Property ladder

It doesn’t take much to sell real estate in the Valley They Call Silicon. Putting out a sign in front of something that vaguely looks like it was intended for habitation is generally sufficient to get several offers.

For a while I noticed this one in front of a condo complex:

The “Honey, stop the car!” bit was a first. Whether it made a difference I don’t know—this was a three-bedroom flat listed for $819,000. (As an aside, four years ago units in this complex were selling for around $450,000. It’s a little over a mile from the new Apple headquarters.)

But a couple of days later I noticed this:

So something worked.