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Brentwood, CA Real Estate News

By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
Brentwood Ca 94513 Home Prices – 2011 Trend Brentwood Ca Home Prices are great. Making Brentwood one of the most popular communities in East Contra Costa County. It offers amazing homes in an amazing and wonderful community; at prices that are impossible to beat anywhere else in Contra Costa County. This Post is Written in Conjunctin with the: Real Estate Recovery or Not?2012 Predictions By the Pro’s Infographic In Brentwood you will find fine schools, numerous parks, nice streets, great shopping, great food, a wonderful downtown with a farmers market, golf and water sports to no end. As a city Brentwood is fiscally sound and maintains quality community services. So how are Brentwood Homes doing price wise as we go through the housing crises? Very well! Brentwood Homes have become much ...
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
Janson's Greatest Day of Baseball! What made Janson's Baseball Jamboree such a great day? Did he make a fantastic play, have a home run, score a run? No to all of these! Janson did squeak out one little hit, but nothing more remarkable; unless you want to count 4 strike outs. But as a dad something very special happened today. I always tell my kids to work hard and apply themselves. That effort is more important than talent. Sports is a way of teaching life lessons. Normally he has to be forced to practice with me. He doesn't want to put in any extra effort. He is distracted and spends a lot of time playing in the dirt rather than watching the game. But last night Janson came and asked me if I would take him early so he could practice his batting! I was thrilled. During the game he trie...
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
What will my Brentwood Property Taxes be? Property Tax rates in Brentwood like all California are generally based on the same formula.  As you get into Newer areas and more urban areas they can tend to be a little higher as I will explain. In California Property Taxes are by statute 1% of the assessed value.  The assessed value can only climb 2% a year.  So if you buy a house for 300,000.00 that will be it's tax basis.  The next year the Maximum it can be is 309,000.00. Your Brentwood Property Taxes will not go up much from year to year. Now local governments have got around this with some votes and special assessments so generally it can run over 1% sometimes 1.1 or 1.2 it really varies per house and area.  In addition some properties have a Mello Roos assessment or other special asses...
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
Summerset Home Prices in Brentwood 2011 Trends. Summerset Homes in Brentwood are one of the finest and most affordable Gated 55+ communities in Northern California. Each of the four Summerset Communities offers club houses, pools, Billiards, gyms, libraries, walking and biking trails, tennis courts, bocce courts and Golf course homes, and gates with guards on duty. Summerset Homes range from small affordable duets priced under $200,000.00 to large Luxury Homes with 3 car garages. There is a Summerset Home for everyone 55+ (or with a spouse 55+). Find the right Summerset Home for you! Home Point Real Estate is here to help you as your Summerset Homes guide. Providing access and helping you get the home of your dreams. Prices on Summerset Homes in 2011 held steady according to the chart b...
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
Brentwood Pony League Jamboree Well the Baseball Season is getting ready to start and all over East County young Ball Players have been practicing and getting ready for the big day. Well on Saturday March 10 and Sunday March 11, 2012 it is Jamboree Baseball weekend. Most boys will play two games on Saturday and one on Sunday Afternoon. Generally these are abbreviated games for the younger boys I know they are about an hour each. The Jamboree is a great way for the boys (and girls) to get warmed up and ready for league play starting latter this month. It also kicks of the two week spring Break here in East Contra Costa Schools. Go to the Pony League Calendar and look up your favorite Team in it's Division and get out to the game.
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
Trilogy Homes In Brentwood Trilogy is a dynamic 55+ Community in the Beautiful Northern California City of Brentwood. It is hard to call it a retirement community with so many things to do. The club house at Trilogy is like a resort for your use with over 34,000 SF, two pools, state of the art Athletic Club, Day Spa, Tennis Courts, Bocce Courts and more. Over 6 miles of trails wind there way through the vineyard and nearby hills. Golf within minutes of the house and about water sports, fishing, and boating right in the heart of the Delta. This secure gated community offers five parks within the different neighborhoods and over 30 models of homes. Right now most Trilogy Homes are new sales. The sales office is more than happy to work with your local agent. Set up a tour of the facilities...
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
Search For Brentwood Ca Homes Direct from the MLS! Homes in Brentwood Ca or some of the best buys on Luxury Homes in Contra Costa County. Not to mention entry level homes, gated communities and our 55 + retirement communities. Search Homes by Clicking Here or on one of the homes on the Slide Show Below or the map at the bottom you will be able to make your own search of the MLS directly. Now I want to stress that you will be Search the MLS Directly. (For those that do not know MLS means Multiple Listing Service. It is a central data base of homes in a geographic area used by Real Estate Agents.) Why am I stress a Direct Search of the MLS? Because it is important for you to understand the different types of Home Searches out there. There are many National Companies and on line resources ...
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
American Greatness and Baseball! Spring is coming and all over the country a young man's fancy is turning to girls Baseball. Here in the Brentwood area we have 1500 kids on a 124 youth baseball teams at the Pony League. This does not count the School Teams, Travel Teams, other leagues and nearby communities. Every where I go I see boys (and girls) of all ages out there practicing and some struggling. But all of them excited about the coming baseball season. I have two boys in baseball this year. One doing travel baseball and the other in Pinto Jr. in the Local Pony League. I do not really follow Major League Baseball much. I watch my kids and some minor league stuff for the most part. Baseball is the greatest American sport and in many ways it defines who we are as a nation. It is innov...
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By Michael J. Roache
(Area Pro Realty Bay Area Villas)
    Beautiful 4 Bedroom / 2.5 Bath / 1822 Sq. Ft. Brentwood Home is waiting for you. The Super list price is $220K. Want more info???? Contact Mike with Area Pro Realty Bay Area Villas  at http://www.michaelroache.areaprorealty.com/contact and let's go for a tour. Looking for something different? Just visit http://www.michaelroache.areaprorealty.com with IDX
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By Michael J. Roache
(Area Pro Realty Bay Area Villas)
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
Nelson Riemenschneider at Liberty Wrestling JV Title Match 2012 Yesterday my son Nelson wrestled at the JV championship matches. This has not been Nelson's best year, illness and injuries caused him to miss a lot of practice and matches. He did take home a gold and a couple of Silvers at some tournaments. This is him wrestling for the Gold at Yesterdays tournament. Steve Waddel, his opponent is a good guy and they have wrestled several times in the past. As you can see it did not go as I would have liked, but he will be back next year and hopefully wrestling varsity.  
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
What to offer on a Antioch Investment Property? The Traffic was the first clue! The other day Mr. Buyer spotted an unbelievable deal on a great Investment Property. It was so far under market it would be a good buy no matter how big of a pit. So we make an appointment for that day to meet over at the potential Investment Property. It had just come on the market the day before. As I drive up an agent is leaving the Investment Property, another is letting herself in, and a third is out front speaking with his client. When our turn comes to get into the house (and it was everything you might have expected) but great potential the kitchen counter top is full of business cards. As we leave the house my client tells me to put in an offer right a way!!! I ask him how much – expecting him to wa...
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
Homes for Sale in Brentwood Ca: There are only 3 Types of Pricing! That is right there are only three types of pricing when looking at Homes for Sale. The trick is in understand what type of pricing a particular home has and how you should approach it with an offer. The first ones are under priced Homes for Sale. Now everyone is thinking this is just what I want an under priced home so I can have instant equity. Well before you see it you may think it is an under priced home, but once you get inside and look around many times you will find it is priced low for a reason – so it is not really an under priced home. Or it has been priced low to generate offers and interest, but there is no way it is actually going to sell for the price listed. You see this a lot of with Short Sales. You als...
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By Michael J. Roache
(Area Pro Realty Bay Area Villas)
  Single Story, Two Story, With Steps, Without Steps, the choice is all yours when you Happy Home Hunt with  Area Pro Realty Bay Area Villas & IDX at http://www.michaelroache.areaprorealty.com  
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
Large Single Story Homes in Brentwood – An Alternative Large Single Story Homes can be very expensive. There are a number of reasons for this. 1) They have a larger footprint (foundation) that cost money. 2) The larger footprint means you need a bigger lot. 3) They are harder to find. Many people shopping for Single Story Homes are at a point in life where they are down sizing and do not need a Large Single Story Home so not as many are built. However, I have had clients with a need for a very Large Single Story Home. I once had a couple where one of them was wheel chair bound. They had extended family living with them (adult children and a parent) and they both worked out of the home. We spent months shopping for that Large Single Story Home. We found a few, but for one reason or anoth...
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By Gene Riemenschneider, Turning Houses into Homes
(Home Point Real Estate)
Big Homes in Brentwood Ca People might quibble over what constitutes a Big Home and many people think Big Homes are a thing of the past. I hear talk of sustainable, green, back to basics, and small living. I am here to disagree. I think Big Homes are very important and will make a big come back. Here is why I think Big Homes are in our future: More and more people will move to self employment and/or telecommuting. They will want to work out of the home. Although I believe we have a great country and will recover from this economic down turn I do think economics will mean more multi-generational homes. Again this means bigger homes, in-law units, and all that come with it. This country has been trending away from traditional and large families for 40+ years. I think that trend will begin...
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By Bill Ness, 55Places.com, Active Adult Community Guide
(55Places.com)
Summerset by Del Webb is a 1,000-acre golf community in the beautiful town of Brentwood, California.  Throughout the 10-years this community was built, multiple home-builders constructed just over 2,000 homes. Del Webb was one of the builders involved with this popular California 55+ community.   In total, the development includes four unique age-restricted communities which combine to make up Summerset. Those four developments are known as Summerset 1, Summerset Palms, Summerset Vista and Summerset Orchards. Each of which has its own home owner’s association and its own private clubhouse amenities. The gated community of Summerset in Brentwood was built between 1994 and 2005. Today interested home buyers, age 55 and better, can select from a wide variety of resale homes priced from the...
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By Michael J. Roache
(Area Pro Realty Bay Area Villas)
Good afternoon future client,        I unfortunately do not have any new listings in the area that you were interested in to e-mail to you, so I wanted to let you know that the housing industry may be changing soon. With the new “Help Program” that Washington is currently speaking of, we may see many home owners that are under water with their home loan hold off proceeding with a short sale, believing that this new program will help them keep their home (this is highly doubtful). This will create a market of Traditional sales and REO’s sales available and this condition may also create a seller’s market since there will be less home’s to choose from on the open market. Because of this changing condition I think it is very important that we to take another look at your plans to find you...
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