We are proud to say that our new listing at 451 La Mesa Drive, in Portola Valley, was selected by the agents at a competing firm as the most interesting new home to come to market in the past week. The attached advertisement is currently running in The Daily Wamp. The Daily WAMP is a new local newspaper targeting residents living in Woodside, Atherton, Menlo Park and Portola Valley (hence the name, WAMP). WAMP has teamed up with Dreyfus Properties to review new listings from local brokerages. Dreyfus Properties’ agents pick one home e ...

Portola Valley School District is pleased has just announced that they have become a member of the growing CarpooltoSchool.com network. Now parents from Ormondale School and Corte Madera School who wish to start or join a carpool, walkpool, or bikepool can go online and find other potential school poolers. Superintendent Tim Hanretty said, "We are excited to implement this new and innovative program. In addition to reducing our overall carbon footprint, carpools, walkpools and bikepools all help to reduce traffic congestion near our schools i ...

The Market As predicted, sales nationwide slowed this summer. This was due in part to the end of federal tax credits for homebuyers. Despite the slower volume of sales, home values have been steady for the past 18 months. Comparing home values from July 2009 to July 2010, NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun, reports that the price of homes increased .7%. Also, Yun reports that annual sales averaged 4.9 million in the past 20 years. But for 2010, annual sales are expected to reach 5 million because of the healthy activity from January to J ...

In light of the recent tragedy in San Bruno the City of Palo Alto recently released information about the effort made to maintain the City's gas lines ... Ensuring the safety of the community is a top priority for the City of Palo Alto, and it conducts ongoing and proactive safety efforts that include leak detection surveys, pipeline upgrades and replacements, pipeline corrosion control, 24/7 customer response, and promotion of gas safety awareness and education to residents and businesses in Palo Alto. The most important safety tip, ...