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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It has been a very quiet year in the Old Town neighborhood of Pleasanton. There has been only one closed sale in all of 2010, after having three closed sales during 2009. There are no active listings or pending sales.
The single closed sale was 614 Abbie Court, which was an REO. It …
The market in the Moller Ranch neighborhood of Pleasanton picked up significantly over the past six months. The non-custom homes in the neighborhood lead the way with three closed sales, another sale pending and two active listings. Two semi-custom homes were also sold, the first closed sales of semi-custom homes in the neighborhood …
Sales in the Norris Canyon Estates neighborhood of San Ramon continued at a steady pace through August but have slowed since then, not uncommon for this time of year. Most of the homes have sold quickly but there are some that have remained on the market for several months.
Five homes are actively listed in …
The cities of Danville, San Ramon and Alamo are gearing up for their respective tree lighting ceremonies to kick off the 2010 holiday season.
The Foxborough/Grey Eagle Estates neighborhood of Pleasanton saw an increase in listings recently with four homes coming available. One of those homes sold in 18 days. That sale is the only sold home in the neighborhood in 2010, after only two were sold during all of 2009. None of the four homes are …
There was a veritable explosion of activity in the Vintage Heights neighborhood of Pleasanton during the months of June and July when five sales closed. That followed a period dating back to December of 2008 where there were no sales at all. And there were only two sales during 2008. So, after …
The song remains the same in the Willow Creek neighborhood of Dublin where few available homes resulted in little activity. Demand remained strong as evidenced by how quickly most homes sold here.
There is only one active listing. It is priced at $699,000, which is $271 per square foot. The home has been …
Mistletoe. Lights. Warm fires. The holidays are a special time of year, and most people have a “Rockwellian” soft spot for these festivities (at least until they get the credit card bills for all of the shopping). The natural assumption is that having your home on the market from late November …
I recently purchased my first house and according to the escrow agreement the seller received 3 days after closing to move. Well after three days I called the seller to verify a time we would meet to exchange keys and he told me he needed THIRTY days!!! To make a …
The Val Vista neighborhood in Pleasanton remained very active over the past six months. While the number of sales has remained high, the inventory level has risen and homes are not selling as quickly as they were earlier in the year. In addition, the number of distressed (short sales or REO) properties has …
The Parkside neighborhood in Pleasanton continued its sleepy ways over the past six months. In fact, the market has been pretty quiet for the past couple of years. It is obviously a very desirable neighborhood because not many people seem to want to sell their homes and when they do, the homes sell …
I entered into a contract to sell my house a couple of weeks ago. Because the market is slow, I ended up taking a lot less for my house than I was planning on. Now the buyers have had inspections, and they want me to credit them $3500 for repairs, …
The real estate market in Pleasanton reversed the trend of the past few months, with the inventory of single family detached homes declining in October and pending sales increasing. The change was largely driven by homes priced under $1 million, which made up 63% of the inventory and 75% of pending sales in October. …
The Blackhawk real estate market has been steady over the past few months. Inventory is largely unchanged from May and while pending sales are not at their high (17) for the year, neither are they at their low (3). The trend, begun in March, of an increasing share of the inventory consisting of …
If the only data you looked at for Danville real estate was snapshots of the overall market at the end of August and again at the end of October, you would likely surmise that nothing had changed. Inventory and pending sales numbers are about the same. But if you include September’s numbers in …
