MtViewProject

The Mountain View Project

The Mountain View Project is me trying to know this city.

I live here. I'm learning the area on purpose: neighbors, housing, the places we actually use. I write it down as I go so it doesn't stay in my head. The notes are public. Take what you want.

Ray Osborne · eXp Realty · DRE#02068227

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Articles

The long writeups are on X. This page is the index. Click a row.

The city

Nine MLS areas. Neighborhood by neighborhood.

Map of all Mountain View areas50-second Google map walkthrough of the MLS areas, so the numbers make sense on the ground.200WhismanBiggest tape in the set. Quiet cul-de-sacs still print. Middlefield and the attached stacks do not. Same city, two products.201Sylvan DaleSmaller house pocket by the park. Cul-de-sac plus a real remodel is the whole story. Not a city median.203North ShorelineOffices, new product, and a 2027 pre-sale can sit in the same Active list. Ask if the keys exist this year.204RengstorffAttached-heavy. The avenue that names it is a discount. A long-clock condo is that stack, not the zip.205ThompsonSmallest house sample. Condition is the baseline, not a flex. Street and lot still decide it.206San AntonioWest edge. Houses and attached. Arterial frontage is not an interior comp. Long clocks reprint as new. Read both dates.207DowntownCastro and the walkable core. Houses and rebuilds move. Condos and TICs are a different market sitting in the same column.208GrantDetached, bigger lots, Waverly Park. Trophy tests live here. Do not price it off a Whisman townhome.209MiramonteHills, Eichlers, Varsity Park. Premium houses and El Camino attached are not the same bid. Offer mornings, not a seven-day browse.

This week

Every Monday I pull a fresh MLS snapshot of Mountain View and compare it to the week before. Every Wednesday I write one Field Note, a short piece on what I'm seeing on the ground.

Monday

Weekly MLS Snapshot

A 90-day MLS pull for Mountain View, compared week over week. Week of October 26.

Wednesday

Field Notes: The one House that raised its Price

Every week the MLS shows price changes. Most are cuts. This week, in Mountain View, twelve still-active homes dropped their asking price. One raised it.

Past posts

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Mountain View market

City Hall

What happened at Mountain View City Council and EPC, in plain words.

Oct 27, 2026CouncilOct. 27, 2026 City Council MeetingMountain View Council: tax-exempt bond financing for 334 San Antonio Road, a 99-unit fully affordable project, passes on the consent calendar.Read the recapWatch the meeting
Oct 21, 2026EPCOct. 21, 2026, Meeting of the Environmental Planning CommissionMountain View EPC: 36-unit rowhouse clears commission 7-0, heads to council Nov 10.Read the recapWatch the meeting

CERT

What we are. How to join. What we are building.

Sep 27, 2026The Shake OutThe Shake Out Fair ran this morning at Fairmont Park, corner of Fairmont Avenue and Bush Street, 10 to noon. If you missed it, begin preparing tonight.Apr 22, 2026Old Mountain View CERT: FEMA-Connected Neighbors Ready to HelpWhat CERT is, why the academy matters, how to join.Membership noteBuilding a Better CERT Membership System in Old Mountain ViewA working note on keeping people after the academy. Not the first thing to read.

Join the free City of Mountain View CERT Academy on the city page.

Next CERT Academy: Thursday, April 8–Saturday, April 24, 2027 • 6:30 PM–5 PM

Old Mountain View CERT: info@omvna-cert.org

Ray Osborne, realtor in Mountain View

Ray Osborne · DRE#02068227

How I work

Mondays I go through what's for sale. Wednesdays I write one Field Note. Fridays I write what's in my head. Area pieces are neighborhood by neighborhood. Video when I have a camera.

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