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Wine tasting at The Wine Steward

Wine tasting at The Wine Steward Downtown Pleasanton was buzzing recently when the Wine Steward held one of its now famous wine tasting events. Held several times a year it always attracts a large crowd eager to sample various wines from not only several California locations but from France and Italy as well as Argentina.  [...]

Short Sale? Make sure you do this!

One small detail often overlooked by the stressed out seller of a property involved in a short sale happens when there are 2 or more loans against the property. Even if you have 2 loans from the same bank on your house each loan must be individually negotiated simultaneously! It does not make a lot [...]

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Pleasanton Soccer

Soccer in Pleasanton. Mens soccer is alive and kicking in Pleasanton and the skills and drama of the beautiful game can be seen weekdays at Pleasanton sports park lunchtime when a bunch of slow and overwight guys still think they can play like Ronaldo. Pleasanton also has a healthy coed league which plays on Sunday. [...]

Median sales prices Pleasanton

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Q. We are moving to the area next month from Texas and are interested in buying a home in Livermore, however we are concerned about Livermore Lab. What is the impact of its activities to the area, have there been any problems? (name withheld) I received this email last week. It is a question I [...]

Could it be..a glimmer of light?

Sales volume is up, and supply is down. For the last 3 months in a row in the Livermore Pleasanton area we have seen the trends indicate a small recovery. 60+ home sales in Livermore was a 20% increase from the month before and the unsold inventory dropped to 8+ months, down from 12 month [...]

What to do with Furniture when you sell…

A question I am asked frequently especially by folks moving out of town, downsizing or just wanting to leave furniture behind, what to do with it? Here is my own experience. Last month my wife and I decided we had had enough of our large wooden sleigh bed, it was no longer in style and [...]

Recoats British Pub opens downtown Pleasanton.

The much anticipated opening of the new Pleasanton downtown pub finally happened last night and a successful night it was! Named after the uniform of British soldiers in the 18th Century this unique establishment is British owned and operated and provides traditional food and a fine selection of ales from the UK. A traditional bar [...]

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