Elain Szu

Hi Sarah,

Elain from Trulia here. I'm not an expert on the Berkeley market unfortunately but you can do some research on your own. Check out the 'Stats & Trends' tab on Trulia, and you'll find historical price trends by neighborhood, median home prices and the week-over-week change. Local schools may also impact the ability of the Berkeley market to maintain prices, so be sure to see how those rank against the neighboring cities (Orinda, Alameda, Oakland, etc.).

Good luck! - Tue Sep 30 2008, 12:15

Hi Su,

Elain from Trulia here. We (Trulia) just partnered with Greatschools.net to bring you over 250,000 parent reviews and rates and school stats on over 125,000 schools nationwide. You can find the school data on any specific property page (scroll all the way down) or on the Neighborhood Stats & Trends pages. Here are the links for quick reference:

http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/New_York-New_York/#school_…
Click on any school districts to find a full listing of schools.

You can use the Map View or Street View to see how close you are to train stations as well.

Good luck and feel free to email customerservice@trulia.com with any questions or feedback!

Best,
Elain - Wed Apr 23 2008, 19:29

Hi Teddy,

Elain from Trulia here. We (Trulia) just partnered with Greatschools.net to bring you over 250,000 parent reviews and rates and school stats on over 125,000 schools nationwide. You can find the school data on any specific property page (scroll all the way down) or on the Neighborhood Stats & Trends pages. Here are the links for quick reference:
All San Diego districts - http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/San_Diego-California/#scho…

San Diego school district - http://www.trulia.com/school-district/CA-San_Diego_County/Sa…
Poway school district - http://www.trulia.com/school-district/CA-San_Diego_County/Po…

Good luck and feel free to email customerservice@trulia.com with any questions or feedback!

Best,
Elain - Wed Apr 23 2008, 19:18

Elain from the Trulia marketing team here. Check out a recent study we did on home prices and schools in the Boston area: http://www.trulia.com/school_study/

Keep us posted on how things go - good luck! - Tue Mar 25 2008, 17:22

Hi CM,

I'm on the marketing team here at Trulia, but also happen to have been renting in San Fran for about four years now. If it's just the two of you and you're looking for 1500 sqft. (pretty large by SF standards) but still want to live in a fun area, I'd recommend three areas:
1) Marina: An easy place to live, this area is known for yuppies in their 20s w/ no kids, usually a dog, and has an active (if somewhat homogeneous) bar and restaurant scene. Places tend to fit the exact description you're looking for.
2) Mission: More funky, street-style but a growing area and probably closer to the lower end of your range. There are some great lofts here as well if you're open-minded about living in an edgier neighborhood
3) SOMA: Great loft space as well and you can probably get a new or nearly new unit (unlike the Marina), great restaurants too and probably more the city feel you're used to in Chicago.

You can check out more details and more (median incomes etc.) on the neighborhood guides pages right here on Trulia - http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/San_Francisco-California/

Good luck - keep us posted on how that hunt goes. - Tue Mar 25 2008, 16:29