Maureen Kennedy, Piedmont CA Broker

Who sells more Piedmont real estate?  You may be surprised!  In 2007, for homes selling above $1 million (the average sale price is about $1.5 million), Pacific Union closed more seller-side transactions (volume and total sales) than did The Grubb Company (and that doesn't include my 2007 activit...

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You may think I sell houses, but I really help people make great real estate decisions. This quarter I: met with two clients to give feedback and advice on their planned renovations; passed on information about green building, insurance, and wills; met with a client to discuss the plusses and min...

I heard Chip Conley of Joie de Vivre hotels speaking at Wendell Rosen last week about creating peak experiences for clients--did you know this boutique hotelier just bought the Waterfront Plaza Hotel in Oakland earlier last week, and is revamping the Hotel Durant in Berkeley as we speak?  His "Pe...

Yep, some of you were wondering if it were a Freudian slip when I said in the Bolinas note that a property was ''over-priced'' at $1.395 million.A big part of our jobs as realtors is to provide insight on value--sales price, appreciation potential, renvoation costs, and so on.  So we don't do any...

It's my big new year's resolution.  When I left Alaska for the Kennedy School in the mid-'80s, I intended to study environmental economics.  After a year, I found myself drawn back to housing economics, resulting in a bit of a split personality.  For instance, after four years of serving as Henry...

The average price of a Piedmont home dipped about 3 percent in 2007 compared to 2006, from just under 1.7 million to $1.62 million.   The average sales price was about 2 percent below the original asking price. On a per square foot basis, the average remained flat at $610/sf, compared to last yea...