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Real Estate work in Berkeley
Berkeley is a small, dense city, and the real estate work in it is spread across a mix of independent brokerages, small owner run offices and a handful of national franchise brands. The search demand follows the housing stock: a large share of Berkeley property is older, much of it built before 1940, and a steady flow of listings comes from estates, long held family homes and small multi unit buildings near the campus and along the flatlands. Paid search around Berkeley property terms carries real cost because the same keywords attract agents from Oakland and the wider East Bay, so competition for the top paid slots is heavier than the size of the city alone would suggest. The searches themselves are local and specific: people type neighbourhood names, street names and property types rather than the city alone.
