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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The arroyos are creek beds that crisscross Pleasanton and include some of the best places in town to go for a walk. They are accessible all over town where streets cross over them. Just walk through the openings in the fence made for pedestrians. The city has created finished trails along almost …
The Stonegate neighborhood of Alamo has been moderately busy one over the past six months. There were three closed sales of custom homes in the neighborhood. However, there has been no activity for semi-custom homes.
CUSTOM HOMES
Five custom homes are actively listed. On the market for an average of 147 days, these homes …
The Roundhill Country Club Area in Alamo was very active during the past six months, when eight sales closed, compared to two during the prior six month period. While the activity has been fairly brisk for the neighborhood, sellers have not always been getting the prices they want, with recent sales prices of less …
We are currently making an offer on a house we would like to buy. We have gone back and forth with counter offers, and the seller sent us counter offer #5, which we promptly rejected, as we felt the seller was being too unreasonable. In fact, we have decided we don’t want to …
There was a big jump in activity in the Sycamore Area in Danville during the past six months, particularly during the month of April when six sales closed, probably driven by the then-expiring federal home buyer’s tax benefit. The neighborhood settled into a more normal pattern since April, with only one closed sale in …
Little witches and goblins don’t need to wait until Halloween night to celebrate this spook-tacular holiday. There are plenty of celebrations around Danville and San Ramon to get an early start to enjoying sweet treats and fall flavors.
After a slow start to the year, activity in the Greenbrook area of Danville picked up recently. There were eight closed sales in the neighborhood during the past six months, compared to four during the prior six month period. Two additional homes are pending sale and seven homes are actively listed. Demand …
If you are one of the many who consider Halloween to be your favorite holiday, then Pleasanton is the place for you. There are a wide range of activities to excite everyone, including young children, teens and adults alike. You can find a haunted walk, scary poetry, frightening improv, haunted house, nighttime walk …
The Inverness Park area of San Ramon saw a significant increase in activity over the past six months. Sales closed on nine homes during the period, compared to two closed sales during the prior six months. Those homes sold significantly faster than what we had been seeing in this neighborhood over the prior …
The inventory of single family detached homes in Livermore continues to increase. Since bottoming out in December of last year at 129 units, inventory has steadily increased. There are now over 100 more homes on the market than there were in December, and September was the fourth consecutive month with increased inventory. …
The city of Dublin’s website describes this trail as “one of Dublin’s little know treasures” and they got that right. Less than a mile long, the Martin Creek Canyon Trail follows Martin Creek, as you might expect. What you might not expect is how beautiful it is.
Beginning at the corner of …
The Vintage Hills neighborhood in Pleasanton keeps chugging along. Eight sales closed during the past six months, including four in August. That compares to nine that closed during the prior six month period. There are only two homes actively listing, an indication that homes are selling quickly.
The two active listings have and …
The Highland Oaks neighborhood in Pleasanton remains very hot. With the exception of a single property, everything that becomes available sells quickly. Four sales closed during the past six months, on par with the three that closed during the previous six months.
There is only one active listing in the neighborhood and it has …
A week or so ago, I posted an entry here about The Dublin Hills Regional Park, leaving from the main staging area just off Dublin Boulevard. But my favorite part of the park is the Donlon Loop Trail. This trail is more secluded than the Calaveras Ridge Trail, and there is more wildlife.
The …
Pending sales of single family homes in Pleasanton continued to decline in September, a trend that is not unusual for this time of year. Somewhat more concerning is that inventory levels increased, especially for home priced under $1 million. Those homes make up a larger portion of homes for sale than they did …
