Apr
24

Rockridge Deemed Luxurious

Posted In: Listings, Local Market Statistics, Oakland
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Matt Woolsey at Forbes loves to compile, collect, and claim.  Last week it was foreclosures, this week he has picked the 10 most luxurious, top-selling real estate markets in America.  #6 on the list?  Our own Rockridge, with a median price of $1.09mil and an average of 67 days on the market. So I guess I would be prudent to point out a [...]
Apr
20

New Henry Gutterson Home on the Market in Berkeley

Posted In: Architecture, Berkeley, Listings
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New on the market is a home worth looking at.  This 1915 Henry Gutterson home, listed by Gene Millstein with Millstein and Associates, is located in North Berkeley and features 4+ bedrooms, 4 baths, and over 3801 sf of living space.   Most notable are the intricately carved paneled walls and high ceilings made from carved California redwood. The yard boasts “lovely gardens” [...]
Apr
17

Bernard Maybeck Posts a Great Past

Posted In: Architecture, Berkeley
This is the first in a series of architectural highlights, which will be posted each week.  Each post will visit the heritage and history behind some of the East Bay’s greatest architects and what makes their homes so fabulous.  I will also talk about styles, movements, and trends.  Bernard Maybeck was certainly a visionary and eclectic connosieur of chamelionesque design [...]
Apr
10

Jack London Market Planned Opening in 2009

Posted In: Community, New Developments, Oakland
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I am a San Francisco Ferry Building frequent shopper.  I love the energy, the fresh and local produce, and the quality food.  I love that I can wander along the waterfront while slurping oysters, munch on a fresh sourdough baguette, or delve into some fresh cheese from Cowgirl Creamery.  The East Bay is about to give birth to it’s sister, the Jack London [...]
Apr
08

Bay Area Median Value Decline for March 2009

Posted In: Local Market Statistics
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According to MDA DataQuick, the median price paid for all new and resale houses and condos combined in the Bay Area fell to $295,000 in February 2009. That was down 1.7 percent from $300,000 in January and down a record 46.2 percent from $548,000 a year ago. In the East Bay, Alameda County’s median value was $29,000, a 29.0 percent [...]
Apr
06

Temescal and North Oakland Market Data

Posted In: Local Market Statistics, Oakland
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Check it out.  This data is for single family homes in Temescal and North Oakland, and covers *for sale* and *sold* over the past 12 months.             And here we are for the past 2 years… If we continue with this same trend than we can deduce that inventory will continue to go up through the [...]
Apr
03

Oakland under $100k

Posted In: First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Investing, Local Market Statistics, Oakland
In the past couple of days there has been lots of discussion with clients regarding a recent blog post of mine about multiple offers, as well as the article in the paper from last Sunday’s Chron (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/29/MN3K16M9RT.DTL) .  It appears that if people aren’t running, they are confused. These discussions have prompted me to delve into Oakland’s inventory under $100k.  [...]
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