Patty Manzi’s Tri-Valley Real Estate Blog

Where: Bishop Ranch – 2600 Camino Ramon, San Ramon 94583 – (Parking Lot)
When: Thursday, January 28, 2010 – 10:00am – 2:00pm

The following items are FREE to recycle with Universal Waste Management, Inc:

• Televisions
• Monitors
• Computer Systems
• Copy Machines
• Fax Machines
• Printers
• Cell Phones
• Data Tapes/Disks
• Computer Components
• Keyboards, Mice, Etc.
• Stereo Equipment
• Toner Cartridges
• CD’s/DVD’s
• Miscellaneous wiring

*Please NO Microwaves, appliances, alkaline batteries, fluorescent (or any) lights

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We hear it in the news everyday….”The housing market is picking up!”, then the same day we hear “The housing market is declining, and not expected to recover any time soon”.  Who do we believe?  Here is my advice.  If you are looking to buy a home, sell a home, or are facing a foreclosure, the best source of information is a local experienced real estate agent or broker who can give you the real facts about the area where YOU are.  Someone who can provide you with written data reflecting sales in your city, your neighborhood, your community, your street, or even your block.  The market is ever changing, it doesn’t really matter what happened 6 months ago, 3 months ago, or even 3 weeks ago, what matters is what is happening now. 

The media is overflowing with information about local, state, and national statistics, but how does that apply to where you are?  In many cases it doesnt. 

Here is an example for you.  I recently listed a home in the Windemere neighborhood in San Ramon.  It was priced relative to recent comparable sales in the neighborhood.  Within hours of it being listed on our local MLS, I started receiving phone calls.  I received at lease 25 calls per day for 4 straight days.  It was also being shown by about a dozen real estate agents a day in that same time frame.  I held an open house and it was like a grand opening event.  I stopped counting at 50 people, but estimate that over 100 people toured the home in 3 hours.  They were coming in caravans!  The offers started coming in and by day 5 we had received more offers than one could have ever imagined for this ‘down’ market.  Most of the offers were from serious buyers with loan pre-approvals, and even multiple all-cash offers.  Needless to say the house can only be sold to one party, which means that there are all of those other buyers out there still looking for a house.  All of those other buyers were so disappointed.  In their minds, and according to published media reports,  it should have been easy for a qualified buyer with a substantial down payment to go out and buy a house in this market without getting into a bidding war! 

I know the trend these days is to collect information from one of the many online housing ‘estimate’ sites, and that is still good information to have, but to get the real data for what is going on in your particular neighborhood, contact an experienced real estate agent or broker!

I wanted to alert you to a FREE recycling event that I heard about yesterday.  

Universal Waste Management is hosting this event ONE DAY ONLY on Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 10:00am – 2:0pm.  It will be held in the parking lot at 2600 Camino Ramon in San Ramon’s Bishop Ranch.

Here is a list of items that you can bring for recycling:

• TV’s
• Monitors
• Computer Systems & components
• Copiers
• Fax machines
• MP3’s
• Printers
• Video game systems
• Cell phones (& cell phone batteries)
• Phone systems
• Data tapes
• Internet devices
• Miscellaneous wiring
• CD’s/DVD’s – players & discs
• Stereo equipment
• Toner

NO HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, ALKALINE BATTERIES, OR LIGHT BLUBS ACCEPTED.

Please visit www.unwaste.com or call the company directly 510-868-8783 for more detailed information.

Happy Recycling!

San Ramon Real Estate Update

As of today, October 20, 2009 there are 127 Active listings on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in San Ramon.

There are 279 Pending sales (133 of which are Pending Subject to Lender Approval as they are a Short Sale/Potential Short Sale). 

From the period of October 1 – October 20, 2009, there were 30 Sold transactions (escrow closed) ) with an average time of 57 Days on Market (DOM) and an average sales price of $603,493 (lowest sold = $123,000 / highest sold = $1,448,990) 

The lowest priced home in San Ramon is at 135 Reflections Drive; it is a 1 Bedroom/1 Bathroom, approx. 624 sq.ft. Condo offered at $139,900 (DOM 15). 

The highest priced home in San Ramon is at 10 Duberstein Drive; it is a 5 Bedroom/3 ½ bath, 3-car garage home, approx. 4800 sq.ft., Single-Family residence offered at $1,999,950 (DOM 89).

One the rental side of the market there are 32 rental properties on the MLS in San Ramon. They range from a 657 sf, 1 bedroom, 1 bath for $1,195 month to a 4629 sq.ft, 4 bedroom, 3 bath home for $5,000 month. 

As a California licensed real estate Broker & Property Manager I am constantly researching the market and analyzing home prices so I can serve you with the latest and most accurate information. As always, I offer my services to you as your Home Research specialist.  For more information, contact me, or visit my website at:  www.PattyManzi.com