Welcome to this site on Walnut Creek area Real Estate and to my part of the world, the beautiful East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. If you're looking for information on Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda and Walnut Creek, you've come to the right place! I've tried to put together everything I could think of that would help home buyers and home sellers in our area.

I actively sold homes here for 15+ years. I was one of the top producing agents in our area. Instead of selling, I'm currently a real estate consultant and I now help buyers and sellers find very experienced local real estate agents. I've found that many relocating buyers and sellers who are leaving the area are very pleased to take advantage of the assistance I offer. For more info on this service click HERE.

Our area is about 20 miles east of San Francisco across the Bay Bridge and through the tunnel in the Oakland Hills to Contra Costa County. The center of the county is majestic Mt. Diablo, pictured above. Walnut Creek, a gem of a "smaller" city is located there. To the north is Pleasant Hill, Concord, Martinez and then to the south of Walnut Creek is Alamo, Danville, Blackhawk, and San Ramon.

To the west from Mt. Diablo, is my area, called Lamorinda(La Morinda). It includes the communities of Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda. The schools are tops, the scenery spectacular and the weather usually wonderful with lots of sunshine.  

Thanks for stopping by my web site. I think you'll find it the most extensive real estate guide available on our local area. I'm here to help you make the job of finding a very experienced, knowledgeable local agent much easier.  Contact me today. I can save you lots of time and effort!

 Judy Dickey  

PS: A local TV station used to have a promo calling the San Francisco Bay Area, "The Best Place on Earth." I agree!

TOP SCHOOLS!!! (2010)  AUHSD remains the highest performing unified high school district in California. (Comparing ACALANES, Los Gatos-Saratoga,  Fremont Union, Tamalpais, San Dieguito, Mountain View-Los Altos Union, and El Dorado Union High School Districts. There are other high schools in the state, but not in unified high school districts.)

2011 API SCORES BREAK RECORD: Never has a California high school district had an API above 900. The AUHSD API is now 903, according to the Acalanes High School District web site. Assessment Data for ACALANES DISTRICT

The 2011 STAR TEST results also show outstanding results for the Acalanes High School District. See the attached links showing results in some of the other top Bay Area High School Districts. You'll see how very well our local schools have done.

Miramonte High School, Orinda, Contra Costa County

Campolindo High School, Moraga, Contra Costa County

Acalanes High School, Lafayette, Contra Costa County

Redwood High School, Marin County,

Tamalpais High School, Marin County

Woodside High School, San Mateo County

Sequoia High School, San Mateo County

Menlo-Atherton High School, San Mateo County

Carlmont High School, San Mateo County
 

CLOSE TO EVERYTHING: It is just about 1 hr. from our area to Napa and California's fabulous wine country! Or, head to San Francisco (30+ minutes) for sight-seeing, shopping, the theater, sports events, lunch, dinner, or  Carmel/Monterey/Big Sur (Hiway 1) (2+hours) for the most beautiful ocean scenery you'll find anywhere...unless it's the North Coast of CA right above San Francisco. Like the mountains? Lake Tahoe (about 3+ hours) is a local favorite here and of course, Yosemite (4+ hours) is one of the most beautiful National Parks in our wonderful country! California is a real all around vacation land.

Remember, if you are looking for help finding a really top, experienced agent, contact me today. I'll be glad to recommend top agents to you.