Local Business Feature: Fava Restaurant in North Berkeley Photo: Fava Restaurant Calling all vegetable lovers! This tiny North Berkeley lunch spots serves you fresh meals full of herbs and veggies. Fava is located at 2114 Vine St Berkeley. French cooking techniques had been incorporated on most dishes, with an influence of Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Latin American flavors.Make sure to order their best seller Lamb flatbread. Here's a sample Menu:Lamb flatbread ... $15Escarole and melon salad ... $13Red lentil soup ... $6Mango lassi ... $Sesame chocolate chip cookie ... $4 Photo: Fava Restaurant  If you happen to be in the North Berkeley neighborhood, let me know if you plan to visit Fava or is just simply looking to explore the area. If you want to know more about Berkeley and are... 11/21/2019

New Listing - 2352 Hilgard Ave Berkeley CA 94709   Conveniently located minutes from University of California, Berkeley, and within easy reach of shops and restaurants. Entering through the courtyard setting, opening the front door, you are greeted with sunlight from the upstairs living space. Open HouseSat & Sun, Sept 21st & 22nd | 1 - 4pm Upper Level: High ceilings, living room/dining room combo, galley kitchen, fireplace for evening ambiance and a half bath. This separation of space between the upper and lower level allows privacy between you and your guest, or roommate.Lower Level: Two bedroom, one bath. The main bedroom bonus includes a sink for convenience, a built-in desk, and a private deck. Laundry room with washer and dryer included. One covered parking space.Situated in the h... 09/19/2019

Home Staging - Montclair ~ Oakland Hills CA ~ Staging to Help Sell Homes Are you getting ready to sell your home in the Monclair  or another Oakland Hills neighborhood? Are you hoping to find a buyer quickly and easily? The SECRET to selling is understanding what appeals to prospective buyers. We can help make your home a buyer’s dream!The Montclair-Oakland Hills offer some of the most exciting real estate deals in the Bay Area, and homes for sale in this community deserve special treatment! Prospective homeowners are drawn to the hills of Oakland for their easy proximity to San Francisco and mix of urban, suburban and woodsy living.  With all custom-built homes, the Montclair District offers some of the most appealing and interesting homes in the Bay Area.  Home buyers seek a great var... 06/29/2012

Beautiful weather, grateful neighbors, happy elected officials and Kosher macaroons and brownies all contributed to a "feel good" spring gathering in my neighborhood. We assembled at the corner of Hopkins and The Alameda in Berkeley, CA today to celebrate the re-opening of a newly updated, expanded and revitalized North Berkeley Library. Mayor Tom Bates, Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, City Councilmember Laurie Capitelli and Betty Olds were all on hand to cut the ribbon to officially open the newly restored library. Capitelli reminded the crowd that Northbrae, the neighborhood where the library is located, was designated one of the Top 10 neighborhoods in the US last year. "It's the people like you," Capitelli said as he gestured to the crowd gathered in front of the library "that make this... 04/08/2012

Owners On Stage in Oakland CA I love this article about how much a difference staging makes but also have to say I have talented clients who have an eye for “the look.” My clients who recently sold their home on Circle Hill in Oakland did all the staging themselves. Agents came in to see the house and would ask me “who was the stager.” Now that’s a compliment to a job well done! I often have sellers comment that their house never looked better than when it's been staged (either professionally or personally)...ironically, right before they move out. But there's no reason only perspective buyers should get to enjoy a well decorated home. One of the best times to give your house a good make-over is right before you move in! One of my favorite interior styling companies here in the East Bay... 01/19/2011

Usually when I analyze sold data for the Berkeley, CA real estate market, it reinforces what I’ve experienced as a REALTOR® representing both buyers and sellers in this East Bay area. Not so with the first quarter results for 2010! As our spring market evolved in 2009 we all were painfully aware of extremely low inventory. First quarter of 2009 saw a total of only 55 single family home sales. This year it feels as if we have a bit more inventory (a total of 72 sales), but we also have significantly more buyers. I would hope this would be true, since buyers have had a year to watch and hope for the market to tumble – only to see prices hold essentially constant. Interest rates continued to be at record-breaking low levels, inching up only recently. And buyers, especially first-time buyer... 04/04/2010

I recently was on the listing side of two wonderful, "very Berkeley" Arts & Crafts homes in North Berkeley. Neither of them had classic floor plans, but both had tremendous amounts of original wood  and exceptional period details, multiple fireplaces, updated kitchens and larger than normal lot sizes. In both cases I was successful in getting our local paper to feature these homes in the Real Estate sections during their marketing period. That special marketing, an individual website for each property with lots of photos, plus my marketing to a specialized group of Arts & Crafts and period home enthusiasts, resulted in huge attendance at my open houses.  One was priced well IMHO, based on the comments I received from agents (though numerous buyers thought it was priced too high). The se... 07/11/2009