Doug Buenz
Real Estate Broker
Alain Pinel Realtors
(925) 463-2000
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I am a local Real Estate Broker with Alain Pinel Realtors serving the Pleasanton and the Tri-Valley area. I am an avid watcher of the local real estate market, as well as cultural and political events. But that is what I do, not who I am... » read more
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2011 was a very quiet year for the Vintage Heights neighborhood of Pleasanton. Three sales closed in all of 2011, compared to seven during 2010. No homes are actively listed and there are no pending sales.
Four sales closed since November 2010. They sold for an average price of $1,012,500 or $321 per square foot, which …
Back in June of 2011, I commented how little changes in the Willow Creek neighborhood of Dublin. There was little activity and homes sold quickly. Now there is even less activity, in fact, there has been none in over seven months. There are no active listings or pending sales in the neighborhood and no sales …
The past six months were not extremely busy in the Norris Canyon Estates/Roubion neighborhood of San Ramon, at least as measured in closed sales. There were three closed sales during that time, compared to eight in the prior six month period. However, there are five pending sales and an additional eight active listings. Six months …
The last time I wrote about the Parkside neighborhood in Pleasanton was in June of last year and it was very quiet. Few homes had been on the market for the prior year and only three sales had closed in over a year. Since that time, two sales that were pending closed and four additional …
The Val Vista neighborhood of Pleasanton continues to be one of the most active neighborhoods in Pleasanton. A large number of homes have gone on the market and none of them has taken very long to sell. Only two homes are actively listed but there are 12 pending sales. Eight sales closed in the past …
If the cost of two tickets to paradise is beyond your budget right now, then maybe two tickets to see Eddie Money would be within reach.
Money will be playing at Tommy T’s Comedy Steakhouse in Pleasanton on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 and 9:30.
Money was a regular in Berkeley clubs in the late 60s and …
It may seem odd to think we are in a tight market right now, given the uncertain economic times and weak housing market nationally, where home prices have continued to decline. But the fact is that the inventory of single family detached homes has been trending down sharply the past few months and there are …
The inventory of single family detached homes in Alamo fell to its lowest level since 2007. Pending sales fell in December but were still strong for December.
Overall, inventory stood at 61 homes at the end of December, down 18% from 74 at the end of November. Pending sales fell to 12 during December, after jumping …
Inventory continued to fall in Livermore, with December posting the fifth consecutive decline. Inventory was last this low late in 2009. Other parts of the Tri-Valley are seeing five to seven year lows in inventory. Pending sales, meanwhile, took a surprising jump upwards in December to 88, a very strong December number.
Overall, inventory fell from …
The Livermore Valley
Opera will celebrate its 20th anniversary in grand style Jan. 28 with champagne, a three-course meal with wine from Livermore wineries, and a lineup of impressive artists.
The event will be held at 5 p.m. at the Ruby Hills Country Club.
The evening will begin with champagne and a concert featuring three leading divas singing …
After watching sales rise in Danville through October and November, I was beginning to think that maybe Santa had come early. But the real estate market here came back to earth in December with sales declining sharply and inventory falling for the sixth consecutive month to a level not seen in six years.
Pending sales of …
Like most of the rest of the Tri-Valley, Blackhawk saw inventory drop lower than it has for several years, while pending sales actually rose sharply in December, after taking a dive in November. Two months ago, the higher and lower ends of the market were behaving differently, with the higher end showing more strength than …
Zephyr Grill & Bar in Livermore
will be offering complimentary tastings of its 2009 Livermore Valley Chardonnay and 2008 Livermore Valley Cabernet Sauvignon during its Tasting Tuesday event, coming Jan. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.
McGrail Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon will be available by the glass (that night only!), and if you end up buying a …
There’s nothing like a good mystery to wrestle the mind and keep us on the edge of our seats. This Friday the Village Theatre Role Payers Ensemble presents LAURA by Vera Caspary and George Sklar at the Village Theatre in Danville
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This one has it all - crime, romance, obsession, and ghost story. You won’t want …
December in San Ramon looked like most Decembers, if you’re talking about the real estate market. Both inventory and pending sales fell and, as you would expect, homes priced under $1 million led the market levels lower. What is different about San Ramon from the rest of the Tri-Valley is that most of the …
