Pleasanton has a near record low home sale inventory. As of today there are only 34 homes for sale, eight of which are under $1 Million. This is the lowest in living memory and is making it very tough for buyers. As a result buyers have been looking further out to Dublin, San Ramon and Livermore where there is a little more choice. Weather obviously is playing a part in this and hopefully as drier days return we will see more availability.
Livermore Inventory beginning to fall
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Affordability index in California falling
Or how are kids have no chance of buying a house without help!
How Brexit will affect you
Proposed change in Proposition 13 Tax may help the over 55 year crowd!
Where did all the sellers go?
This is not a "Bubble" (but we may have a small correction coming up)
What do rents and airfares have in common?
Answer;
They keep increasing! That's right over the years no matter what drama in the world occurs, both the Bay Area rental market and airfares increase!
Do you remember;
Crisis; Result;
1/ Savings and loan scandal 1987 rents increased
2/ Loma Prieta earthquake rents increased
3/Oakland Hills fire rents increased
4/Russian economy crisis (you forgot about this one) rents increased
5/Tech bubble rents increased
5/911 rents increased
6/ Financial collapse rents increased
Honorable mention to invasions of Iraq (2).
In all cases residential rents in the Bay are increased due to potential buyer fear leading to delays in decisions to purchase which drives demand for an ever dwindling supply of rental housing. This makes real estate one of the most bullet proof investments you can buy!
2016--30 years it is!
On December 24th 1986 I received my letter from the then Dept of Real Estate telling me I had passed my examination exam, seems just like yesterday! Anyway here are a few of the homes I have SOLD since then (records only go back to 1991) in the Coventry Avondale Stratford Park neighborhood. Is yours next?
Summer Slowdown Beginning?
Perhaps its because families have already moved or that transferees will not enter the market for several weeks
or that buyers are on vacation or all of the above, but there is no doubt the market is slowing down.
Now when I say slowdown it still means houses are selling in @ 30 days or so, just fewer multiple offers that’s all.