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Top Neighborhoods to Live in Oakland, CA
Few things are as overwhelming as moving to a new city and knowing nothing about it. Often, the first thing that comes to mind when considering a new city is the type of neighborhood to live. Choosing the perfect neighborhood for you and your f...
3 Things to Consider Before Refinancing
Shop around Unlike when you are buying a home in an extremely competitive market, you don’t need extremely tight timelines so I highly advise that you shop around. The typical lenders that we might turn to for a purchase may not be the...
Black-Owned Restaurants in Oakland
This list of Oakland’s Black-owned restaurants, pop-ups, and caterers was captured from the greater list of Bay Area Black-owned restaurants and pop-ups prepared by Soleil Ho, SF Chronicle Restaurant Critic, and maintained by Soleil Ho, Trace...
Oakland-Berkeley Inner East Bay Region Real Estate
Supply & demand statistics, median sales price trends, sales and values by city and district, the luxury home market, and the ongoing effects of COVID-19 June 2020 Spring Market Report Depending on the statistic, these charts will reflect...
Alameda County Real Estate Market Begins to Bounce Back – Slowly
Market activity begins to tick up after severe shelter-in-place plunge. Median home sales prices are up. Interest rates hit new low. May 2020 Crisis Update Shelter-in-place caused steep drops in activity across the board in what is typica...
Advice for First Time Home Buyers During the Coronavirus
Buying your first home is an exciting time. However, the coronavirus makes the entire process a much more challenging prospect. In its wake, the coronavirus has upended events and drastically changed our daily lives. Many first-time homebuyers ...
House Review: 392 49th Street with Owners John and Perry
Current owners answer questions about what makes this home special. How many years have you lived in this house? We have lived here for the past fifteen years, since August 2005. When moving into the house fifteen years ago; how di...
Market Update, East Bay Takeout, Loan Forgiveness and More!
We hope you and your family are well and staying safe. We’ve been missing for the last couple of months with our newsletter, but I am glad to say, we are back! What a crazy start of the year it has been. Real estate was off to an unusually ho...
Alameda County Real Estate & the Coronavirus
April 2020 Report The first thing to remember is that there is a time lag – usually 3 to 6+ weeks – between a new listing coming on market, an offer being negotiated and accepted, and when the transaction actually closes sale. This means...
What the CARES Act Means for you
As we’re all dealing with the effects of COVID-19 on our lives, I want to share encouraging news: the government has approved the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act which will help millions of people in this...