Photo courtesy of AL Homes. A brand-new home in San Jose for approximately $300,000 sounds almost unbelievable. That is why The Kirk has attracted so much attention. The new East San Jose community contains 18 homes, and two of them are expected to be sold at deeply discounted below-market prices to income-qualified households. Local reporting places the anticipated price of those two homes at approximately $300,000, while the community’s market-rate homes generally begin abo

Photo courtesy of AL Homes. San Jose buyers are familiar with detached houses, condominiums and townhouses. But another term is beginning to appear in local real estate conversations: the duet home. The name sounds simple, but it creates several important questions. Is a duet home a single-family house? Is it another name for a duplex? Does the buyer own the land? Who takes care of the shared wall? Is there a homeowners association? How is it different from a townhouse or con