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 an interesting year for Danville real estate, and given the state of the economy, I think it was a relatively good year. Sales and the sales price as a percent of the list price were up, while months of inventory were down from 2010. Prices, however, moved lower and homes were on the …
If you have a grade-school daughter, granddaughter, niece, or neighbor, then more than likely you’ve heard of Pinkalicious.
The popular children’s book, by Elizabeth Kann and Victoria Kann, is about a little girl who LOVES, you guessed it, the color pink. The stage version of the popular child’s story will come to the Bay Area Children’s …
If you’re a resident of Danville
or TriValley region and you’re a fan of the theater, then chances are you’ve heard of Victoria’s Hair on Stage. After selling her salon (the former “stage”) and giving up her 20-year run of the show, show founder Vicki Brooks has decided to bring the blondes back.
This time around Blondie …
Their music has spanned five decades and has produced countless hits with equal parts R&B, doo-wop, funk, soul, and nostalgia. And now The Temptations will bring their hits to the San Ramon Valley Performing Center in San Ramon
on March 2.
Three classics, “My Girl,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” and “Papa was a Rolling Stone,” are …
The inventory of single family detached homes in Danville stabilized in January, after falling for six straight months (and seven of the past eight months). Pending sales were also mostly flat, so after a bit of a roller coaster ride the past several months, February was a fairly typical February, with low sales and inventory …
It’s time to gather the family and spend an evening far from the reach of cell phones, texts, and anything electronic.
Tickets are available for the San Ramon Symphonic Band’s Feb. 24 performance of “Latin Spirit.” Conductor Larry B. Colón leads the 65-member band in what is sure to be a memorable evening of great music.
Showtime …
After spiking to 58, their highest level since June 2010, closed sales of single family detached homes in Danville fell to 17 in January, their lowest level in over two years. The average price per square foot also fell, from $312 in December to $305 in January. On a more positive note, the homes sold …
If you have a budding ballerina in your household, or are a dance enthusiast yourself, then you’re sure to be delighted by the story that never grows stale: the sleeping princess awakened by the delicate kiss of her true love. The Moscow Festival Ballet will present Sleeping Beauty on Feb. 19 in San Ramon
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Sergei Radchenko, …
The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) 2012 Trails Challenge is a great way to get introduced to the many wonderful parks we have right here in our back yard. In the Tri-Valley, we are blessed with having access to what is probably the best regional park district in the country, the East Bay Regional …
Have you ever wondered about that friend who collects snowmen of all kinds and displays them proudly during the holidays? Or the relative who collects anything and everything affiliated with cows?
Well, there’s a new exhibit coming to the Museum of the San Ramon Valley in Danville that will put all sorts of quirky collections on …
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 …
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 …
There were 58 closed sales of single family detached homes in Danville during December, nearly 2.5 times the number in November. November had the fewest closed sales since January and December has the most in over two years. The median sales price decreased to $777,500 in December from $842,500 in November. The median price per …
Six months ago, I was expecting a large number of sales in the Sycamore Area of Danville and the neighborhood did not disappoint. At that time, there was an unusually high level of inventory here (seven homes) and, given this neighborhood’s popularity, I would have been surprised to see that inventory still on the market …
There has been a nice increase in activity in the Greenbrook Area of Danville over the past six months. Six sales closed during that period, compared to two during the prior six month period. We are still not back to the level of activity we saw last year in this neighborhood. For example, there were …
