Your Neighborhood on film…
Red Oak Realty has undertaken a fun project: capturing the best of East Bay cities and neighborhoods in videos. They’ve produced 14 so far, with another 10 or so to go. If you haven’t seen them, they’re definitely worth a peek. Other videos (click on city or neighborhood to view) include Albany and Piedmont, as [...]
Market News: Winter 2012
Despite so much gloom and doom on the news, and admittedly serious and scary global economic issues, our real estate clients did not fare so badly in 2011. We represented nine sellers in 2011 and only one of these properties sold for under the asking price. Four of them received multiple offers and went well [...]
Living in Northbrae and Loving It!
(Reprinted from the American Planning Association website in 2011) NORTHBRAE / Berkeley, CA Nestled in the rolling foothills amidst outcroppings of volcanic rock, Northbrae stands out for its spectacular vistas of San Francisco Bay, environmentally sensitive design, connections to a unique network of 136 paths and steps crisscrossing Berkeley, and two nearby commercial areas for [...]
TWO CAFES ~ WITHIN ONE BLOCK
Welcome to Central Berkeley… A diverse and friendly neighborhood located near to transportation and urban amenities but with a small town feel. There is a great sense of community here where neighbors look out for each other and sometimes develop lasting friendships. This seller and her neighbors to the north built a gate between their [...]
The Lower Hills
Well before today’s Green movement, Berkeley’s first developers were pioneers in shaping an urban landscape where architecture exists in harmony with nature. It was at the beginning of the last century that the residential streets in the Berkeley hills were plotted out, not on a grid pattern, but following the contours of the land and [...]
