East Bay Housing Market Blog

Sep

Gratitude

Posted In: Berkeley, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, For the Home, Home Improvement, Lofts, Condos, & Townhouses

It’s a beautiful day in North Berkeley! Karl the fog is away and the leaves are starting to show their fall colors. Plus, it’s Thursday, which means it is Broker Tour day, the day that agents go out and preview all of the new houses that hit the market for the week. And sometimes we are lucky enough to get [...]

Sep

“But Mommy, there isn’t a kids room!”

Posted In: For Sellers, For the Home, Photos, Success Stories

I will never forget when I was looking at homes for my growing family. My daughter Melia, who was 4 at the time (now 15!), walks into a lovely home with me that had been staged by the Seller. It was clean and tidy, but it was hard to see the house beyond the owner’s large furnishings. Now, I’m trained [...]

May

Virtual Open House Schedule for 821 Polk St in Albany

Posted In: Albany, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers

Click here to see the entire open house schedule! {Virtual Open House schedule}

Mar

Buy, Sell or Wait? What’s Changing and Isn’t? Coronavirus and the Real Estate Market

Posted In: Economy, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, General Real Estate News

Although we have weathered dramatic changes in the real estate market in the past, the unprecedented global health threat posed by coronavirus is unlike any other potential market disruption we’ve experienced before. In this time of uncertainty, our clients are asking a lot of questions. We want to try to address them the best we can, keeping in mind that [...]

Feb

Tis’ the Season For Love Letters

Posted In: First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, General Real Estate News

It is February, and February means L O V E . Well, for some it does- at least for the first half of the month! Have you ever written a love letter to a special someone? Did that letter spell out what it was you loved about them, or how you felt? I remember being in the 3rd grade and [...]

Jan

Albany 2019 Year in Review

Posted In: Albany, For Buyers, For Sellers

By Krista Miller I live in Albany and love to track the numbers. People always want to know what is happening in the market so I make sure to keep tabs. I just put together the 2019 year-in-review for Albany. These figures include single family homes (no condos or multi-family homes, because those skew the numbers too much). 2019 saw [...]

Jan

Where is the East Bay Real Estate Market Headed in in 2020

Posted In: Alameda County, Contra Costa County, First Time Home Buyers, For Boomers, For Buyers, For Sellers, Investing, Local Market Statistics

It’s a new year, time to dust off our crystal ball and gaze into the future of the East Bay real estate market. Will the new year be a good time to sell a house? Can you finally afford to buy that starter home? Should you invest in a rental property? The good news: As we head into 2020, we [...]

Dec

Success Story #225

Posted In: El Cerrito, For Buyers, For Sellers, Success Stories

1327 Norvell in El Cerrito was a special treat to work on. Two years ago we helped the Seller’s purchase this home as a fixer. It was a bit of a mess and needed everything. The kitchen was small, outdated and closed off from the living space. The floors were a mess, and the windows old. The yard had zero [...]

Oct

Want to See a Ghost?

Posted In: Fun for Grown Ups, Fun for Kids

Want to See a Ghost? Visit the 13 Most Haunted Bay Area Houses, Hotels, Abandoned Mines … Boo! Want to see a ghost this Halloween in the very haunted Bay Area? Our East Bay region is filled with haunted places for poltergeists and benevolent spirits, according to local paranormal investigators. For our bravest readers, we compiled this list of the 13 Most Haunted [...]

Mar

Top Things to do around 86 Anair Way in Oakland

Posted In: Community, First Time Home Buyers, Fun for Grown Ups, Fun for Kids, Listings, Neighborhood Businesses

86 Anair Way, situated at the base of the Oakland foothills, is located in a secret little community that many people are not familiar with. As soon as you exit the freeway and head west on 98th it is very easy to pass up the community of Anair Way. But if you know it exists you are in for a [...]