Real Estate Juice » Places http://kristashouse.com A minute in the life of Berkeley Real Estate Agent and Business Coach, Krista Miller. Hold on tight and check back often! The real estate market in the East Bay is movin' and shakin' and will surely keep you on your toes… Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:24:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Northbrae Neighborhood in Berkeley Ranks Top 10 Places To Live http://kristashouse.com/2012/01/northbrae-neighborhood-in-berkeley-ranks-top-10-places-to-live/ http://kristashouse.com/2012/01/northbrae-neighborhood-in-berkeley-ranks-top-10-places-to-live/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:55:51 +0000 Krista Miller http://kristashouse.com/?p=2007

 

 

 

The American Planning Association’s “Great Places In America” has voted our own Northbrae neighborhood in their top 10 places in 2011.

Most people associate Northbrae with Monterey Market, Berkeley Horticultural Nursery, and Marin Circle Fountain.  Me being me must associate it with food and coffee, so after I grab a latte from Espresso Roma Cafe and a slice of pizza from Gioia, I head with the kids to King Park and take in the amazing scenery.

http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/neighborhoods/2011/

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I am so thrilled to be with Berkeley Hills Realty.  With small-compay ethics and big-world views, Berkeley Hills Realty has an outstanding reputation in the real estate community which gives buyers and sellers a real advantage.  For the agents, everyone is treated equally and with respect.  From the moment I walked up the stairs of the Craftsman house that I have walked past for years, and into the office, I was greeted with nothing but kindness and consideration, a true testiment of the quality of agents at BHR.

You can now find me at:

Berkeley Hills Realty
1714 Solano Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94707
www.berkhills.com
office: 510-524-9888

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A dog park in Albany?  They are one step closer to getting one!

I was talking with a colleague about the new pool that is coming to Albany High School, and that conversation led to another conversation about the new fence that will be installed at Memorial Park to separate the ballpark from the rest of the park.  City Council just approved the addition of the fence so it sounds like dog-owners may get their play space before long.

 

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Calling all Sci-Fi fans.  Last month the famed Spaceship House in Tennessee went up for auction, the second time in a year.  The round, concrete home sold at auction last March for $135,000 but the deal never went through.  This time it sold for $119,000. 

The winning bidder intends to “greenovate” the interior, including upgrading the insulation, installing new appliances, and repaint using low-VOC paints.  Once complete the new owner will rent it out to weekend visitors.  

Beam me up, Scotty!

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So I am back from my extended vacation. Spent some time in Maui and Kauai. While I was there my husband and I poked around at real estate, of course. We were suprised to discover that much of the land is still purchased using a land lease. What is a land lease? Wikipedia says that a land lease is a type of financial arrangement in which the ground under a structure is leased, rather than sold to the builder, meaning that the land and the structure are owned independently. So in essence you are buying the structure and paying a mortgage on it, and also paying a monthly fee to lease the land. We saw this fee up around $1000/month. Wow! So that is how Queen Liliuokalani can afford her jewlery.
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Six cities in the state of California — more than any other state — are among the top 25 safest cities in America, according to the 13th annual Safest City Award.

California’s “safest” cities are Mission Viejo (#3), Irvine (#7), Thousand Oaks (#11), Lake Forest (#15), Simi Valley (#17), and Chino Hills (#21).

Brick, NJ, was named “America’s Safest City.”

The Safest City Award is based on a city’s rate for six basic crime categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft. All cities with populations of 75,000 or more that reported crime data to the FBI for the six crime categories were included in the rankings. In this year’s survey, 371 cities were considered for the award.

So what if Bay Area cities weren’t on the top 10? We still have the best restaurants, recreation, and entertainment a city could offer!

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