Home Truths Archives

Selling a longtime Berkeley Hills home — from clean-out and staging to pricing and signing

The right fit between a real estate agent and the sellers can make the process easier.

Local real estate agents share what to expect from the 2023 East Bay housing market

Strategies for both sellers and buyers in a changing market with price drops and high interest rates.

Red Oak Realty is evolving — come inside and see

The agency is consolidating offices into two renovated spaces.

Home Truths: The East Bay real estate market is heating up in the new year

Sponsored: Red Oak Realty has advice for sellers and buyers in this competitive market.

Home Truths: The challenges of East Bay home renovations (and a possible solution)

Sponsored: Doing renovations in preparation for a home sale can be stressful. Red Oak Realty is excited to announce a thoughtful, on-trend, budget-friendly service called Enhance.

Home Truths: 2021’s Berkeley real estate market is a picture of high prices and high competition

Despite the pandemic, the Berkeley real estate market has remained incredibly resilient — October single family home sales were their highest since 2003. (Sponsored.)

Home Truths: Co-housing in the East Bay offers an alternative to traditional living

Sponsored: Celebrating the diversity of our local home market, we take a look at intentional communities where collaboration is often part of the living arrangement.

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Home Truths: Point Richmond — One of the East Bay’s best kept secrets

by Local sponsor Oct. 09, 2019, 2:45 p.m.October 4, 2022

[Sponsored] This East Bay community offers world-class Bay Area living, just a boat ride from San Francisco.

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Home Truths: Why East Bay homes are routinely listed below sales price

by Local sponsor Sept. 23, 2019, 12:21 p.m.October 4, 2022

[Sponsored] To fully understand East Bay home prices — and to participate in the market effectively — we need to understand the unique way real estate agents and sellers price their homes here.

Proposed housing development at 500 Kirkham in Oakland

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Home Truths: Interactive map — 50,000 residences coming to the East Bay

by Local sponsor April 17, 2019, 12:45 p.m.October 4, 2022

[Sponsored] To understand how East Bay housing will play out in the years ahead, Red Oak Realty created a ‘live’ map that tracks new residential developments that are planned, approved and under construction.

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Home Truths: Canceled listings in Berkeley have skyrocketed. Here’s why

by Local sponsor Feb. 20, 2019, 11:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

[Sponsored] The cancelation rate is a real estate metric that’s not getting much attention. No one wants an unsold home, yet the number of Berkeley listings that canceled in 2018 increased 60% year over year.

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Home Truths: The East Bay real estate market is firing on all cylinders

by Local sponsor Aug. 07, 2018, 10:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

[Sponsored] Real estate prices in the inner East Bay have been rising consistently for the past seven years, but buyers are buying homes in increasing numbers.