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 Prima neighborhood in Livermore cooled off somewhat in the past several months. During the early part of 2010, nearly all homes that came on the market sold within a month. Since June of last year, however, the average time homes were on the market was 90 days. Still, there is only …
The Diablo Highlands neighborhood of Danville features both smaller lot detached homes, as well as larger lot single family homes “Diablo Highlands Country Estates”. Activity in the neighborhood has been slower than it was for much of 2010. Not as many homes were sold and they were on the market longer. …
The Bollinger Hills neighborhood of San Ramon saw quite an increase in activity during the past six months. Seven sales closed in that period, compared to three closings during the prior six month period. An additional three sales are pending and there are two active listings.
The two active listings have an average asking …
Homes seem to be taking a little longer to sell in the Canyon Crest neighborhood of San Ramon than they did several months ago. Early last year, homes were selling in about 30 to 45 days, on average. That average has increased to closer to 90 days recently. There are two active …
The residential Real Estate market is imperfect. What do I mean? In the U.S., the stock and bond markets are based on the concept of “perfect information”. Prices of these assets are reported in real time, showing what the latest price paid by investors. It changes… sometimes rapidly. Information is …
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The Tassajara Meadows neighborhood in Dublin appears to have cooled off just a little. Six months to a year ago, everything in this neighborhood was selling in a matter of days. Now, most homes are closing in more like a month and two pending sales have been on the market for nearly six …
Pending sales of single family detached homes in Pleasanton rose 55% in February and posted the highest level seen in at least several years. Pending sales were up in all market segments, with homes priced between $1 million and $2 million showing the largest percentage gain. Inventory did not keep pace and even …
The Blackhawk real estate market saw the market tighten in the lower end and loosen up in the higher end over the past couple of months. Demand remains strong in the lower end (homes priced under $1 million); there are just fewer homes available. Inventory of homes priced over $1 million, meanwhile, continued …
The Danville real estate market gathered some momentum over the past couple of months, even while the high end (homes priced over $1 million) added quite a bit of inventory. The inventory of higher priced homes increased significantly in February, while the inventory of homes priced under $1 million fell for the fifth consecutive …
2010 may have started slowly in San Ramon in January but things took off in February. Pending sales of single family detached homes jumped 55% during the month, with inventory trailing off only 6%. Homes priced under $1 million drove the increase in pending sales.
Pending sales in San Ramon increased to 68 in …
The inventory of available single family detached homes in Dublin continued to tighten in February, as pending sales rose for the third consecutive month and inventory extended its decline to five months. Inventory fell from 71 homes at the end of January to 54 at the end of February, a decrease of 24%. …
Two new listings have added some activity to what had become an inactive Pheasant Ridge neighborhood of Pleasanton. There have been no closed sales since September and only one pending sale of a short sale property. Five sales closed during all of 2010, an increase of two over 2009. Three of those …
High demand and low inventory continue to characterize the real estate situation in the Kottinger Ranch neighborhood of Pleasanton. There are no active listings and only one pending sale. Four sales closed in the past six months, the same number that closed in the prior six month period.
The only pending sale is on …
After a fairly busy period during the middle of 2010, the Walnut Hills and Canyon Oaks neighborhoods of Pleasanton returned to a more normal pace in the past six months. There are three active listing in the neighborhood and one pending sale. Three sales closed during the past six months.
The asking price for …
