Contra Costa & Alameda County
East Bay Neighborhoods
Fourteen communities from the San Ramon Valley through the Tri-Valley and out along the Highway 4 corridor. This is where I work.
Buyers usually come to me with a city in mind. What matters more is the commute, the school district, the budget and what they want their weekends to look like, and those four things do not always point back at the city they named.
Sometimes the city they named is exactly right. Often there are two or three others worth a look first. Pick a community below for a plain-English read on the housing, the neighborhoods inside it, the schools and the commute, plus a live search of everything currently on the market there.
The distinction that matters is usually not which city. It is which neighborhood inside it.
Region 01
The San Ramon Valley
The 680 spine, and the three towns I get asked about first.
Region 02
Central Contra Costa
BART, downtowns and the widest spread of price per square foot on this page.
Region 03
The Tri-Valley
Newer stock, growing districts and the most attainable entry points I work.
Also served
The Highway 4 corridor
These are markets I actively work but have not written a full guide for yet. The links go straight to live MLS results for each city, and I know them well enough to tell you which neighborhoods are worth your weekend.
Blackhawk and Diablo are covered inside the Danville guide, since that is how the market treats them.
Beyond the 680
Buying or selling somewhere else in California?
I get this question constantly, usually from someone who assumes I only work the 680 corridor. Two things worth knowing.
01
My license is statewide.
A California real estate license is not a local permit. If you are buying in Sacramento, selling in Fresno, picking up an investment property in Southern California or moving out of the Central Valley, I can represent you directly anywhere in the state. Where that makes sense for you, I will.
02
And where a local specialist serves you better, I make the introduction myself.
Coldwell Banker has offices across California and around the world, so I can put you with an agent who actually lives in the market you are moving to. I do not hand your name to a lead pool. I find the right person, talk with them first, and stay involved so you are not starting a relationship cold in a city you do not know yet.
Either way you are not on your own, and you are not starting over with a stranger from a search result.
Start here
Not sure which one fits?
That is the most useful question you can bring me. Tell me where you work, what you need out of a school district and what you want your Saturday to look like, and I will tell you honestly which of these towns fits and which ones do not. Sometimes the answer is a neighborhood inside a city rather than the city itself, and that distinction is worth a lot of money.
I am a Certified Real Estate Negotiator with Coldwell Banker Realty out of the Danville and Blackhawk office, and I work across every community on this page.
