Looking for great schools, rolling hills, big lots and a quick BART ride to the city?

Orinda and Lafayette, two of the most desirable towns in the East Bay, have all this and much more. Home prices remain in a downward trend, to be sure, but inherent desirability and established neighborhoods should keep these two from falling off a cliff, even as their high-end brethren around the Bay Area feel the pain of an tight jumbo loan market.

The graph below shows price per square foot for homes with 1200-2500 square feet, pretty middle of the road for these areas. Once you get above 2500 sqft, you start losing your marginal price per square foot and comparisons with smaller homes start to lose meaning.

What did that mean? Read more about Price per Square foot here.

Want to find out more about these two towns? Contact Cirios Real Estate today!

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Tags: Lafayatte, Orinda, price per square foot

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