Pacita's Quick Bytes of Real Estate

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Real Estate Agent - Alain Pinel - BRE 01367196
A REALTOR's perspective on events that shape and affect the real estate market.

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2009 

$829,000 - NEW and GREEN home in Alameda incorporates San Francisco chic with GREEN lifestyleLocation: Alameda, CAGREEN home building started with locating home on an infill space behind a renovated vintage home just down the street from the bus stop where one can catch the EXPRESS BUS to San Fra...
12/10/2009
$199,000.00 - 2-bedroom condo in Fremont Villas is a good dealLocation: Fremont VillasGood value, good location, good amenities, good condition.This condo is located in Fremont Villas, a park-like complex with beautifully landscaped grounds, mature trees, and lots of mini-green belts. Wonderfully...
12/10/2009
Here's a version we REALTORs are singing tonight....This is our version of our wish for a Christmas present. Hope you enjoy this as much as we did. Sing along!SANTA, BABY Santa, baby, slip a contract under the tree --- for me.Been an awful good REALTOR Santa, baby, so hurry down the chimney tonig...
12/09/2009
Picasa photo editing is a free service and it's been around for years....but I'm just now learning how to use it (okay, so I'm slower to adapt than others, but hey, I'm here!) I was fiddling with photos taken of a new listing, and I wasn't quite happy with the washed out look. The house is so bri...
12/09/2009
Alameda Library is the first green building in Alameda. And now, 1533 Morton Street is the first green home that adheres to the green building principles as outlined by the Smart Communities Network GREEN BUILDING PRINCIPLES Energy efficiency and renewable energy resources. Building strategy, cos...
12/07/2009
Looking at the market activity in East Bay's Alameda and Contra Costa counties --- you know, we're just east of San Francisco, across the San Francisco Bay ---- it points to very low inventories in nearly all of the cities. Typically, we say that if months inventory is less than six months, then ...
12/06/2009
Is it a good time to sell? With buyers extremely motivated to buy, and the fact that they have a deadline to meet to qualify for the tax credits, why would sellers wait until spring, when those tax credits expire, to put their home on the market? If people intend to sell their house, why do they ...
12/06/2009
Dec. 5, 2009. The theme for this year's Oakland/Alameda Estuary Lighted Boat Parade is "Christmas Carols". At around 5 pm, just before dark, the participating boats lined up and took their practice runs. Athough we didn't know it at the time, the theme was evident as boat after boat cruised by, w...
12/05/2009
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