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Looking Back to The Peak of the California Housing Market

Looking Back at The California Housing Market
Recently at Alain Pinel Pleasanton we were able to get some great, detailed information on the California housing market. Charts and graphs can tell a great story about where we have been, and hopefully about where we’re going.
Where was the top of the California housing market? May 2007 @ $594,530 for [...]

Retirement Communities Pleasanton, Danville & Livermore

Where will you retire in the Tri Valley?
From The Village at Ironwood in Pleasanton to Rossmoor in Walnut Creek, retirement age residents have choices.
Every community is different, but a majority offer a range from active lifestyles to assisted living.
As Realtors in Pleasanton we have clients who come from Castro Valley, Livermore, Danville and across the [...]

Possible Short Sale Fraud By The Banks

Possible Short Sale Fraud By The Banks

Short Sales in San Ramon to Short Sales in Pleasanton. If you are thinking of purchasing a short sale you need to know what the bank can and cannot ask for.
When the housing market was ‘crazy’ many homeowners pulled money out of their home in equity lines and created [...]

Fed Plans to Stop Purchasing Mortgages

Interest Rates Set to Rise this Spring
A concern for home buyers, builders and investors is that the Federal Reserve plans to stop purchasing mortgages at the end of March. This action could bring interest rates higher from the current low of around 5.2%. With strong signs of the economy improving some like Thomas Hoenig, President of [...]

Update to Home Buyer Tax Credit

What You need to know if you are buying a home
Congress passed an expanded version of the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit that was set to expire on November 30. This expanded version will likely stimulate the housing market more than the old version will.
Not only does this recently passed credit still includes [...]

Top 10 Mistakes Home Buyers Make When Buying

If you are looking for homes for sale in Pleasanton or a Dublin Ranch Condo… You need to avoid these 10 Mistakes Buyers Make.

How to Buy Foreclosures in Pleasanton

Foreclosures in Pleasanton represent about 1/2 percent of all available homes in Pleasanton. Today there are 273 homes in Pleasanton for sale and 12 of them are foreclosures. So how do you as a home buyer secure one of these Pleasanton foreclosures? Well first, hire a Realtor, I know obvious first step coming from a [...]

Tri Valley Home Sales February 2009

Looking at the closed homes below you will see that overall Tri Valley Home Sales were a bit off from previous months, but a recent report by NAR shows Pending Home Sales Up (signed not closed sales). Cheer!!! It’s good news!
In my opinion it’s especially good news for first time buyers in the $500k and [...]

Tri Valley Home Sales January 2009

Pleasanton Homes, Livermore, San Ramon and Dublin Homes saw an increase in the number of homes sold from November to December. Only Danville Homes saw a drop in the number of homes sold last month. So what’s the reason for the increase in home sales? Closing by years end and receiving tax write offs and/or [...]

Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Home

Biggest thing I see is a home buyer who thinks they know what they are doing, even if you have bought a dozen homes, you are probably not in the ‘market’ every day. It would be similar to getting on a medical site or a ‘how to carpenter’ site, the problem here is I am [...]

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