Empire Realty Associates Danville, Walnut Creek, Alamo, Lafayette's (empirerealty) Blog

"I'm the Real Estate Expert!" Who Gives a Hoot? (thank you Bernice Ross!) I subscribe to Bernice Ross' blog and I hope she doesn't mind that I am going to repost this for all the agents and real estate professionals that read our blog. I love what she has to say here. Would love to hear your opin...

Bancroft Village Sherry Hutchens is an Empire Realtor who specializes in working with buyers and sellers throughout the Diablo Valley. She especially loves Bancroft Village. I was able to speak to her about this charming community, and this is what she had to say! Q:    Where is Bancroft Village?...

Press Release | 9-16-09 EMPIRE REALTY WELCOMES KITTY COLE AND ASSOCIATES FOR STAFF COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP Danville - Kitty Cole recently provided Empire's staff with her dynamic and insightful training course on communicating effectively. This particular course targets key areas of speaking techn...

Press Release | 9-15-09 EMPIRE REALTY ASSOCIATES HELPED TO RAISE OVER $50,000 FOR SCHOOLS AND CHARITIES ALAMO - An enthusiastic group of Empire Realty agents shared a sponsorship for the 27th annual Alamo Music & Wine Festival held on September 12;   Angela Fitzgerald, Dawn Smallwood, Jane Thacke...

I recently had a great discussion with Realtors, Lisa and Jonas Tichenor about the quaint neighborhood of Saranap in Walnut Creek. Lisa and Jonas specialize in working with buyers and sellers throughout the Walnut Creek and surrounding areas and specialize in the Saranap neighborhood. Q:  Tell me...

There is a lot to know about the tax credit available to 1st time homebuyers - and it can be confusing! Here are my "top 5″ list of things you should know about the credit. Also, below I listed some helpful links for buyers. 1. Q. What is the credit? A.  For homes purchased in 2008, the credit op...

There was a really interesting article that on the CNBC website this weekend that talked about what exactly banks are doing with foreclosures. For some reason, Bank of America was the only bank interviewed (maybe they were the only ones beave enough to be interviewed!) :-) Click the link above to...

The Franchise Tax Board posted onto their site the other day the announcement that the $100 Million that was allocated for tax credit for new home purchases is no longer available. All monies have been allocated! Important update (08/31/09): FTB No Longer Accepting Applications - $100 Million Has...

Check out what the Walnut Creek, CA market looks like this week. I thought it was important to include graphs that showcased single family homes versus condos. So although there is a lot to look at on each graph, I think each one really paints the picture of the market in Walnut Creek. Note, thes...

Interesting to compare Danville verus San Ramon! Median home prices in Danville are seeing a slight decline while in San Ramon they are really holding steady and we saw a big spike up in just the last couple days. Inventory is slightly down for Danville, but down quite a bit for San Ramon, which ...