The past few week shows all Quartiles of residential real estate in Walnut Creek inching up in price . Most of the homes on the market are showing good crowds at open houses and Realtors seem to be busy showing homes too. Another very interesting… [Continue Reading]
Best Schools+Home Inventory=Walnut Creek
April 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Simple arithmetic. The California State Department of Education has selected five Walnut Creek elementary schools to be named to list of CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS. This is a annual award that has gone to elementary schools in Walnut Creek for many years. This year it means even more. Walnut Creek real estate continues to crawl through these… [Continue Reading]
More Homes, Less Time to Buy in Walnut Creek
April 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Walnut Creek real estate shows that we are getting more inventory and homes are staying on the market for less days. Buyers are coming back and seller are pricing homes well. Walnut Creek real estate median days on market continues to drop at a very healthy pace. Walnut Creek real estate inventory continues to increase… [Continue Reading]
Sol Henik Has His Pulse on Walnut Creek
March 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The new generation of people that care about Walnut Creek is lead by a local teacher, Sol Henik. His political career has just begun. Sol has a Blog that deals with Walnut creek events that is worth making a favorite or add to your Google Reader. http://www.walnutcreekreport.com/ It’s very inportant to homeowners and buisness owners in… [Continue Reading]
Walnut Creek Housing Inventory
March 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Walnut Creek’s younger brother–Brentwood, California
March 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Days on market is a good way to keep in touch with home sales. Homes sales in Brentwood continue to fluctuate, but the overall signs are improving. Walnut Creek home sales has always been the last to soften and the first to rebound when looking at the Contra Costa real estate trends. There are amazing similarities… [Continue Reading]
East Contra Costa County Bank Owned
March 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
These statistics continue to grow. As of today in Brentwood there are 531 homes for sale, 167 of them are REO, Bank owned or 30%. In Antioch there are 1187 homes for sale, 447 of them are REO or 37%. And in Oakley there are 359 homes for sale and 115 of them are… [Continue Reading]
Buying Bank Property in Contra Costa County?
March 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I had the pleasure of meeting Kenneth Session today in his office in Oakland, California. Kenny has created an incredible portfolio of REO, that’s “real estate owned by banks,” to those outside the real estate business. His portfolio is in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS16943+11-Jan-2008+BW20080111 The link above is an article that includes Kenny Sessions… [Continue Reading]
Short Sales in Walnut Creek
March 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Walnut Creek and the 680 corridor has its share of SHORT SALES. A short sales is when a lender accepts a reduced amount on the mortgage to avoid foreclosure. The real estate community in Contra Costa County is just learning the procedures of short sales. If you are interested in learning more about short… [Continue Reading]
Contra Costa Forclosures–A Mixed Bag
March 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
We live in a very diverse county. On the positive side, we have always had good employment, measured growth and although people in east county will argue; good transportation. BART put Contra Costa on the map. In the 1980s corporations moved out of San Francisco to Oakland, San Ramon and Walnut Creek. Cheaper rents, yes;… [Continue Reading]
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