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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.

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Do you watch the news, read the papers or other real estate blogs? If you do then you know interest rates took a drop this week. Pleasanton Home Sales, San Ramon Home Sales, Dublin Home Sales, Danville Home Sales and Livermore Home Sales will hopefully see a continued increase in home values as we are starting to see in Pleasanton, San Ramon and Danville from the drop in rates. Visit the Housing Value Stats page.

Tri Valley Home Sales Update September ‘08

Pleasanton Home Sales 

Dublin Home Sales 

Dublin Ranch Condo Sales 

Livermore Home Sales 

San Ramon Home Sales

Danville Home Sales 

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This is not an article about why you should buy a Pleasanton home because everyone buys for different reasons. This may be a bad time for you to buy that condo in Dublin Ranch, but it may be a great time for you to buy that Danville home. This article is what we have observed from working with Tri Valley home buyers over the years.

In 2004 and 2005 the question for many tri valley home buyers and tri valley home sellers was ‘how long will this last?’ Meaning how long will prices increase. Today the question is ‘when will the bottom hit?’ And in 2007 the question was ‘Why would anyone buy a home in this market?’ In the papers and on the television the thoughts were similar. Last year you could pick up the paper and a headline would read ‘Where is the bottom of the market.’ Today I opened the paper and the headline was ‘Housing bottom coming into view.’ Real estate is always looked at in trends of month to month sales or year to year pricing. Since we are tri valley realtors we have a good look at the ‘emotional’ trend of buyers in the Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, Danville and San Ramon markets. As you could probably guess the trend or question we get now is ‘When should I buy a home?’ Today we have a lot of clients who want to buy a home, they just want to time is right. From the National Association of Realtors to CNBC many economists are pointing to some point in ’09 to be the bottom and a stabilization moving forward from the end of 2008. Before you say we have a bias opinion, we also see first hand the buyers in the Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, Danville and San Ramon markets who are waiting for the right point to purchase. Think of it like a group of runners at a start line shoulder to shoulder holding everyone else back waiting to sprint or ‘jump’ into the market. The number of people waiting is huge and once the media is in line with what those buyers at the start line want to hear or see in the data trends, the real estate market will explode. My point is this – Don’t try to time the market, you will have a hard time doing it because every markt is different, but buy a home for the reason our grandparents did! When the time is right for you, buy and hold.

Buy smart and do your homework!

We can all agree that more parks in Pleasanton will increase Pleasanton Home values. It’s one of those things that adds to the value of a Pleasanton neighborhood and the entire town. Staples Ranch in Pleasanton is a 124 Acre development off Interstate 580 and El Charro of which 17 Acres will be a community park.

In addition to the park at Staples Ranch in Pleasanton the following will also be included:

• 37 Acre Auto Mall (Pleasanton Auto Mall)
• 46 Acre Senior Care Community (Stoneridge Creek)
• 11 Acre Commercial/Retail
• 5 Acre Neighborhood Park with Storm Basin
• Don’t Forget the San Jose Sharks Ice Rink

Staples Ranch in Pleasanton Previous Post from April ‘08

Tomorrow Saturday the 16th we, the Moxley Team are sponsoring a huge community garage sale in the Ironwood neighborhood in PLeasanton. There are 3 enterances to the Ironwood neighborhood, but every home will have maps of the neighborhood so you dont get lost. Stop by between 8:00-2:00 to any of the 14 homes in Ironwood at Pleasanton.

Median Prices of Homes in Pleasanton have obviously increased from 1988. As well as Dublin Home sales and Livermore prices.

Here are some numbers for Median Prices of Single Family Homes…

1988 Pleasanton Home in January was $189,000 (interest rate 10.38)

1991 Livermore Home in January was $200,000 (interest rate 9.64)

1999 Dublin Home in September was $320,000 (interest rate 7.82)

FAST FORWARD… May of 2008

Pleasanton Home $1,044,570

Livermore Home $518,469

Dublin Home $640,717

Here is a full report of Median Prices of Pleasanton, Dublin and Livermore Homes

 Pleasanton Median Price History 

Livermore Median Price History

Dublin Median Price History 

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