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.

Leaving California: How to Move 3 Kids, a Dog, Cat, Turtle and the In-Laws to Another State (During a Pandemic)  

  Do you know someone ­– or are you someone – who is leaving California for another state? You’re not…

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East Bay Housing Market Report: Juicy January 2021

  Real estate momentum continued building in the East Bay housing market in January. Our latest analysis of year-over-year real…

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Abio Properties in Review: 5 Years of Making an Impact in the East Bay

  Happy Birthday to Us! Although we’re not usually big on bragging (well, maybe a little), our team got pretty…

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Down Payment Assistance: Creative Financing Solutions to Help You Buy a Home

    Let’s face it. Not everyone can be the traditionally perfect candidate for a standard 30-year fixed home loan. Some…

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Signs of Things to Come: How Bay Area Home Prices Closed Out the Year

  As a strange year wound down, the real estate market wound up, up up. Bay Area home prices continued…

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Warmest Holiday Wishes

  The Abio Properties family wishes you a healthy, happy, socially-distanced, curve-flattening holiday season and New Year! (New year? Yes,…

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East Bay Real Estate Market Report: No Rest for the Holidays

    Did you hear the news? The median price for all homes sold in California topped $700,000 during the…

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Prop. 19 Explained: What You Need to Know About the Property Tax Overhaul

It was a squeaker, but voters in November 2020 narrowly approved California’s Prop. 19, which reshapes state property tax laws…

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East Bay Real Estate Market Report

  October was another frenzied month; no sign that November is slowing Hot October: This Walnut Creek Eichler was listed…

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Want to See a Ghost? Visit the 13 Most Haunted Bay Area Houses and Places

  Do you live for a thrill at Halloween but are bored by overly-priced, ho-hum haunted houses filled with teenagers…

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East Bay Real Estate Market: Suburb Sales Soared (again) in September

And the beat goes on! East Bay home sales continued to surge in September, despite the national backdrop of high…

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How to Pick the Best Mover in the Bay Area and Avoid Mover Scams

    With brisk local home sales and a record number of Californians leaving the state, the moving business is booming…

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