! – SOLD! STUNNING Pittsburg home for sale! – SOLD! STUNNING Pittsburg home for sale! This is a true 10+! Absolutely every detail has been taken care of, nothing to do but move in and enjoy! Original owners have taken excellent care of this home and have embarked on many QUALITY updates. One of the best homes out there on the market today! Don’t miss this one!

1481 Autumnwind Ct, Pittsburg CA offered at $400,000 – available to view by appointment.

! – SOLD! Previous Next Concord-Walnut Creek border home for sale! – SOLD! Concord-Walnut Creek border home for sale Check out this beautiful home on a quiet street in the popular Ygnacio Wood neighborhood on the Walnut Creek border. Close to Ygnacio Wood swim club, trails, shops, dining and Woodside Elementary which has been a California Distinguished school.

Tree lined street, park like rear yard. This is a great opportunity to get into one of Concord’s most favored areas! 727 Santa Ana Lane, Concord This Concord-Walnut Creek border home offers: 4 bedroom, 2 bath 1633 square feet 2 car garage Fireplace Hardwood floors throughout Tiled kitchen Breakfast bar Garden window Dining nook Offered at $525,000 OPEN Saturday 1-4 Call Catherine Myers for an appointment to view this wonderful home: 925-683-2125

Short sales in Contra Costa; Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Concord Short sales in Contra Costa; Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Concord If you are looking for information about short selling your home in Contra Costa including Walnut Creek, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Clayton, Martinez or the surrounding areas, one question I’m asked frequently is whether or not you need to have a sign in your yard when selling your home?

What about a rider on the sign that says short sale? (cringe) I say NO to both. No you don’t need a sign in your yard when your home is for sale. Sure, its great for those lookie-loos who drive around in their favored neighborhoods and certainly it provides a visual queue for anyone (including real estate agents) coming to view your home, but do you NEED a sign in your yard when selling your home?

No, the answer is no. In almost every homebuyer profile I read, it rates yard signs down among the lower ranked sources a buyer used to find a home. For homebuyers over 40 years old, more than 90% started their search on the internet and deemed online home searches as #1 on their list of what to do when searching for a home. The under 40 crowd, the online searching SOARS to 96%!

So, having your home on the internet, with quality descriptive text, quality professional photos, and virtual tours is of utmost importance. Most buyers will find your home online. Or, through their agent. Or as a combination, and online search tied to daily emails. The list of top sources for homebuyers are as follows: Internet: 88% Real estate agent: 87% Yard sign: 55% Open house: 45% Newspapers and print home magazines have fallen sharply and are 30% or less.

I’ve worked with many sellers in the area, who weren’t anxious to field questions from their neighbors and friends – yet. Home goes on the internet, showings over a period of a few days – and in this market we’re seeing multiple offers and a pending sale before you know it. You can then control who knows and when they know. There is not the stigma attached to short sales any longer.

Almost anyone who has bought a home in the last 8-12 years is likely to be underwater, or close enough to it to require a short sale and it isn’t tied to anything you did or didn’t do. The values have dropped, period. Unless someone put a SUBSTANTIAL down payment into their home, it is likely to be upside down, and short of paying off the mortgage balance in full, simply as an effect of the market.

Call me if you wish to discuss a selective seller program of marketing for you home. Professional, confidential, effective. Catherine Myers Broker Associate Prudential California Realty DRE 01337828 925-683-2125 www.DiabloValley.net Read the highlights of the habits of home buyers and sellers in 2012, brought to you by NAR (National Association of Realtors) 2012 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers