Home sales way down, but prices remain high Around Town, posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 14, 2009 at 8:29 am
The median price of a single-family home in Mountain View remained just over $1 million in the first quarter of 2009, despite the fact that half as many were sold compared to the same period last year, according to the local Realtors' association.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, April 13, 2009, 12:48 PM
Posted by The Son, a resident of another community, on Apr 14, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Correction: Small, run down, tear down, World War 2 worker era, Superfund contaminated, full of Prop 13 benefactors who pay $1000 a year in property tax, mediocre K-6 schools [compared to nationally], paradise doesn't come cheap.
Posted by The Dad, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood, on Apr 15, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Well Son, I'm guessing you're a "glass is half empty" kinda kid, but
as the story shows, your view of Mtn View differs greatly than the people who keep lining up to buy the houses but whatever your view of the city, we're both right...its not inexpensive.