Doug Buenz
Real Estate Broker
Alain Pinel Realtors
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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 Kottinger Ranch neighborhood of Pleasanton remains in high demand. Nine homes came on the market during the past six months and all but two of them were sold or are pending sale. Activity in Kottinger Ranch really picked up over the past year. There were four sales in the previous six …
July saw a fairly steep drop in closed sales for the month, but pending sales in Pleasanton increased in July, while inventory relative to pending sales tightened. That’s a nice rebound after June’s declines in pending sales, and may indicate that the impact of the end of the federal tax credit for home …
Perhaps driven by the federal tax credit for home buyers, the Walnut Hills/Canyon Oaks neighborhood of Pleasanton saw a significant increase in sales activity in the months of March through June. Six sales closed during those four months, compared to six total closed sales during all of 2009. Short sales impacted the market …
The Pheasant Ridge neighborhood of Pleasanton saw an increase in activity during the past six months. There was one closed sale in each of the months of April, May and June, with another sale pending. That’s pretty good for a high-end neighborhood in this economy that had only three closed sales during all …
Closed sales in Pleasanton fell off significantly in July as the loss of the federal tax credit to home buyers weighed on the market, especially in the lower end. There were 43 closed sales of single family homes during the month, compared to 74 in June. The median sales price for Pleasanton was …
Demand does not appear to be the problem in the Carlton Oaks neighborhood of Pleasanton, only supply. Homes that do come on the market sell quickly. The pending sales and closed sales combined have been on the market for only nine days, on average. There are no active listings and three pending …
Pleasanton, Dublin and Livermore have been working for years to bring more high-tech companies into the Tri-Valley. With the difficult economic times, the results have been mixed. But there is a new influx of smaller upstart tech companies moving here.
Area leaders have always hoped the Tri-Valley would become a tech hub, but progress …
There is more inventory in the Stoneridge neighborhood of Pleasanton than there has been for at least the past 18 months, with six homes currently listed and two sales pending. Only two sales were closed in the past six months, compared to four in the prior six month period. None of the homes …
Last month in this space I wondered if May’s data represented a downward turning point in the Pleasanton real estate market, or if the market was just pausing before climbing again into summer. It appears we have our answer as sales fell and inventory increased across the board in June. It’s clear that …
The Alameda County Fair was a huge hit again this year, with attendance dropping only slightly from last year’s record setting numbers in spite of the tough economy, heat, and other distractions. More than 418,000 people attended the fair this year, up 19% over 2008.
Picture from alamedacountyfair.com
Live concerts were a big draw, …
It’s still years away but a big preliminary step was taken when the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors approved station locations for a BART extension to Livermore. The Board approved stations in downtown Livermore and Vasco Road.
According to The Independent, the extension “would travel down I-580 from the Dublin/Pleasanton …
The Golden Eagle Estates neighborhood of Pleasanton continues to plug along with a sale every couple of months or so. Two homes that had been on the market for about two years were sold while a few new properties were listed during the past six months. None of the homes in this neighborhood …
It’s difficult to sell homes if there are none to sell. That has been pretty much of the story in the Ventana Hills neighborhood of Pleasanton. There are no active listings or pending sales and only three closed sales during the past six months. In order to add a little more depth …
After having no activity during the first four months of 2010, the Oak Hill neighborhood of Pleasanton finally had some homes come on the market in May and June. Those homes sold quickly. Two homes remain for sale in Oak Hill and there are no pending sales. There were four closed sales …
CNN/Money magazine just came out with their top 100 Best Places to Live in 2010, and Pleasanton came in at number 63. Hey, not bad! The only other California cities to make the list were Irvine (22), Yorba Linda (38), and Rocklin (65).
The only negative mentioned was that “homes are expensive”. No …
