Loren Dakin

Brokerage of Record: Coldwell Banker-Menlo Park Santa Cruz

License State: California

License Number: 01030193

Service areas: Redwood City, Oak Knoll - Redwood Park, San Carlos , San Mateo, Redwood Shores, Farm Hills, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Centennial, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Atherton, Fair Oaks, West Atherton, Menlo Park, Los Altos Hills, Jackson Park, Pacifica, Bascom-Forest, Greenmeadow, Lyon Hoag, South Los Altos, University Heights, Beresford Park, Hillsdale, Barron Park, Campbell, San Jose, Burlingame, Woodside, Country Club, Los Altos, Evergreen Park, Charleston Gardens, Allied Arts, Downtown Menlo Park
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Summary: Loren Dakin is a highly accomplished California real estate agent, ranked in the upper 14% of his peers at the 86th percentile.

He has completed at least 52 transactions with an average sale price of $1.4M. He has closed transactions ranging from $300K to $3.20M in value.

Loren's brokerage of record is Coldwell Banker-Menlo Park Santa Cruz where he primarily serves both buyers and sellers with Single Family properties in Redwood City, San Carlos and San Mateo and the Oak Knoll - Redwood Park, Farm Hills and Centennial neighborhoods.

Loren stands out because of his depth of experience as both a listing and buyer’s agent.

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NC AGENT SCORE

Loren Dakin has received an overall rating of "Very Good" By NeighborCity. The 'NC Agent Score' represents this real estate agent's (Loren Dakin) performance* when working with buyers and sellers to list, purchase and sell their properties, relative to their agent peer group**.

This number represents Loren’s percentile ranking among his peer group. Thus, for agents that Loren competes with, he was in the 86th percentile, meaning he performed better than 85% of his peer agents and conversely was in the top 14% of his peers. The maximum score is "99" for 99th percentile.

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Loren Dakin's Performance Metrics

GENERAL METRICS

Top Cities

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These are the cities where Loren represents buyers and sellers most often, listed by percent of active and sold listings in each location.

Redwood City — 16 (26%)
San Carlos — 5 (8%)
San Mateo — 5 (8%)
Redwood Shores — 5 (8%)
Palo Alto — 4 (7%)
Mountain View — 3 (5%)
Santa Clara — 3 (5%)
Atherton — 3 (5%)
Sunnyvale — 3 (5%)
Los Altos Hills — 2 (3%)
Fair Oaks — 2 (3%)
Pacifica — 2 (3%)
Menlo Park — 2 (3%)
Other:
Los Altos — 1 (2%)
Country Club — 1 (2%)
Campbell — 1 (2%)
Burlingame — 1 (2%)
Woodside — 1 (2%)
San Jose — 1 (2%)

Top Neighborhoods

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These are the neighborhoods where Loren represents both buyers and sellers most often, listed by percent of active listings and transactions closed in each location.

Oak Knoll - Redwood Park — 9 (28%)
Farm Hills — 4 (13%)
Centennial — 3 (9%)
West Atherton — 2 (6%)
Jackson Park — 2 (6%)
Hillsdale — 1 (3%)
Beresford Park — 1 (3%)
University Heights — 1 (3%)
South Los Altos — 1 (3%)
Greenmeadow — 1 (3%)
Barron Park — 1 (3%)
Bascom-Forest — 1 (3%)
Charleston Gardens — 1 (3%)
Evergreen Park — 1 (3%)
Downtown Menlo Park — 1 (3%)
Lyon Hoag — 1 (3%)
Allied Arts — 1 (3%)

Listing Types

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These are the types of properties that Loren represents most often for both buyers and sellers, listed by percent of active listings and transactions closed for each property type (Single Family, Condo, Town House, Multi-family, land & lots, etc.)

Single Family — 48 (79%)
Condo — 9 (15%)
Town Houses — 4 (7%)

Buyers Vs. Sellers Represented

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This is the ratio and number of closed transactions where Loren represented a buyer in the purchase of a home (‘Buyer’) vs. a seller in the sale of a home (‘Seller’).

Seller — 24 (46%)
Buyer — 28 (54%)

Number of Closed Transactions

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This is the number of total transactions that Loren completed when representing buyers and sellers vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’).

Loren
52 Closed
Transactions
Loren's Peers
20 Closed
Transactions

Number of Active Listings

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This is the number of properties that Loren is currently listing for sale vs. the number listed for sale on average, by his agent peer group (‘Peers’). If this number is substantially lower than his peers, Loren may be new to the business, a buyer’s agent, or part of a team where the team leader claims credit for all listings and sales. If his listing count is much greater than his peers, then Loren may be too busy to effectively service another client.

Loren
3 Active
Listings
Loren's Peers
3 Active
Listings

% Dual Rep Transactions

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This is the percent of Loren’s transactions where his brokerage represented both the buyer and seller as broker of record, vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’). Ideally this percent should be lower than Loren’s peers because sharing a broker can work against either the buyer or seller, resulting in a lower or higher selling price than otherwise would be expected.

Loren
21% Dual Rep
Broker/Agent
Loren's Peers
14% Dual Rep
Broker/Agent

% Dual Rep - Same Agent

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This is the percent of Loren’s transactions where he and his brokerage represented both the seller and buyer as the agent and broker of record, vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’). ). Ideally this percent should be lower than Loren’s peers because sharing an agent and broker can work against either the buyer or seller, resulting in a lower or higher selling price than otherwise would be expected.

Loren
8% Dual Rep
Agent
Loren's Peers
6% Dual Rep
Agent

Price Ranges Represented

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These are the price ranges of listings Loren listed or sold on behalf of Loren buyer and seller clients, along with the number of listings in each price range in parenthesis, e.g. $300K (22) means 22 listings in the $300-399K range were represented by this agent. Picking an agent with ample experience in your price range is a good idea.

Listing Agent Performance

Better than peers
Worse than peers
Peers

# Listings Sold

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This is the number of total transactions that Loren completed when representing sellers in a sale of a property vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’).

Loren
24 Listings
Sold
Loren's Peers
16 Listings
Sold

Average Days on Market

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This is the average number of days that Loren's listings were available to be purchased (on the market) including sold, withdrawn and currently for sale properties.

Loren
151 Days on
Market
Loren's Peers
132 Days on
Market

Average Days To Sale

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This is the average number of days it took Loren to sell a listing when representing a seller.

Loren
125 Days to
Sale
Loren's Peers
 
97 Days to Sale

% Listings Sold

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This is the percent of the listings that Loren lists for sale that eventually sell.

Loren
83% of listings
sold
Loren's Peers
87% of listings
sold

Sale Price Spread

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This is the percent of the full asking price that Loren was able to obtain for her seller clients on average.

Loren
99.9% of ask
price
Loren's Peers
100.4% of ask
price

Sale Price Normalized Spread

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This is the percent of the full asking price that Loren was able to obtain for his seller clients on average, relative to the number days the property was for sale. It indicates the quality of his negotiation skills since the longer a property sits on the market, the harder it is to negotiate a sale price close to full asking price.

Loren
106.5% of ask
price
Loren's Peers
104.2% of ask
price

Average Sale Price Per Sq.Ft.

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This is the average price per square foot received by Loren’s sellers (sale price divided by the total area of the home) as compared to his peers.

Loren
$513 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.
Loren's Peers
$455 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.
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Buyer's Agent Performance

Better than peers
Worse than peers
Peers

# Listings Purchased

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This is the number of total transactions that Loren completed when representing buyers to purchase a property vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’).

Loren
28 Listings
Purchased
Loren's Peers
8 Listings
Purchased

Purchase Price Spread

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This is the percent of the full asking price that Loren was able to obtain for his buyer clients on average.

Loren
97.7% of Ask
Price
Loren's Peers
100.9% of Ask
Price

Purchase Normalized Spread

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This is the percent of the full asking price that Loren was able to obtain for his buyer clients on average, relative to the days the property was for sale. It indicates the quality of his negotiation skills since the longer a property sits on the market, the easier it should be to negotiate a reduction in price (or spread).

Loren
93.2% of Ask
Price
Loren's Peers
106.4% of Ask
Price

Avg. Purchase Price Per Sq.Ft.

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This is the average price per square foot paid by Loren’s buyers (sale price divided by the total finished area of the home) as compared to his peers.

Loren
$592 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.
Loren's Peers
$485 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.
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Loren Dakin's Property Listings