In the 925 - East Bay Real Estate

In the 925 - East Bay Real Estate East Bay Real Estate (Contra Costa County).

Straight talk on listings, neighborhoods, and local spots across the 925 — Walnut Creek • Danville • Lafayette • Moraga • Orinda • San Ramon & beyond. InThe925 is an East Bay lifestyle and real estate brand spotlighting the people, places, and neighborhoods that make Contra Costa County one of the best places to live in the Bay Area. What we cover:
• Local businesses & hidden gems across the 925
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Neighborhood breakdowns & city guides
• Real estate market insights & buyer education
• Lifestyle, events & community stories

Behind the brand is over 20 years of top-producing real estate experience built on ethics, transparency, and fierce advocacy for buyers and sellers. Our mission is simple:
Help people make smarter decisions about where they live — with clarity, confidence, and local expertise. Whether you’re relocating, investing, upsizing, downsizing, or just exploring what the 925 has to offer, you’re in the right place.

The old Bank of America branch at 31 Orinda Way has sat empty since it closed in 2022 — that's finally changing.CreekHau...
07/28/2026

The old Bank of America branch at 31 Orinda Way has sat empty since it closed in 2022 — that's finally changing.

CreekHaus is turning it into a coffee shop, beer garden, and event space right on the creek — Equator Coffees anchors the coffee side. Opening this summer.

If you've lived in Orinda a while, you know how rare it is to get a new gathering spot in the Village. This one's worth watching.

(Rendering courtesy of CreekHaus)

Lafayette is getting 85 new homes downtown.The Oak Hill project at 1001 Oak Hill Road will include 74 market-rate condos...
07/28/2026

Lafayette is getting 85 new homes downtown.

The Oak Hill project at 1001 Oak Hill Road will include 74 market-rate condos and 11 below-market-rate homes—all just steps from Lafayette BART.

Construction officially broke ground on June 25, with completion targeted for summer 2028.

More downtown housing near transit makes sense. The real question is whether 85 homes will make a meaningful difference for Lafayette.

What do you think?

Source: City of Lafayette and JLL

San Ramon is about to change—a lot.The former Chevron campus isn’t becoming another office park. The Orchards plan calls...
07/27/2026

San Ramon is about to change—a lot.

The former Chevron campus isn’t becoming another office park. The Orchards plan calls for 2,510 homes across 92 acres, built in phases over roughly 20 years.

The first neighborhood district includes:

230 single-family homes
138 attached townhomes
58 ADUs

The full plan also includes shops, dining, entertainment, parks and trails.

Turning an aging office campus into housing makes sense. But 2,510 homes is not a small infill project. Traffic, infrastructure and whether the promised commercial space actually gets built will determine whether this becomes a great neighborhood—or simply a much more crowded one.

What do you think?

Smart move for San Ramon, or too much development in one place?

Source: City of San Ramon
Conceptual visuals shown

07/10/2026

🏡 **East Bay real estate is local. Your research should be too.**

Most real estate websites give you listings and leave you to figure out everything else.

**In The 925** is built differently.

Along with live MLS listings, you’ll find detailed city guides, neighborhood breakdowns, local market insight, and practical advice for buying or selling across Walnut Creek, Danville, Lafayette, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Concord, San Ramon, Martinez, Alamo, Moraga, and the surrounding East Bay.

Because two homes with the same price can offer completely different value depending on the neighborhood, commute, lot, schools, condition, buyer demand, and long-term resale potential.

Whether you’re actively planning a move or simply researching your options, this is a great place to start:

👉 https://www.inthe925.com/

**Local expertise. Real information. Better decisions before the pressure begins.**

The Lafayette BART lots fill by 8am on weekdays.The 35-minute ride to SF is real. The station works. But "BART access" c...
07/03/2026

The Lafayette BART lots fill by 8am on weekdays.

The 35-minute ride to SF is real. The station works. But "BART access" covers a lot of ground — there's a meaningful difference between living walkable to the station and driving to it every morning.

Plenty of Lafayette residents make it work. But it's one of those things worth knowing before you buy with BART as a top priority.

Lafayette, Walnut Creek, and Pleasant Hill all have BART. They are not the same commute experience.

Would you drive to BART or does walkable-to-station matter to you?

Are you using ChatGPT or AI search to research East Bay neighborhoods?Because 67% of buyers already using AI tools say i...
07/02/2026

Are you using ChatGPT or AI search to research East Bay neighborhoods?

Because 67% of buyers already using AI tools say it's their primary research source now. That number is only going up.

The issue isn't whether AI is useful — it is. The issue is whether the neighborhood-level data it's pulling is actually specific to the 925, or just recycled Bay Area generalities.

Hyperlocal info — real price per square foot, actual commute times, which school zones cover which streets — is what AI surfaces when someone asks a real question about Concord or Walnut Creek.

Curious what neighborhoods you've been researching. Drop it below.

More than a few 925 buyers have picked the wrong city — not because they made a bad decision, but because they didn't ge...
06/25/2026

More than a few 925 buyers have picked the wrong city — not because they made a bad decision, but because they didn't get specific enough about what they were actually optimizing for.

Schools? Commute? Walkability? Square footage per dollar?

Each of those answers points to a different city. And the price gaps between them are real — we're talking $300K to over $1M difference depending on where you land.

If you're trying to figure out where you actually fit in the 925, the post at the link is a good place to start. Or just text me — 925-525-9966.

What's driving your search right now?

Is the $140K you save buying in Concord instead of Walnut Creek actually worth it?Depends entirely on what you need. BAR...
06/23/2026

Is the $140K you save buying in Concord instead of Walnut Creek actually worth it?

Depends entirely on what you need. BART access, more square footage, 15 minutes to Walnut Creek's downtown — yes, Concord delivers all of that for less.

If the walkable downtown or specific school assignments matter more to you, no savings number changes that gap.

The buyers doing it right know exactly which one they're choosing before they make an offer.

What would make Concord work for you — or not? Drop it in the comments.

Single-story homes in the 925 are one of the most competitive segments in the market — and most buyers don't see it comi...
06/23/2026

Single-story homes in the 925 are one of the most competitive segments in the market — and most buyers don't see it coming.

It's not just downsizers. Single-level homes work for families with young kids, people who want a clean connection between house and yard, and buyers thinking long-term about aging in place.

That wide buyer pool is exactly why the best ones move fast when they hit the market.

Good ranch homes in Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Concord, and Danville don't turn over often. Newer construction almost always goes two-story. So when a good single-level comes up, it's drawing interest from multiple buyer types at once.

Full post covers where to look and what to check. Link below.

A pool in Danville, Alamo, or a sunny Walnut Creek backyard can make a home feel like the East Bay lifestyle at its best...
06/20/2026

A pool in Danville, Alamo, or a sunny Walnut Creek backyard can make a home feel like the East Bay lifestyle at its best.

A pool in the wrong yard can be the reason buyers skip the house entirely.

This is what sellers and buyers both get wrong: a pool is not automatically good or bad for resale. It depends on the lot, the sun exposure, the condition, and whether the likely buyer sees it as a feature or a maintenance obligation.

Right setting — bigger lot, privacy, usable patio, functioning equipment — it strengthens the whole story. Wrong setting — cramped yard, aging plaster, no room left — it becomes a negotiation problem before you reach closing.

If you're buying a pool home: get a dedicated pool inspection on top of the general one.

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