San Ramon, CA is a city of about 85,000 people at the southern end of the San Ramon Valley in Contra Costa County, set along the Interstate 680 corridor, and home to the Bishop Ranch business park and the newer Dougherty Valley communities. I have worked the East Bay market …

If you search the MLS for Apple Hill in Brentwood, you will miss homes. The subdivision field carries three separate values for this pocket of the city, Apple Hill, Apple Hill Ests and Brentwood Hills, and a search set to one of them will not return the others. On a …

Danville, CA is a town of about 44,000 people in the San Ramon Valley of Contra Costa County, set along the Interstate 680 corridor at the foot of Mount Diablo, and known for its walkable downtown along Hartz Avenue and the Iron Horse Regional Trail. I have worked the East …

Deer Ridge was built as a golf course community, and the golf course is gone. It closed permanently on September 8, 2019 and has not reopened. If you are shopping Deer Ridge, that single fact shapes the view from the back of the house, the future of the land next …

Brentwood has three distinct paths for buyers aged 55 and older, and Trilogy at the Vineyards is the resort-scale one. Roughly 1,100 homes built by Shea Homes between 2006 and 2024, organized around a single 38,000 square foot clubhouse rather than a set of smaller neighborhood associations. It …

Summerset is not one community. It is four. Four independent homeowners associations in Brentwood share the Summerset name, each with its own board, its own dues, its own clubhouse and its own rules. All four are age-qualified at 55 and older, all four are resale only, and the differences between …

Orinda, CA is a wooded community in the Lamorinda area of Contra Costa County, with large private lots, the historic Orinda Theatre and Theatre Square, and its own BART station one stop past the Caldecott Tunnel toward San Francisco. I have worked the East Bay market for more than 20 …

Lafayette, CA is a wooded community in the Lamorinda area of Contra Costa County, with a downtown along Mount Diablo Boulevard, the Lafayette Reservoir, the Lafayette-Moraga Trail, and its own BART station just through the Caldecott Tunnel from Oakland. I have worked the East Bay market for more than 20 …

Walnut Creek, CA is Central Contra Costa County's hub, a city with a walkable downtown, the Broadway Plaza shopping district, the Lesher Center for the Arts, and its own BART station. I have worked the East Bay market for more than 20 years, and Walnut Creek fits an unusually wide …

Clayton, CA is a small city of about 11,000 at the base of Mount Diablo, just east of Concord, with a historic downtown around The Grove Park, larger lots, and direct access to Mount Diablo State Park. I have worked the East Bay market for more than 20 years, and …