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2012 

The inventory in Pleasanton stayed low but demand continued to be strong in June. Even though inventory was 60% lower, pending sales of single family detached homes were almost 30% higher than they were one year ago. The inventory in Pleasanton has not reached this low in June. The inventory decl...
07/30/2012
In Blackhawk , the actively low inventory level of single family detached homes is perhaps putting a setback on sales. For the past nine months, there were less than 40 homes for sale at the end of every month. It was only in 2006 that there had been even two such months in an entire year. From 1...
07/30/2012
In Alamo, Pended sales of single family detached homes fell significantly in June, having declines visible across all segments of the market. The Inventory dropped a little and stays actively low. From 31 homes in May, pended sales fell to only 19 homes in June; which is a drop of 12 units or 39%...
07/30/2012
Pended sales of single family detached homes in Danville for the month of June declined by 27% suggesting that persistently low inventory may be taking its toll on sales. What’s leading the way in falling sales are the homes valued below $1 million. The inventory - less than half of what it was a...
07/30/2012
It’s not easy to accept that at the end of June, there were only 53 single family detached homes listed on the market of San Ramon, which only amount to less than 25% of  single family detached homes for sale last year; as recently as September. Several months could make a big difference. The las...
07/30/2012
Inventory in Livermore has never been this low since way back April 2005. Since 2005, it’s the first time for this neighborhood to have less than 100 single family detached homes for sale. It’s also the first time since the abovementioned period that inventory was outpaced by the sales pended thr...
07/30/2012
The community of Vintage Hills , Pleasanton catched up with 14 closed sales in 2012 following a slow second half of 2011. Within the first half of 2011, there have been ten sales that closed; and five within the second half. There are two pending sales and one active listing. The sole active list...
07/30/2012
The community of Highland Oaks, Pleasanton has been a very famous and active area through the six months that passed.  The inventory has stayed at a low level and most of the homes get sold fast. Over the last six months, there were 11 sales that closed in this area; the same number of closed sal...
07/30/2012
The community of Pleasanton Valley/Birdland , Pleasanton has stayed stable for the couple of years that passed with an average of 3-4 sales that closed in a month. Having 22 sales that closed so far this year, the trend did not change during the most recent duration. There are 10 additional pendi...
07/30/2012
The community of Pleasanton Hills , Pleasanton is starting to catch up in terms of activity. For this year, one sale had closed and there is one pending sale and two active listings. These figures may not look big but compared to last year’s activity – two closed sales for the whole year -, the f...
07/30/2012
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Trends, insights, analysis, and random (and sometimes unrelated) thoughts about real estate in the East Bay and the Pleasanton/Dublin/San Ramon area.