the same ROI as your MAMAA stocks but it’s historically a hedge against inflation and it...
2022: What To Expect WINTER 2021 QUARTERLY BLOG Going into the new year it is important to first reflect on the previous 12 months. This year started off at a relatively nominal pace, but once it got going, it really got going! I saw single-family homes jump 20-30%, which was difficult to watch if you were...
Happy Holidays from the French Family It has been a blessing to have such wonderful family time over the past few years. Our boys are at an amazing age where each corner brings new adventures and opportunities to learn. I often hear the cliché kids grow fast and I’m watching that first hand...
Average Sales Price History - 2010 to December 2021 A lot of you ask for this, remember this is the average raw data and please know this isn’t a great gauge of neighborhood value changes. Let’s talk for more info!  
Everything is Expensive—Except Interest Rates—for Now… FALL 2021 QUARTERLY BLOG Whether you are buying a bag of potatoes, building a fence, investing in the stock market, or buying real estate, everything is expensive right now.  Everything, except interest rates.  The past few years has been an economy driven by free money through the global economic...
Average Sales Price History - 2010 to September 2021 A lot of you ask for this, remember this is the average raw data and please know this isn’t a great gauge of neighborhood value changes. Let’s talk for more info!  
We’re Back! The Economic Re-Opening   SUMMER 2021 QUARTERLY BLOG The economy is feeling good, and signs of normalcy are returning.  There is no clearer barometer than the latest news from Costco that they are bringing back free samples in June!  I expect this to be a strong summer with tons of euphoric attitude...
The Great Silicon Valley Exodus? SPRING 2021 QUARTERLY BLOG Ready to leave the Bay Area?  Faced with soaring real estate and labor costs, a growing number of local tech firms are moving all or part of their companies elsewhere…companies say they are moving to save on rent, find more room to grow and...
Average Sales Price History - 2010 to March 2021 A lot of you ask for this, remember this is the average raw data and please know this isn’t a great gauge of neighborhood value changes. Let’s talk for more info!
Average Sales Price History - 2010 to December 2020 A lot of you ask for this, remember this is the average raw data and please know this isn’t a great gauge of neighborhood value changes. Let’s talk for more info! 
The Tale of Two Cities: Real Estate in a COVID-19 World It has been a year, to say the least. This unprecedented period has challenged the world while also being a ridiculous burden for millions of people struggling not only to survive with their health, but financially. You may hear about this in your news feeds, but it is right in...