If you’ve been looking for a house for a while, you might have noticed a pattern in the East Bay. Some homes, typically the ones with a great layout, location, and minimal to no improvements needed, are getting multiple offers, and in certain locations, selling for hundreds of thousands over asking. But that’s only those…
Did you fall in love with Napa this weekend at BottleRock, and decide you just might want to move there? Here’s what’s happening in the housing market in Napa County. Good news for buyers: there’s lots of inventory! But take that with a grain of salt, because as with elsewhere in the greater bay area,…
This week I wanted to look a little bit closer at what’s happening in the different neighborhoods in Richmond. Based on what I’ve seen recently at broker tour, Richmond Annex and North and East seem to be pretty hot neighborhoods, while condo-heavy Marina Bay seems to have more listings sitting. I was curious what the…
Several recent posts on social media caught my eye recently, highlighting what a typical home costs in each of the counties considered part of the Bay Area. The most affordable county on the list was Solano County, which is part of the East Bay. Vallejo, located just across the Carquinez Bridge from Contra Costa County,…
Every Monday, I review data from the East Bay housing market, and today I’m sharing some sales data from April 2026 for Alameda County and Contra Costa County. If there is a specific statistic or city that you want to know more about, send me an email. I’ll reply as soon as I can, and…
“What are the current mortgage rates?” “Will mortgage rates be lower later this year/next year/tomorrow?” These are questions I get asked all the time. As a realtor, of course I monitor mortgage rates, but when it comes to predicting the future…I leave that to the economists. Will rates be lower next year? It depends who…
Flor Hermosa in Richmond is one of the most instagrammable places to get coffee in the East Bay. It features a coffee stand (I tried the Flan Latte, which was delicious) situated in a stunningly beautiful plant nursery. The nursery seems to specialize in succulents, which I love, and which are easy to care for…
If you live in Pinole and you haven’t visited East Bay Coffee yet, you are missing out! It’s a coffee shop in the morning, closes for a few hours, and reopens at 4 pm (not every day though) for appetizers, drinks, and dinner. It is my favorite place in Pinole to work on my laptop…
If you haven’t tried the bread from Model Bakery, you’re missing out! I recently had lunch at the Walnut Creek location and it was delicious. I took two of my kids and they both loved it too. The bread is baked fresh daily and it is so, so good. Model Bakery started in St. Helena…
This week I toured some beautiful homes in the Lamorinda area (Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda in case you’re not from the bay area and don’t know what Lamorinda means) so I decided to take a closer look at what is currently available in the area. A lot of people want to live in this area,…
