Pleasanton Home Sales, Danville Home Sales and Dublin Homes sales did not do as well in November as they did in October, but lets be honest with Thanksgiving past and Christmas right around the corner the buying and selling is at the Stoneridge Mall. Pleasanton Home buyers and Dublin Home buyers should take note… If a home is on the market right now, chances are they are motivated more than someone selling in the summer - they are looking to make a deal, and this goes the same for a home seller too. If a home buyer is looking this time of year, chances are they are a bit more serious. Here are a few Home Selling Tips and a few Home Buying Tips.

Below are the Tri Valley home sales by city. Sold homes in November ‘08

Pleasanton Home Sales 

Dublin Home Sales

Livermore Home Sales 

San Ramon Home Sales

Danville Home Sales

We don’t get snow falling on our Pleasanton Homes or need a snow blower to clear a path to the front door of our Dublin Ranch Condo, but there are traditions even a Tri Valley Christmas minus the snow cannot do without.

It’s a Wonderful Life, check.

Santa picture, check. Could have got one last week in Pleasanton, but the mall is always an option.

Christmas tree, stockings, too much food, check, check, check.

What if that wasn’t enough of tradition? What if you were the craziest fan of A Christmas Story? Well, you could always rent the home from the movie that Ralphie lived in and recreate the movie, yes, you can leave your Pleasanton Home and the brisk 50 degrees we will probably on have on Christmas in the Tri Valley for 10 degrees in Cleveland. Rent A Christmas Story home for Christmas.

The auction is over for the home, but you can go on tours throughout the year. Don’t forget to bid for next year.

A Christmas Story House

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. 

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

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%

 www.acgov.org

The Pleasanton housing cap voted in 12 years ago set a cap of 29,000 housing units. Pleasanton’s housing cap still needs a bit of tweaking. On Nov. 4^th you can decide exactly what a house is. Pleasanton is about 3,000 housing units away from the 29,000 voter approved cap and based on the Nov. 4^th results, Pleasanton voters will essentially decide how many ‘homes’ will be built in the future to meet the voter approved housing cap in Pleasanton.

What is a house?

Pleasanton Measure QQ and Measure PP will let you define what a home is.

Pleasanton Measure PP

A housing unit will be defined as a unit with a kitchen sink, cooking device and fridge the unit would also have a bathroom with toilet and shower or tub.

Measure PP also states the Pleasanton City Council must uphold the housing cap and must not be allowed to grant waivers to allow housing units that meet this definition.

Pleasanton Measure QQ

Supported by 3 of the 5 City Council members. Pleasanton Measure QQ defines a housing unit as a single family home, condominium, town home, half a duplex/duet, one mobile home and one apartment unit. Also, second units (in-law), rooms in extended stay hotels and units in assisted living facilities would NOT count towards the cap.

Get out and vote on Nov. 4^th

Fore more information on Measure QQ and PP visit

www.savepleasantonhills.com

www.yesonqq.com

Friends Of Pleasanton

No on QQ

Yes on PP

Other Related Topics

Save Pleasanton’s Hills & Housing Cap Initiative

What will 2025 look like for residents of Pleasanton? For one, probably no more new housing built as we approach the voter approver 29,000 Pleasanton Housing Cap. Side note, if you want to develop some land into housing, you might want to do it sooner than later since there are only a few thousand units left before the Pleasanton housing cap it met.

The City Council and Planning Commission have revised the general plan after 5 years of meetings and planning.

To view the updated plan visit www.pleasantongeneralplan.org or pick up a hard copy at the Planning department at 200 Bernal Ave.

This is your opportunity to review the Pleasanton General Plan and make your voice heard to the Council at the upcoming meetings. With issues like the Oak Grove in Pleasanton it is important to make sure the city leaders are heading down the right path.

Did you hear the news! Congress OK’s a Rescue Plan. We will not feel the effect of the plan on Pleasanton Home Values, Dublin Home Values, Danville Home Values, San Ramon Home Values and Livermore Home Values for some time. So… here is what we do know, the the stats from the home sales in the Tri Valley are below.

Tri Valley Home Sales Update October ‘08

Pleasanton Home Sales 

Dublin Home Sales 

Dublin Ranch Condo Sales

Livermore Home Sales

San Ramon Home Sales

 Danville Home Sales

Comment below and we will email you a list of Foreclosures in Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon and Danville.

Thinking about a Foreclosure in Pleasanton or maybe a Short Sale in Dublin? Sure you are, who isn’t. I say that because many buyers are looking at Foreclosures or Short Sales in the Tri Valley as a great deal opportunity. I wrote a post in February about Foreclosures in Pleasanton and Tri Valley where I said ‘bank owned homes in Pleasanton are some serious deals.’ I now update my statement. Today many foreclosures in the Tri Valley are being listed under comparables of recently sold homes and then you have a bidding war on the home, bringing the price up. While I believe there are still ‘deals’ to be made on foreclosures, they are not the only way to go.

Change of strategy… Go for short sales if you want a deal too. Short sales in the Tri Valley will eventually become Foreclosures, so show the bank the benefit of avoiding foreclosure and hope that the listing agent and your agent know how to work a short sale, it’s an art. Also, hire an agent with short sale and foreclosure experience.

Comment below and we will email you a list of Foreclosures in Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon and Danville.

Shopping for a Condo in Dublin Ranch or maybe a new home in Pleasanton? Rather than walk down the street of the home you see on your email updates. Hop online and virtually walk the street. Yes, we now have the ability to pretend walk.

Two fun websites to use:

www.WalkScore.com to see what the ‘walkability’ of a home. 4576 Del Valle Pkwy.

Then hop over to Google Street View - Here is how we use it on our site DublinRanchCondos.com
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These tools are helpful when receiving an email from your agent of a new home. You can see what schools, shopping and entertainments is close by and use the Street View to check out the neighborhood.