Brentwood, CA

Garin Ranch Homes in Brentwood

Brentwood's Garin Ranch Homes offers an affordable community in one of East Contra Costa's finest communities. This report looks at sales of Garin Ranch Homes.

Currently there are only 6 Garin Ranch Homes on the market priced from $200,000.00 to $349,950.00. The average price of the homes is $262,791.00 and a median price of $246,900.00. The homes have spent an average of 15 Days on the market and have an average price of $116.00 per SF.

In the last 6 months 38 Garin Ranch Homes have sold priced from $211,000.00 to $375,000.00 with and average price of $266,475.00 and a median price of $251,175.00. This is an average of $125.00 per SF and they spent an average of 12 Days on the market.

A big part of this market is Short Sales and Short Sales can spend a long time pending to close. Right now there are 15 pending sales of Garin Ranch Homes and 10 of those are Short Sales. They are priced from $197,900.00 to $375,000.00 and have an average price of $259,956.00 and a median price of $250,000.00. These homes had an average price per SF of $122.00 and spend an average of 26 days on the market.

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Rose Garden Homes in Brentwood

Brentwood's Rose Garden Homes offers an affordable community in one of East Contra Costa's finest communities.  This report looks at sales of Rose Garden Homes.

Currently there are only 12 Rose Garden Homes on the market priced from $239,000.00 to $399,000.00.  The average price of the homes is $307,241.00 and a median price of $297,500.00.  The homes have spent an average of 27 Days on the market and have an average price of $128.00 per SF.

In the last 6 months 32 Rose Garden Homes have sold priced from $217,000.00 to $525,000.00 with and average price of $300,433 and a median price of $295,000.00.  This is an average of $122.00 per SF and they spent an average of 18 Days on the market.

A big part of this market is Short Sales and Short Sales can spend a long time pending to close.  Right now there are 29 pending sales of Rose Garden Homes and 24 of those are Short Sales.  They are priced from $235,000.00 to $450,000.00 and have an average price of $329,074.00 and a median price of $325,000.00.  These homes had an average price per SF of $115.00 and spend an average of 34 days on the market.

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Selling a Luxury Home - Part 12 - When to Show Your Home!

This is Part 12 in a Series. You may wish to look at the other parts first:

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 1 - Defined

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 2 - A State of Mind

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 3 - Make a Plan

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 4 - The Team - Home Inspector

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 5 - The Team - The Termite Inspector

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 6 - The Team - The Stager

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 7 - The Team - Putting it together

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 8 - Living Through the Sale

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 9 - Picture This!

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 10 - Selling When Empty!

Selling a Luxury Home - Part 11 - Make Your Showings Safe!

When to Show your home might seem like a question with an obvious answer.  That answer is Show it as much as possible.  Generally this is true, however there are some exceptions:

• Only Show the home when it is clean and ready to be shown.  Remember you are generating value based on Luxury.  Remember the three things that will drive Luxury value - Status, Uniqueness, and Luxury.  The house needs to be immaculate and show these elements when it is seen.
  
  
• Real Estate tends to draw Lookie Lou's - people that like to window shop, but have little or no interest in your property.  Agents do not like to waste time, but agents cannot keep all of these people out of your homes.  Just accept the fact there will be Lookie Lou's and maybe a Lookie Lou might actually buy or tell someone else about your home.  However, if your home is far and away above all the other homes in the area, an estate or real top tier you may want to have the property shown by appointment only and make sure the buyers are pre-screened.  
  
  
• Make sure your agent gets the home on the Broker Tour.  Get the information out to every broker in town.  Let them see how nice the home is and they will scour around for any prospect they thing might be interested.
  

How do you control your showing times:

• First of all don't, if you can have the home ready 24/7.
  
  
• Have the agent put in the remarks section to call in advance and at least leave a message.  If you go out make sure your home is ready to show, as they may call while you are out and just come by.
  
  
• By appointment only with lock box.
  
  
• No Lock Box and by appointment only.  I have known some agents to give the lock box to the owners to set out when the owners are leaving, but other wise keep it in the house.  Of course there is no way to affix the lock box to the home using this method.
  
  
• With many lock box systems agents can control when the box is active and in-active to keep people from getting the key during certain times.

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So far I have called 7 out of 10 of the playoff games which is pretty good for me. I would have done better if I had gone with the facts rather than my hopes. (I had hoped the Ravens would knock the Colts out.)

This leaves me with a dilemma for me at the Super Bowl. I do not hate the Colts like I do some teams (Patriots, Steelers, and the Eagles) but I do like to pull for the under dogs. Payton Manning is a great guy and probably the best quarterback in football. The Colts are everyone's favorite to win and they have won it before.

The Saints have been a door mat in the NFL for decades, how old are they? That is how long they have been a door mat. I remember Saint fans wearing paper bags. I remember when people in New Orleans were not going to have sex until the Saints could score a touch down (nobody was going to score until the Saints did!) - that was a long dry spell some people.

So I am routing for the Saints, but honestly the Colts should win it. The only chance New Orleans has is getting to Manning early and dinging him good. Remember all those great shots on Farve and then the cameras going to his wife as she covered his face. Manning is a smart man and will adapt, he can read a blitz and this game will not be in New Orleans domed home. Manning is younger than Farve and can probably take the hits a little better.

To win the Saints need to put Manning out of the game or put some big hurt on him in the first half.

Have fun and enjoy the game.

Pool Homes in Brentwood California

Pool Homes are one of the most popular types of homes in Brentwood California.  As spring comes more and more people will be wanting Pool Homes.  This report looks at Pool Homes currently on the market in Brentwood California and the sales for the last 6 months.

As of last Friday there were 20 Pool Homes for sale in Brentwood.  Two of these Pool Homes are large luxury homes on huge estates and I have pulled these two out before running the stats on the Pool Homes as the skew the numbers way up and the value is not primarily based on the pool.    The average price of these homes is $418,777.00 and the median price is $399,450.00.  These homes are priced at an average of $171.00 per SF and have been on the market an average of 92 days.

In the last 6 months 78 Pool Homes sold in Brentwood California.  The average price of these homes was $386,251.00 and the median price was $380,000.00.  The average sold price per SF was $141.00 and they spent 23 days on the market.

The price for Pool Homes on average is higher than non Pool Homes, but looking at last months Brentwood Housing Market Report not that much higher.  It does appear that sellers are more reluctant to come down on the price, but need to to actually sell.

If you are interested in Homes with pools be it in Brentwood California or Pool Homes in other locations please let me know.