Current real estate market conditions in the San Ramon Valley favor move-up buyers. Move-Up Buyers with good credit ratings and a significant equity are in the driver’s seat these days at the negotiating table. These power buyers are the people facing the least hassles and resistance in today’s challenging real estate market.

The cooling housing market in Danville, San Ramon, Dublin and Pleasanton coupled with the effects of the upheavals in the loan industry have combined to position move-up buyers into their strongest negotiating position in the TriValley area in the last 12 years or so. Though housing prices have not fallen significantly in this part of the East Bay, housing sales have cooled - see the charts.

The greatest asset a move-up buyer can have in this volatile housing market is a professional real estate agent with the following:

• Strong Negotiating Skills
• Intimate Knowledge of the Area
• Concise Understanding of Current Real Estate Trends and Conditions

Bringing together the assets of a move-up power buyer and a skilled real estate agent can result in significant savings on price as well as producing other concessions on the part of the seller that add up to increased bang for the buyer’s buck.

Some of the incentives we are seeing these days in San Ramon Valley real estate are:

• Seller paying for more repairs
• Seller paying for upgrades
• Seller paying points on loan
• Seller offering “get-away” trips for buyer

Move-Up buyers interested in purchasing a new home from a builder can also benefit from using a professional real estate agent with experience in new home sales. These agents know the game new home builders play with buyers. Agents with new home sales experience can often get a buyer the house they want with upgrades they didn’t know they could ask for.

Needless to say, our team covers all of these bases. Check out our skill set and give us a call to help you take advantage of this incredible market opportunity for move-up buyers in the TriValley area of the East Bay.