East Bay Real Estate News, Tips and Trends

All the insights you need to buy, sell and live the good life in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Oakland Real Estate and Bay Area Home Buyers Bid on Properties Sight-Unseen. Would You?

    When it comes to Oakland real estate – or in Berkeley, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, or basically anywhere else…

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It’s Abio’s Birthday – And Our Family of Realtors is Growing!

Happy 2nd birthday to us! Look how we’ve grown in just two short, fun years: 2 offices, 9 amazing support staff members, two dozen…

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Flu Prevention Tips You May Not Have Tried

A dangerous influenza epidemic is sweeping the nation and hitting California especially hard, so how can you prevent the flu from striking your…

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Tax Reform and Real Estate: Who Are the Winners and Losers?

It’s a new year filled with new laws – from the useful, to the quirky, to the expensive. Pot is legal…

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Worried You Won’t Qualify for a Mortgage? Follow 6 Simple Steps

  Don’t get sidelined during your house hunt because you couldn’t qualify for a mortgage loan. The best advice for…

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Get All Your Docs in a Row: What You Need to Apply for a Home Loan

  Avoid the nerve-racking stress of hunting down your financial documents after you’ve seen the house of your dreams and…

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3 Key Reasons Why the East Bay is Ripe for Real Estate Investing

The Bay Area’s buzzing residential real estate market has migrated east. (Sorry, San Francisco.) And that’s great news for anyone considering…

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Join Abio’s Real Estate Family as We Give Thanks – Two Upcoming Events

This Thanksgiving, we want to express our deepest gratitude for putting your trust in Abio Properties and its agents as your…

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Looking at Homes for Sale in Lafayette? Don’t Miss These 5 Neighborhoods

Another article in our ongoing series about East Bay neighborhoods… If you are looking for homes for sale in Lafayette, Abio…

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Need for Speed: How to Get Your Offer Accepted in the Ultra-Competitive Bay Area Real Estate Market

  7 Hot Tips for First-Time Home Buyers     These days, if you want to buy a home for…

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Want to See a Ghost? 13 Most Haunted Places in the East Bay

Want to see a ghost this Halloween? The East Bay is filled with haunted places for cranky poltergeists and benevolent spirits, according…

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Cute Ghouls & Halloween Horrors: We Scared Up This List of East Bay Halloween Fun

Whether you are searching for a good scare, pumpkin pickings, zombie pub crawls or the best neighborhoods for trick-or-treating, we…

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