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Downtown San Jose condo war widens as new real estate lawsuit emerges – Silicon Valley

SAN JOSE — The auctioning of several downtown San Jose condominiums has spawned a widening legal war now that a troubled China-based real estate firm has filed a new lawsuit in the increasingly tangled case. China-based Z&L Properties has filed a lawsuit against winning bidders in an auction last week of the downtown San Jose condos, as well as the trustee that conducted the proceeding, Santa Clara County Court records show. 188 West St. James residential towers near San Pedro Square in downtown San Jose, 2020  The latest court case…

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Los Gatos-Based HGTV House-Flipper Sentenced to Four Years In Jail for Real Estate Fraud – SFist

Who’d have thought that a house-flipping character calling himself “Mr. Flip It” on an HGTV reality show would be neck-deep in real estate fraud? South Bay man Charles “Todd” Hill was just sentenced to four years for a $10 million scheme. In 2014, there was an HGTV reality show called Flip It to Win It. (It lasted one season). It was set in Silicon Valley, and the premise of the show was “five teams of expert flippers bid against each other for abandoned houses sight unseen.” In the trailer below,…

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Hundreds of affordable homes are proposed near East Bay BART stop – The Mercury News

(Google Maps) Empty land at the corner of Warm Spring Boulevard and South Grimmer Boulevard in Fremont. The Warm Springs BART station is visible in the background. FREMONT — An affordable housing project that could produce hundreds of homes is being eyed on empty land near a BART station in Fremont, city documents show. The housing development, which would consist of apartments, is being proposed on a vacant parcel alongside the Warm Springs BART station. Vacant land at the corner of Warm Springs Boulevard and South Grimmer Boulevard near the…

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Hundreds of affordable homes are proposed near East Bay BART stop – East Bay Times

FREMONT — An affordable housing project that could produce hundreds of homes is being eyed on empty land near a BART station in Fremont, city documents show. The housing development, which would consist of apartments, is being proposed on a vacant parcel alongside the Warm Springs BART station. Vacant land at the corner of Warm Springs Boulevard and South Grimmer Boulevard near the Warm Springs BART station in Fremont, shown within the outline. Boundaries are approximate.  If built, the project would produce 240 units in what is being described as…

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Bay Area Christians fight city over ‘hostile and targeted’ cross removal: ‘Discriminatory action’ – Fox News

A California club is fighting to get its cross back on what they say is their private property after an atheist group campaigned for it to be removed.  Fifty years ago, a devout Christian asked the Albany Lions Club to build and maintain a large lighted steel and plexiglass cross on his private land, to be lit during the Christmas and Easter seasons. When lit, the cross is visible for miles, which the group says sends “its message of God’s love and as a comfort to the Christian community.”  The…

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Silicon Valley tiny home sells ‘considerably’ over $1.7M listing price: report – KGO-TV

CUPERTINO, Calif. (KGO) — A tiny home in Cupertino that went viral for its $1.7 million listing price is now under contract. After receiving eight offers, the one-bedroom, 384-square-foot home was sold “considerably over asking,” the agent told SF Gate. PREVIOUS STORY: Looking to buy a home in Bay Area? Here’s what $1.7M will get you in Silicon Valley The small home might not be what people are paying for, but instead, it’s the potential of a 7,841-square-foot lot it is on. The property’s final price won’t be revealed until…

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