BART extending to Livermore could be a boost for Livermore Home owners, Dublin Home owners and Pleasanton home owners, not to mention the positive effect it will have on minimizing the congestion on one of the most heavily congested freeways in the Bay Area, I-580.

How can BART improve home values?
One of the major concerns we find with Tri Valley home buyers is commute time. If you live off Vasco compared to a Dublin Ranch home, you could expect an additional 15 minutes commute time between the two points, and this is off commute peak times! With BART’s extension more home buyers will see commute time as less of an obstacle when home buying in Livermore.
Here are some route proposals from BART
I-580 Median to Greenville Road
I-580 Median to Vasco Road ACE Station via Los Positas Road
I-580 Median to Vasco Road ACE Station via Vasco Road
I-580 Median to Isabel Avenue / Stanley Boulevard via Isabel Avenue
I-580 Median to Isabel Avenue / Stanley Boulevard via Quarry Road
I-580 Median to Isabel Avenue / Stanley Boulevard via El Charro Road
I-580 Median to Isabel Avenue / Stanley Boulevard via West Jack London Boulevard
I-580 Median to Livermore Central via Portola/Junction Avenue
I-580 Median to Livermore Central via Quarry Road and Union Pacific Railroad

Currently a project is under way to add High Occupancy Vehicle lanes (HOV) to I-580, this is the construction we currently see. How will this improve the potential billion dollar cost to add BART?

For more information on the BART extension visit this link below and watch this video BART I-580

www.I580.info

If you know of other news related to the BART extension, please pass it along. 

Dublin Short Sales are on the rise and hiring a Short Sale Realtor and local expert is extremely important. Messing up your Dublin short sale could lead to foreclosure.

If you are a Dublin homeowner it might be interesting to know there are currently 64 short sales in Dublin.

What is a Short Sale? Basically a short sale is selling a home short of what is owed on the mortgage. If you owe $500,000 on your home and similar homes are selling for $400,000, you would be shorting the bank $100,000 if you had to sell. Fore more info contact us at 925.621.4064.

Benefits of Short Sale. Avoiding foreclosure and saving credit score. Most of the negative effect of a credit score comes from missed payments on your loan, that is why hiring an agent who knows the short sale process can actually help save your credit too.

Negatives of Short Sale. Time and a lot of lookers. If you need to sell your home and you are short, you need to price it well enough to attract buyers and keep them around. The process of a short sale can take months and buyers can walk away. There will also be a lot of activity if the pricing is right to keep acitvity high. Again make sure the agent you hire knows the short sale process.

If you are a Dublin resident and need help selling a home and you fit the scenario above, contact us at 925.621.4064, or send us an email. We have successfully sold many short sales in Dublin and Pleasanton.

After I did my duty of voting and then posting the Pleasanton Election Results and Dublin Election Results the following day I ran the home sales numbers as I do every month and was excited to see Pleasanton Home Sales, Danville Home Sales and Dublin Homes sales did very well in October. Below are home sales for the Tri Valley cities.

Tri Valley Home Sales November 2008 - Octobers numbers

Pleasanton Home Sales 

Dublin Home Sales 

Dublin Ranch Condos Sales

Livermore Home Sales

San Ramon Home Sales

Danville Home Sales

Dublin Election Results are in… Did the city make the right choices?

Mayor of Dublin

Tim Sbranti – 84.49%

Liz King – 9.48%

Shawn Costello – 5.73%

Dublin City Council – 2 Elected

Kasie Hildenbrand – 35.79%

Kevin Hart – 34.49%

John Zukoski – 16.89%

Robert Boboc – 7.40%

Elpi Abulencia – 5.02%

Dublin School Board – 3 Elected

John Ledahl – 23.51%

Dan Cunningham – 23.50%

Greg Tomlinson – 20.34%

Norm Lee – 18.23%

Dan Cherrier – 14.10%

Dublin Measure L

Yes – 72.05%

No – 27.95%

East Bay Measure WW

Yes – 71.70%

No – 28.30%

US Representative 11^th Congressional

Jerry Mcnerney – 64.56%

Dean Andal – 35.25%

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The Pleasanton Election Results are in… Well done Pleasanton Voters, here is the outcome of the Pleasanton local election. Are you excited for the elected city leaders?

Mayor of Pleasanton

Jennifer Hosterman - 54.19%

Steve Brozosky - 45.47%

Pleasanton City Council - 2 Elected

Cindy McGovern - 35.05%

Matt Sullivan - 31.14%

Jerry Penton - 21.43%

Howard Neely - 12.17%

Pleasanton School Board - 3 Elected

Chris Grant - 23.94%

Valerie Arkin - 22.79%

Jamie Yee Hintzke - 20.02%

Stephen Page - 13.77%

Jeff Bowser - 12.40%

Prasad V. Rallapalli - 6.93%

Pleasanton Measure PP

Yes - 59.81%

No- 40.19%

Pleasanton Measure QQ

Yes - 54.28%

No - 45.72%

East Bay Measure WW

Yes - 71.70%

No - 28.30%

US Representative 11th Congressional

Jerry Mcnerney - 64.56%

Dean Andal - 35.25%

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