Barbara's Blog... an online traipsing thru the real estate market in our area!

Decline in Bay Area Home Sale Prices

Alameda  -16.9%, Contra Costa  -13.0%, Marin  -28.4%, Napa -30.4%, SFO - 5.3%,

San Mateo - 7.9%, Santa Clara -12.4%, Solano -26.6%, Sonoma -18.3%, and

 Bay Area - 15.5%.  (DataQuick January 2006)

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November 1/01/05...Home Sales Recorded in October 2005

City                                 # Sold               October  2005             October  2004           % Change

Alamo                                17                      $1,635,032                  $1,360,314                    17%

Danville                             51                      $1,140,034                  $913,673                       20%

Dublin                                49                      $ 794,000                    $717,000                       10%

Livermore                         97                        $650,000                    $539,900                       17%

Pleasanton                        53                        $875,000                    $749,500                       14%

San Ramon                       56                        $911,202                    $759,512                       17%

11.24.05 ... A professor of mine emailed this to me:   "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...Wow, What A Ride!!!"

11.25.05...From Lance Armstrong's Book Winning ~    "Pain is temporary.  It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day,, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place.  If I quit, however, it lasts forever."

           "Ancora Imparo" ~  I am still learning.