Living in Contra Costa County: California: Brentwood

Homes for Sale in Brentwood California

This report is on Homes for Sale in Brentwood California. It compares current active Homes for Sale in Brentwood California to sales for the last to months. The report is based on Single Family Homes.

Currently there are 158 Homes for Sale in Brentwood California with an average asking price of $434,263.00 and a median asking price of $347,500.00. This is an average asking price of $173.00 per SF and an average or 58 days on the market.  However, this includes 7 homes priced over $1,000,000.00 some way over that throws of the market numbers.  Remove those 7 homes and the average price is $361,759.00 and a median price of $339,500.00.  This is an averge price per SF of $155.00 and an average time on the market of only 55 days.

In January 69 Homes for Sale in Brentwood California sold for an average price of $317,735.00 and a median price of $300,000.00. This is an average price per SF of $142.00 and an average of 17 days on the market.

In February 60 Homes for Sale in Brentwood California sold for an average price of $298,856.00 and a median price of $287,000.00. This is an average price per SF of $129.00 and an average of 25 days on the market.

Sold prices down as are total sales. But there are more homes on the market compared to last months report. These numbers may not be a trend. Any discrepancies in the report numbers are due to late reporting on sales.

Please contact me directly for more information on Homes for Sale in Brentwood California.

This is Janson!

Janson wanted me to put a big picture of him up on the Internet.  So here it is.  He is wearing my classes and I think this might have been last fall after he had broke his arm.

Janson will be 6 in June.  Janson will tell you that he is very tough. (note the band aide on the chin.)  He likes to tackle daddy.  He is also good at sneaking food. 

He also told me how smart he is now that he is 5 and in school, and then explained that George Washington invented the Microwave oven.  Normally I would blame this on the schools, but he is home schooled.

Janson is the 4th of my 6 boys.  Janson Peter Riemenschneider is his full name.  All my kids have family names.  By son 4 we felt we were running out.  However I am descended from a man named Peter Janson from around the American Revolution - hence Janson Peter. 

He is a handful and I love him.

It's basball time again.

I love baseball, it is the most American of sports , stressing team and individual skills.  It is the only major team sport I can think of where the object is not to move the all into some kind of goal. 

My oldest son liked baseball but never excelled at it and has given it up to focus on wrestling and spring football to get ready for high school next year and that is fine with me.

Son # 2 is a star and at 11 years of age will play in the Little League Majors out in Walnut Creek where his mom lives.  He is a first basemen and will do some pitching this year.  He is left handed hence he plays first instead of his beloved short stop.  He is very fast and a great defensive play, and not bad with a bat.

Son 3 did t-ball in Little League last year and son 4 his getting ready for his first year.  But we have moved from Little League to Pony leage as it is closer to our home.  Son 3 gets coach pitching and son 4 will be in t-ball.  Although they are in different divisions they both ended up on the Angels which has lead to some confusion. 

I still have sons 5 and 6 just waiting to get old enough to play.

In California we are about to release thousands of prisoners to relieve over crowding and due to budget issues.  We have seen enough high profile crimes recently in California to know how good they are about selecting which prisoners to release. 

I have no problems with realistic reform, and I want to see people get out that are capable of putting an honest life together.  However, so far the we have not provin very good at this and these people are not being released for any reasons but budget and over crowding issues. 

There have been some good solutions to both the budget and over crowding issues, but Prison Guard and other government unions put off them limits and there is not enough time to implement them now even if we could get the politicians to stand up to the unions.

This is going to be a disaster and not save the state any money.  Crime will sky rocket and if the government cannot solve the issue I suspect people will deal with it directly.

Now I did notice one area where California is making strides in enforcing the law.  Apparently more and more snitches are coming forward and informing on their fellow citizens when those citizens dare to light the fireplace on a spare the air day.  These are days the Greenies have determined the pollution level is too high and we need to cut back on carbon emissions. 

Not only are the snitches coming forward but the state has the money to send these greenies out in the field to hunt you down on the ground and in the air.  Then honest citizens are fined by the state and threatened with imprisonment. (These greenies are the same people that put the Wonder Bread factory in Sacramento out of business because that smell of bread is Carbon.)

I do not like pollution and I do think we need common sense people oriented solutions.  Not government making war on honest people.  I honestly love to smell the fireplaces burning on a cold winter day.  In this day of "Global Warming" it seems many people are cold and in this socialist wonderland of high energy prices inspired by the left a few people would like to save some money on heating the home.

Yes these people want us to spend Christmas the winter shopping festivities in our home watching the Yule like on TV with the thermostats set at 65. 

I understand there are people with health problems (although I do not think it is as many claimed or as bad for most) and sometimes these smells make you huddle inside.  But now with the help of the State of California you can breath free in the open air as you are being mugged or other wise violated by the real criminals

I am not a Doctor!  I am a Realtor!

In this past year I wasted some money on coaching.  I will not say all coaching is bad, but the coach I worked with was.  I will not mention his name, let's just leave that underground for now.

One of the big pitches was is to act like a Doctor and limit access to myself.  To only make myself available so many hours a day for phone calls.  In fact there was one coaching session where he talked about letting people wait for you in the office before going out to meet with them, to kind of show them who is boss.

Well I am not that kind of person and I am not a doctor. I understand about time management.  I also understand when I have to wait at the doctor.  The doctors day can be filled with many unexpected problems, some of them very serious.  In general if I go in with an appointment the doctors are very prompt about seeing me and my waits are short.  When I have gone in and it was an emergency that needed immediate attention we have gotten it (someone else may have had to wait). 

I am a Realtor.  That means I am a service provider.  I look forward to the opportunity to work with people.  My success is based on providing service to people and answering the clients questions.  I have had a few people with boundary issues; calling at all hours when it could have waited, but very few.  Most people understand and work with me and I work with them.  I show them houses and meet with them on their schedule.  When they have questions I get back to them with the answer. 

Do I try and screen people to determine if they are ready to see homes?  Yes I do.  Sometimes people have not done the ground work with getting the loan; other people are not committed to me as an agent.  There are people who do not understand the value of an agent and will try working with several agents to see who will get them the best deal.  We all have access to the same list of properties, what they need to do is find the agent they can trust to work hard for them.

Before I was in Real Estate I worked with the public as an insurance adjuster.  Frequently I found myself waiting on reports, approval, and other things before I could give people answers on their claims.  What I found was most people just wanted to know what was going on.  I would tell people I would call them by a particular day, even if I had nothing to tell them just to let them know I was working on the problem.  I found this works in Real Estate too.  I cannot do everything at once but I can give people a time frame that I can and will accomplish a task and if there is a delay let them know in advance and why. 

I am a Realtor and My Goal is Good Service!

This weekend was beautiful and with football season over the buyers were out.  I had one of my best open houses ever.  The buyers were serious and they spent a lot of time in the home going over details of the home.

It seems that every year when the sun comes out in the Spring we find the buyers coming out.  This year with the Home buyers tax credit expiring April 30th (You need to be in escrow by this date) the buyers are particularly interested in getting a home.  Also many buyers understand that interest rates will begin to climb soon and want to beat the interest increases.

If you are thinking about Buying now is the time to get moving.

As some of you know we just had a Baby.  Just got back from the hospital where they served both of us a "luxury dinner" tonight.  Baby seems to be fine.  I am going to make French Toast to take my wife in the Hospital tomorrow morning.  It is her favorite.  I am also taking all 5 of Barit's brothers to meet him.  After that I have an open house then I pick up moma and Barit to take them home.  My oldest 2 have really pitched in to help me.  I am tired and want to get this last post in this week so I am going softball and posting more pics.

Today at 6:43 PM my 6th son was born and I am overwhelmed with joy.  From the first to the last they are all special to me.  He was born premature at 36 weeks, however, he is a big boy at 7 pounds 11 ounces. 

All my sons have family names as does Barit.  Barit is a maiden name somewhere in my mothers family tree.  Edward is my brother-in-laws middle name and we wanted to honor him.

My wife really wants a girl, but he is loved and viewed as a blessing from God.  She is doing fine.

There are some minor concerns with his breathing and blood sugar, which is common in premature babies and should resolve itself. 

I will trust in the prayers of my friends that he will be home with us by Sunday night and the complications will resolve themselves.

Psalms 127: 3-5 says:

Sons are a heritage from the Lord,

children a reward from him.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are sons born in one's youth.

Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.

They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate.

Bank Owned Homes in Brentwood California

This report looks at the Bank Owned Homes in Brentwood California. It compares the Bank Owned Homes currently Active on the market with sales of Bank Owned Homes in January and December. The report is on Single Family Homes only. Click here for Tools and Tips on Buying Bank Owned Homes and to see Homes in Brentwood California.

Right now there are 27 Bank Owned Homes in Brentwood California with an average price of $282,022.00 and a median price of $274,900.00. The average price per SF is $137.00 and they average home has been on the market 17 days. This is up slightly from the 20 Homes on the market at the time of Last Months Report. Any discrepancies in the numbers are due to late reporting.

In January 33 Bank Owned Homes in Brentwood California sold for an average price of $291,231.00 and a median price of $300,000.00. The average price per SF was $140.00 and spent an average of 13 days on the market.

In December 47 Bank Owned Homes in Brentwood California sold for an average price of $286,675.00 and a median price of $279,900.00. The average price per SF was $129.00 and spent an average of 16 days on the market.

Prices continue up and the Demand is tight in Brentwood, which is the highest demand market in East Contra Costa County.

Today many of us are worried about our jobs, our homes, and our bank accounts.  I am!

There are many in the government concerned about how to help us prosper and what tax rate might help us prosper the most.  How much government might help us prosper the most?  Once I heard a supposedly conservative Republican comment in defense of keeping the current Bush tax cuts in place that he felt the current level of Taxation was just fine and at the optimum level to maintain economic growth and support reasonable government programs.

This is all putting the cart before the horse.  The Purpose of America is to provide as much Freedom so people can achieve all that God has intended for them.  I am not so naive as to think we do not need government, I also understand as the country grows and grows government and the need for government will grow too.  However, the government should be as limited as possible and as much government as possible needs to be pushed down to the lower levels. 

Right now most government is top down with the higher levels of government telling the lower levels what they need to do.  I school board is lucky if it actually has control of 10% of it's budget; they should have control of 90% to educate students as the local parents want.

The nice thing about Freedom is that a by product of that Freedom is Prosperity.  If we are responsible and put our prosperity to good use we will continue on that path.  If we become hedonistic in our prosperity government will fill the void and prosperity will die. 

I do not want Congressmen who are trying to find the optimum tax rates.  I want Congressmen who are trying to free us from government control, especially at the federal level.  I want tax rates as low as possible so freedom can be as great as possible.