We never stop preaching about the need to know local real estate trends. The Harper Team specializes in residential real estate  in the East Bay are of California. It’s a big area with many communities and “microclimates.” The microclimates extend into the real estate market. We are primarily focused in the I-680 corridor from Concord, CA down to Pleasanton, Ca. This includes the communities of Concord, Walnut Creek, Alamo, Danville, San Ramon, Dublin and Pleasanton.

You need look no further than the recently released housing stats for these communities to see why it is important that you and especially your real estate agent know the market trends for you local community. Study the figures below and notice how the trends are different for the communities and even vary for zip codes within communities.

April Housing Stats

Dublin
94568 - Sales down -20.8% from April 2006  Median Home Price down -7.6% from April 2006

Pleasanton
94566 - Sales up 6.3% from April 2006  Median Home Price up 10.6% from April 2006
94588 - Sales up 19.4% from April 2006  Median Home Price down -2.8% from April 2006

Concord
94518 - Sales down -21.9% from April 2006  Median Home Price down -3.1% from April 2006
94519 - Sales up 20.8% from April 2006  Median Home Price down -1.8% from April 2006
94520 - Sales down -44.2% from April 2006  Median Home Price up 21.3% from April 2006
94521 - Sales down -1.8% from April 2006  Median Home Price down -14.9% from April 2006

Danville
94506 - Sales up 14.0% from April 2006  Median Home Price down -24.1% from April 2006
94526 - Sales up 8.5% from April 2006  Median Home Price down -4.7% from April 2006

San Ramon
94582 - Sales down -2.1% from April 2006  Median Home Price n/a
94583 - Sales up 14.6% from April 2006  Median Home Price down -4.3% from April 2006

Walnut Creek
94595 - Sales up 9.1% from April 2006  Median Home Price up 9.5% from April 2006
94596 - Sales no change 0% from April 2006  Median Home Price up 54.5% from April 2006
94597 - Sales down -35.7% from April 2006  Median Home Price n/a
94598 - Sales up 32.1% from April 2006  Median Home Price down -11.5% from April 2006

Can you see why we keep preaching – know your local real estate market? Real estate market trends can vary significantly from neighborhood to neighborhood. It’s why we invest so much time in studying and gathering market information and making it available on our site. Follow the links on the home page.