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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Not much has changed in the Canyon Crest neighborhood in San Ramon over the past six months. When homes come on the market, they sell fairly quickly but there has not been a flood of available homes. Three sales closed during the past six months and another two are pending. There are …
After a brisk beginning to 2010, the real estate market in the Bollinger Hills neighborhood of San Ramon slowed during the past six months. There were three closed sales during that period, compared to eight during the previous six month period and the homes are staying on the market longer. There are four …
Around this time of year, the playing fields all over the San Ramon Valley area are dominated by red and white jerseys. In an area where soccer is nearly a religion, children of all ages are ready to begin another exciting season. Of the various leagues, Mustang Soccer is one of the most respected, not only locally, but nationwide.
The Bent Creek neighborhood of San Ramon continues to be very much in demand. Almost everything that comes on the market sells quickly at or very near the asking price. There are no homes currently for sale in Bent Creek.
There are two sales pending in the neighborhood. The one on Bent Creek …
Demand remained strong in San Ramon during July but inventory increases outpaced sales gains. While we don’t have the sales levels we saw in March and April of this year, the sales numbers in June and July are still healthy. The gains in both inventory and pending sales occurred in the market …
The San Ramon real estate market saw slightly more closed home sales in July, with 59 closed single family homes, compared to 57 in June and 60 in May. The median sales price for San Ramon increased significantly though, to $835,000 in July from $712,000 in June and $680,000 in May. The median …
This series on the parks of San Ramon focuses on Valley View Park in the Gale Ranch neighborhood.
One of the newest places to get pampered in town is the Jellyfish Spa in Blackhawk Plaza.
In the last year or two, San Ramon Valley has seen a remarkable influx of frozen yogurt shops, and they have been welcomed with open arms. Here are some of the popular frozen yogurt shops in the area
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 …
While the real estate market in the Old Ranch Estates/Summit neighborhood of San Ramon is not burning up, the activity has been steady over the past year. There were four closed sales during the past six months, compared to five during the previous six month period. There are only two active listings and …
The Bridges neighborhood of San Ramon has seen quite a bit of activity over the past six months and inventory has increased. Seven months ago, there were only four homes actively listed. Now there are 10. Interestingly, none of the active listings are distressed sales (short sale or REO). There were …
San Ramon was the exception to the rule in the Tri-Valley in June, posting a 40% increase in pending sales. That’s a nice bounce back after posting sharp declines in pending sales last month. Inventory also increased but not as sharply as pending sales.
Overall, pending sales increased from 55 at the end of …
The San Ramon real estate market saw fewer closed home sales in June, with 57 closed single family homes, compared to 60 in May. The median sales price for San Ramon was $712,000 in June, up from $680,000 in May. However, the median price per square foot decreased to $307 in June from …
Celebrate July 4th with one of Danville’s biggest events of the year, the annual July 4th Parade.
