Last Wednesday, August 13, Smart & Final, Pleasanton’s newest major grocery store in Pleasanton opened its doors to the public.  Smart & Final serves as the sixth major grocery store in Pleasanton accompanied by Pleasanton based Safeway as well as others like Nob Hill and Lucky’s.  The business model of the Los Angeles based chain is similar to Costco and the bulk style purchasing for a discount, however Smart & Final does not require a club membership like Costco.

The new location (a stone’s throw away from my office) shares the parking lot of hamburger selling machine, In ‘n Out and is across the street from Pleasanton’s Home Depot location.  Look for special grand opening coupons specifically for the Smart & Final Pleasanton location in your mailbox and be sure to check out the city’s newest major grocer.

For more details, check out this article in the Pleasanton Weekly.

Chris Kamali is a TriValley Real Estate Agent, helping clients buy and sell homes in Dublin, Pleasanton, San Ramon and Livermore.

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Below are the housing stats for the city of Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon and Livermore. If you have any questions or would like any detailed information, please let me know.

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Below are the housing stats for the city of Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon and Livermore. If you have any questions or would like any detailed information, please let me know.

As the graph shows, activity has continually increased in the Trivalley for real estate sales in 2008.  A combination of attractive pricing and increased rent has brought back many of the buyers.  The entry level market has certainly heated up and with time this will eventually lead to the mid range and higher priced homes to follow.  Whether we are–at the bottom, several months away from it or just passing it–buyer confidence in the market is back and homes are selling.  If you have any specific questions about your Trivalley neighborhood or the neighborhood you would like to move to, feel free to comment or contact me.  

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This Saturday night on May 10, Trivalley Socks and downtown Pleasanton will be hosting a mother’s day walk-a-thon in efforts of raising money for breast cancer research, treatment, and educational programs.  The organization, Tri-Valley SOCKs, operates with no paid staff and is run completely by volunteers.  The walk includes a bra-decorating contest and the raised money will go to the San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Check-in begins at 6 PM with the festivities starting at 7 PM.  To join-in on this great event held in downtown Pleasanton, please go to http://www.trivalleysocks.org/index.html for more details.

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How’s business?  This seems to be a very common question to answer these days.  My business has been surprising!  In the past three weeks, I have had the chance to help two separate clients submit an offer on two homes in the Trivalley.  One was a two bedroom townhome in Pleasanton and the other a newer townhome in Dublin in the Cottages.  What happened with these offers may surprise you.The two bedroom Pleasanton townhome was in good condition with not much work to be done.  It was priced competitive for the market and could fit most first time home-buyers budgets’.  My client was looking to purchase the townhome as an investment property and with a 20% downpayment the rents would nearly cover the carrying costs.  So we visited the home on the first day it hit the market (Monday) and got together Tuesday morning to submit the offer.  After we wrote the offer (very close to asking price), I called the agent to let him know to expect an offer from my client on the Pleasanton townhome.  He informed me that there were a total of five offers on the property and according to the agent, the home will sell for over asking price.  (But wait, I thought it was a buyer’s market!?) Continue Reading

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Below are the housing stats for the city of Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon and Livermore.  If you have any questions or would like any detailed information, please let me know.   

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