Nearly half of the 48 homes sold this week had price tags of $4 million or higher. Atherton saw the most-expensive recorded sale at $29 million, while Los Altos saw the most transactions.

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Silicon Valley house hunters having a difficult time finding homes for sale aren't alone. Low housing inventory seems to be a nationwide phenomenon.  

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Home prices and sales fell statewide in California in June as mortgage interest rates hovered above  7% throughout the bulk of May, when most of these sales opened escrow, according to a new report from the California Association of Realtors.

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Menlo Park recorded the highest home sale for the week, while Mountain View saw the most transactions.

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At $23.75 million, Atherton saw the highest home sale this week, while Menlo Park and Mountain View saw the most transactions.

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Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) can be an appealing way to maximize living space on a residential lot, but the process for adding one can be overwhelming and onerous for property owners.

That's where Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia's company Samara comes in. Drawing from his strategy at Airbnb to streamline the vacation property rental process, Gebbia believes he can revolutionize the housing industry by mass producing homes that can be customized and ordered with minimal hassle.

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Each week, Embarcadero Media takes a look at home sales activity along the Midpeninsula in the communities of Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley and Woodside.

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The landlord-tenant landscape is becoming more and more complicated to navigate, especially this year as a number of new laws take effect as part of California's housing overhaul that Gov. Gavin Newsom approved at the end of 2023. Here are seven state laws that have recently gone into effect, or will go into effect in upcoming months, that renters and landlords should know about.

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At $16.8 million, a contemporary farmhouse in Woodside sold for the highest recorded price tag on this Midpeninsula this week, followed by the $15.1 million sale of the historic Dunker House in Palo Alto.

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We're only the second month into peak fire season (May-October), and California has already experienced 2,224 wildfires that have burned a total of 95,562 acres across the state since January, according to data released by CalFire on June 24.   

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