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Buyer Representation – designed so you buy your home at the best possible price.

670 Santa Rosa in Berkeley's Thousand Oaks neighborhood - we've sold it 3 of the 4 times it's sold in the past 20 years!
670 Santa Rosa in Berkeley’s Thousand Oaks neighborhood – we’ve sold it 3 of the 4 times it’s sold in the past 20 years!

Buying a home? You’ll love our unique buyer representation program! It’s designed to give you all the information you need to buy a wonderful home for the best possible price.

Every agent provides listing updates … our clients benefit from our neighborhood expertise, excellent relationships with other agents, research, and analysis.

Map of homes we've personally sold in Berkeley and nearby communities
Map of homes we’ve personally sold in Berkeley and nearby communities

We’ve personally represented each of these home buyers or sellers

Map of Berkeley Neighborhoods showing Hayward Fault Line
Map of Berkeley Neighborhoods showing Hayward Fault Line

For each home you’re thinking of buying,  our research and analysis department (Ira) provides valuable market research and valuable information to help you determine the optimal price to offer.

Market Research Report - Maps, Tables, Photos & Graphs
Market Research Report – Maps, Tables, Photos & Graphs
Graph showing relationship between Sales Price and Sq Ft - MLS Sales and Valuations from Zillow ...
Graph showing relationship between Sales Price and Sq Ft – MLS Sales and Valuations from Zillow …

 

Graph showing relationship between price overbid and number of offers a home receives
Graph showing relationship between price overbid and number of offers a home receives

 

Once the sellers have accepted your offer, we coordinate inspections and effectively negotiate so you “get home” at the best possible price and terms.

For a good overview of the home buying process, check out our Nolo Press book, “How To Buy A House in California.” Ralph Warner, George Devine and I first published it in 1990s; we’re now sold over 150,000 copies, and it’s in its 17th edition.

Baby T - our beloved muse and feline friend (now gone) sitting next to my Nolo Press Book "How To Buy A House In California" book-nolo-press-how-to-buy-a-house-in-california-baby-t Baby T - our beloved muse and feline friend (now gone) sitting next to my Nolo Press Book "How To Buy A House In California"
Baby T – our beloved muse and feline friend (now gone) sitting next to my Nolo Press Book “How To Buy A House In California”

Baby T, my lap-author

Ira's Nolo Press Book "How To Buy A House In California"
Ira’s Nolo Press Book “How To Buy A House In California”

Explore our Buyer Systems section find out more …. read on!

You’ll love all the information we provide every week

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      Berkeley Real Estate
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