Coming Soon – Delightful Burton Valley (Lafayette) Home!

514 Silverado, Lafayette 514 Silverado LR

Don’t miss this absolutely charming Burton Valley home with a wonderful floor plan including an open kitchen & family room set-up. Enjoy 2,377+/- square feet that includes 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths plus an optional 4th bedroom/bonus room downstairs. Located on a .77+/- acre lot with fantastic flat grass area, patio, private deck space and gardening beds.

Located only a couple of blocks from Burton Valley Elementary, Merriewood Preschool, Rancho Colorados Swim and Tennis Club and a great trail that can drop you off at Lafayette Community Park & Lafayette Community Center.

514SilveradoDrive.com

Offered at $1,299,000
Open Sunday July 6th & 13th from 1-4pm

Keeping Lamorinda Schools On Top

Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda are fortunate to have strong Education Foundations to ensure our students are receiving top notch education programs…even when California school budgets are getting cut. 

Lafayette Partners in Education
www.LPIE.org
For more than 33 years LPIE has been supporting Lafayette’s public schools to ensure students always receive an education rich in science, math, music, art, technology, foreign language, electives and humanities. LPIE also provide funding for support services such as instructional aides, counseling, professional development, and more. Working with the Lafayette and Acalanes school districts, they identify areas for investment in core academics and enrichment, supporting programs and efforts that might otherwise go unfunded.

Education Foundation of Orinda
www.OrindaEFO.org
Building on a tradition of strong community support for educational excellence in Orinda’s schools, the Educational Foundation of Orinda provides financial support for quality programs and enrichment opportunities which directly benefit students in the Orinda Union School District and at Miramonte High School.

Moraga Education Foundation
www.MoragaEducation.org
Moraga Education Foundation (MEF) is a nonprofit organization that funds programs in Moraga schools. These programs benefit the students attending Camino Pablo, Donald L. Rheem and Los Perales Elementary Schools, and Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School in the Moraga School District and Campolindo High School in the Acalanes Union High School District. MEF’s goal is to support and enrich the educational experience of all Moraga school children in kindergarten through twelfth grade (including students from Lafayette who attend Campolindo).

Proud To Be A Part of This Wonderful Company!

APR $10.5 Billion Sold in 2013

Alain Pinel Realtors (APR) had a record year in 2013 with closed sales volume of $10.5 billion, a 19% increase over their sales in 2012, despite constrained inventory. Additionally, four individual APR offices – Los Altos, Los Gatos, Menlo Park, and Palo Alto – all had over $1 billion in closed sales in 2013.

APR outperformed the market in both number of sales and dollar volume. While in the Bay Area, the industry average number of closed sales was down 5%, APR surpassed the market by 14%, with 9,107 closed sales, up 9% over their 2012 numbers. In addition to increasing their market share, the firm also achieved an average sales price of $1,151,940, up 9% over 2012.

“We benefit from being a family-owned company that has a community feel while achieving a global reach,” said Rainy Hake, APR Executive Vice President. “Our strategy to be customer-focused and our mission to continually redefine the way real estate is done has helped us achieve success year after year.”

The 2013 numbers come on top of the firm’s other successes last year, having been ranked the fifth largest residential real estate firm in the United States for a second consecutive year based on 2012 sales volume, according to REAL Trends. The firm had a closed sales volume of $8.8 billion in 2012, a 23% increase over their sales in 2011.

Alain Pinel Realtors looks forward to continued growth in 2014, focusing on reimagining the real estate customer experience both locally and globally. APR will do this with new technology tools, accelerated agent training, and innovative marketing opportunities while focusing on their customized personal connection to their clients.

How Did the Lamorinda Real Estate Market Look in Q4?

Here’s a look at Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda’s Quarter 4 Real Estate Market Report.  There are lots and lots of very qualified buyers out there who are waiting for houses to come on the market. The spring market typically starts this weekend (the weekend after the Super Bowl).  Will we see the inventory pick up?  (Email us if you would like us to send you a clearer copy – BrydonIvesTeam@apr.com.)

Q4 Contra Costa Market

Update to the Lafayette Terraces Project

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We recently heard that the Lafayette City Council voted to move forward with the proposal that would suspend the application for a 315 unit multi-family developement (Terraces Project) in favor of a new project for 44 – 45 small single family homes clustered on one part of the large parcel with the other part of the parcel, closest to the corner having a large parking lot with the ability for parents to drop off Acalanes High School students, turf soccer/lacrosse field, dog park and a tot lot.

Lamorinda High Schools Rank in the Top 50!

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Another great reason we love Lamorinda….
All 3 of our highschools are ranked in the top 50 of California public highschools in the state
(Campolindo #18, Miramonte #27 and Acalanes #45)! 
Not only that, but out of 21,035 U.S. public highshchools that were reviewed nationally,
Campolindo ranked #131, Miramonte #173 and Acalanes #275!

According to U.S. News and World Report U.S. News Best High Schools in 2013
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california