Market update for Bettencourt Ranch in Danville CA – A great community!

The last month of 2009 still showed an active real estate market in the popular gated community of Bettencourt Ranch in Danville; five of the homes went ‘Sale Pending’, one home closed escrow and there are currently two homes for sale.

The homes for sale are:

• 135 Tenby Terrace; a short sale with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and a 3 car garage is listed at $799,000, Light and Bright.Profesionally decorated with marbel floors through out. Vaulted ceilings in the livingroom and diningroom. Beautiful back yard and patio with gazibo, built in BBQ and spa. This home is located on a private street.
• 4348 Mansfield Drive; 3488 square feet with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and a 3 car garage is listed at $1,150,000. A beautifully updated home with Brazilian teak floors, remodeled kitchen with granite counters, stainless steel appliances and lots more. An almost 13,000 square feet lot. Over $300,000 in recent upgrades!

The home that closed escrow in December is:

• 1138 Trowbridge Way; 3349 square feet with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and a 3 car garage sold for $845,000 which was $30,000 under the asking price!

The neighborhood has its own Home Owners Association; the fees are only $140 a month. The HOA amenities are a pool, clubhouse, greenbelt, tennis courts and a playground.

Bettencourt Ranch was built by Castle and Dame Construction in the years 1991 – 1996 and is located off Camino Tassajara Road close to restaurants, shopping and the movie theatre at  the elegant Blackhawk Shopping Center. The homes range in size from 2300 sq ft – 3700 sq ft. The local schools are all part of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District: Tassajara Hills Elementary, Diablo Vista Middle School and Monte Vista High School.

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Market Update for Hansen Hill and The Ridge in Dublin CA

One home closed escrow in the popular sub division Hansen Hill – The Ridge up in the hills on the Westside of Dublin.  The home, a ‘short sale’ property, sold in December for the amazing price of $665,000. Here are the details:

• 10753 Inspiration Circle; 2936 square feet with 4 bedrooms, 3,5 baths and a 3 car garage. This ‘short sale’ was listed at $730,784, and as said, sold for $65,000 under the asking price! Did you miss out on this great deal, contact us and we will inform you as soon as another great property gets listed, many times we even know about opportunities before the homes are put up for sale.

Two other homes went ‘sale pending’, both also ‘short sales’.

• 11498 Bay Laurel Street; 2697 square feet with 3 bedrooms and a 3 car garage. This ‘short sale’ home with beautiful views of the Pleasanton Valley was listed at $740,000.
• 10818 Inspiration Circle; 4082 square feet with 5 bedrooms, 4,5 baths and a 3 car garage was listed at $949,900.

This development has always been very popular and it shows; the three homes that were on the market all went sale pending; there are currently no active listings. A great time for anybody who is thinking of selling their home. Call Craig for a free market analysis, you can reach him at (925) 984 4910, or email him at Craig@HarperMees.com.

The Home Owners Association fee is only $78 per month which will take care of the Greenbelt.

The homes in Hansen Hill and The Ridge on the Westside of Dublin, CA range in size from 2400 square feet to 3300 square feet and were built in the late nineties and early 2000; most of the homes back to open space and/or have a beautiful views of the Valley. This community is close by I-580 and I-680, schools, shopping (Stoneridge Mall) and theaters. BART and the several business parks can be reached within 15 minutes. Silicon Valley and San Francisco are approximately 45 minutes away.

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Market update for Twin Creeks in San Ramon – a popular neighborhood!

Lots of activity in Twin Creeks in the last month of 2009; there were 14 properties on the market: 9 properties went ‘Sale Pending’, most of them were shorts sales or REO’s,  and 3 homes closed escrow. Many people still tried to get in a home before the end of the year which explains all the activity in this great neighborhood. Only two condos are marked ‘active’.

Twin Creeks on the Westside of I-680 is one of the largest and most popular residential areas in San Ramon. The neighborhood has some 1500 homes and is situated in between San Ramon Valley Boulevard (parallel to I680), Crow Canyon Road and Bollinger Canyon Road.

Most of the homes are built by Dame starting in the late 1960’s and continuing into the next decades. There is a wide variety of homes: condominiums, townhomes, duets and single family homes ranging from 1200-3000 square feet. The variety in lot sizes, wide streets, greenbelts and mature landscaping attracted a lot of home buyers over the years. Twin Creeks is part of the San Ramon Unified School District and offers top rated school. The area is close to shopping, restaurants, a movie theatre and the I-680 freeway.

There is always a lot of real estate activity going on in this area; we see people moving into Twincreeks, others sell their smaller home and move up to a bigger home in the same neighborhood.

There are currently  only 2 homes for sale in the Twin Creek area, 2 condos in Twin Creek Garden:

• 491 Carillo Court; a condo with 1200 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 1,5 bath is listed at $329,900. Great for 1st time homebuyer. Beautifully remodeled with new kitchen cabinets new appliances, new granite countertops in kitchen and both baths. Freshly painted and new light fixtures. Virtually everything is new. Walking distance to restaurants shops and movie theater.  A great price for this beautiful home; call us for an appointment and let’s make an offer!
• 2529 Twin Creeks Drive; a condo with 3 bedrooms and 1,5 bath is listed at $320,000. Updated and ready for you! New carpet, new paint throughout. Upgraded kitchen w/tile counters. Inside laundry. Covered private patio. Great location. Walk to shopping, restaurants, movies, and more. Close to freeway access and Bishop Ranch business. Extra storage on patio. Covered parking space. Call us, we would love to show you this beautiful home.

3 homes closed escrow in the last month:

• 2621 Fountainhead Drive; a townhome with 3 bedrooms and 1,5 bath sold slightly over asking price at $325,000.
• 630 Abrigo Court; a duet with 1731 square feet, 4 bedrooms and 2,5 baths sold for $480,000 which was slightly under the asking price.
• 2651 Marsh Drive; a townhome with 3 bedrooms and 2,5 baths. This 1790 square feet home sold for $490,000 which was slightly under the asking price.

Our team members Craig and Tracey Harper are longtime residents of San Ramon and know the area really well. Contact them today at (925) 984 4910 to discuss your Real Estate needs.

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Angela Hill Knows All About Short Sale Hell

There’s nothing like personal experience to help one cut through all the B.S. and spin to see the truth.

Case in point – Angela Hill’s column in the Contra Costa Times Sunday paper – “Short sale is anything but short”

Angela starts her real life short sale story with:

It’s all becoming clear now, the reason the nation’s banks got into such a mess and needed bazillions of dollars to bail them out: They’re run by robot monkeys.

Welcome to the real world. Grab any REALTOR off the street and ask them – Are the banks really interested in helping homeowners stay in their homes? – or – Are the banks helping to make the short sale process smooth like we hear them saying?

The answer to both is – Have you been drinking the Kool Aid?!!!

Aangela discovered that absurd bank dealings are pretty much the norm. A very good reason why those of you considering trying to purchase a home through a short sale, need to sit down with a professional REALTOR and understand that a short sale can often be a quick trip to frustration, insanity or even hell.

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Market update for San Ramon – an active Real Estate community

The last quarter of 2009 still experienced busy real estate activity in the older part of San Ramon between I-680, Montevideo and Alcosta Boulevard. This community is popular because of its location close to I-680, shopping, Bishop Ranch, restaurants and the Crow Canyon movie-theater. There are several award winning schools, all part of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District:

• Neil A Armstrong Elementary School
• Walt Disney Elementary School
• Country Club Elementary School
• Pine Valley Middle School
• California High School

A great family oriented community with many parks, a golf course and the Iron Horse Trail. There are several neighborhoods with homes that vary anywhere from 1000 square feet up to 3000 square feet; some of the neighborhoods are:

• San Ramon Village
• San Ramon Heights
• Alcosta Heights
• Casa Ramon
• Heritage
• Meadowood
• Paseo San ramon
• Town and Country
• Inverness Park
• Newcastle

As said earlier there was still a lot of activity in December with a total of 48 homes on the market; 10 of them were active listings, 28 homes showed sale pending and 10 homes closed escrow. 31 of the 48 homes were either a short sale or an REO bank-owned property. 8 of the homes are condos or townhomes, and 40 homes are detached properties. All the homes that closed escrow, with the exception of one home, sold over asking price!

The San Ramon homes that are currently for sale are:

• 312 Goshen in San Ramon Heights, 1965 square feet with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and a 2 car garage; home with great curb appeal and RV/Boat parking. Hard wood floors and two master suites. Nice, private backyard. Located in nice neighborhood and in prime school district. Asking price is $618,888.
• 2861 Springdale Lane, a short sale property with 1542 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 2 baths. Listed at $499,900.
• 292 Casper Place, 1288 square feet with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and a 2 car garage. Outstanding home on Cul-De-Sac. Large great room with fireplace, large kitchen with eat in area. Beautiful park like yard. Close to schools, shopping and great commute location. Don’t miss this special home. Not a short sale or REO. Great Starter Home!! Listed at $564,000.
• 3350 Estero Drive, 2309 square feet in Alcosta Heights with 4 bedrooms, 4 baths and a 2 car garage. Gorgeous home with 2 master suite set up – full master suite up and down plus two other large bedrooms. Granite kitchen, hardwood floors, soaring ceilings, private yard with no rear neighbors, remodeled baths, dual panes, loaded with upgrades. Asking price $675,000.
• 340 San Simeon Place; new listing; 1957 square feet with 4 bedrooms and three baths; Located at end of a quiet court with a huge 10,000 sq. ft lot (most all in the backyard) newer hardwood floors throughout. Pool and spa, very private backyard with many redwood trees! Beautifully added-on master bathroom (newer construction).  Single story with newer dual paned windows. Asking price is $759,000.
  

  

• 5 condos are for sale on Alcosta; price range from $174,900 for a 2/1 up to $299,000 for a 3/2.

This popular area has its own golf course: San Ramon Golf Club, a beautiful 18-hole championship public golf course carved through the neighborhoods just off I-680 and Alcosta Blvd. The golf course can be easily walked or power carts are available for rent.  Either way you play, the pace will get you off the course in less than four and one-half hours, faster than many of the other courses in the area. The green fees are very reasonable.  The practice range is lit and open in the summer until 9PM. Two practice greens are available for short game improvement. For those who like the country club feeling there is also a first class pool with memberships available on an annual basis. Call 925-828-6100 to reserve your tee time.

Our team members Craig and Tracey Harper are longtime residents of San Ramon and know all the ins and outs of the community. Contact them today; they can assist you with all your Real Estate needs.

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