Danville, California: Premium East Bay Houses

Downtown Danville on Hartz Avenue has restaurants, shops and a walkable core, and the Iron Horse Trail gives cyclists and walkers a long path. The town has no BART station of its own; commuters drive to nearby stations. Blackhawk is a gated community with golf in the hills.

Neighbours include San Ramon, the business-park city to the south, Walnut Creek, Lafayette to the west and Dublin to the south-east. Pleasant Hill and Castro Valley are more affordable options.

There is no nationality bar for buying US property. California's base property tax is 1% of purchase price plus local levies (approx.; verify locally). Closing costs include escrow and title insurance. FIRPTA withholding of 15% applies when a foreign seller later sells, with 10% or 0% for qualifying residence purchases up to $1m / $300k. Lenders usually require bigger deposits from foreign nationals.

See the US buying guide, US financing and the mortgage calculator. Country overview: United States.

Because Danville prices are high, a modest change in the dollar-euro rate or in mortgage rates moves your monthly cost materially. Ask your agent for recent sold prices on the same street, not just asking prices, and compare them with the figures in our analysis hub.