Caroline Ryan is a licensed Realtor® specializing in selling homes in the Tri-Valley where she has been a resident for over 15 years. She knows the neighborhood’s in the East Bay inside-out and can help you find the one that best fits your family’s needs.
Born in South Africa, she moved to the United States as a teenager growing up on the Central Coast in Santa Barbara, Ca. She studied Corporate Finance at San Jose State University and has a long history in banking, finance and business development. She has helped hundreds of clients obtain business, personal and commercial real estate loans for companies like Wells Fargo and Chase Bank. Caroline excels in customer service and helping clients navigate the complexities of real estate transactions. Caroline has a team of professionals from lenders, to inspectors, to contractors, title officers and more. These individuals are among the best in the industry. Caroline works with her team to make the home buying and selling process as easy and convenient as possible.
Why choose Caroline as your Realtor®? For one thing, she will be highly responsive, proactive and will work tirelessly on your behalf. Each client will be treated with the utmost care while staying focused on achieving the best results. If you want someone who will treat you like family and help you solve any real estate challenge call Caroline Ryan at 925-222-0461
Caroline is a fantastic realtor who will do everything in her power to ensure that your home purchase / sale is a success! My wife and I were fortunate to have Caroline as our realtor during our recent home purchase. Caroline was fantastic. She came prepared with lots of data, and provided us with all of the information we needed to understand the market. When we reached out to Caroline, we already had a specific house in mind, and her knowledge and experience were greatly beneficial since we were first-time home buyers. She skillfully and calmly guided us through the entire process, and strongly advocated on our behalf. After our offer was already accepted, we ended up finding additional unreported pest damage and evidence of termites that wasn't in the initial seller inspection report. Caroline went to bat for us with the seller and their agent and ended up getting the seller to help pay for the damage. While I can't guarantee that a similar situation would play out the same way everytime, I can guarantee that she will do everything in her power to advocate for you and make sure you have all of the information you need to make a smart purchase that you will feel good about. She is also a wonderfully warm and kind person and was overall a pleasure to work with. I can't recommend Caroline highly enough. We will definitely be recommending her to our friends and family and also recommend her to you.
Our agent, Caroline Ryan was very knowledgeable of the current market trends. She was very and straight forward with us regarding the sale of our home. She is a professional in every aspect of the real estate business. Caroline will respond quickly to our texts and calls when we had any questions or concerns. Top-notch customer service! We definitely refer Caroline. Terri & Michael Reed.… [Read full reviews on Zillow]
A friend recommended Caroline when we began our home buying process, and she helped us find the perfect home for our family. She's very familiar with the local housing market, knew exactly how to write the offer so it would get accepted, and talked us through what could have been a very stressful process in a crazy housing market (in early 2022). She helped us think through pros and cons of various properties, and refine what we really wanted. We highly recommend working with her!… [Read full reviews on Zillow]
I'm super grateful for being matched with Caroline on Zillow and landing my dream condo in just a few weeks! I definitely couldn't have done it without her. As I was completely new to the home-buying process, Caroline explained everything to me so clearly, soothed all my worries, and answered all my questions. I really appreciate her availability, responsiveness, and willingness to go above and beyond for you. She really keeps your needs in mind and will make sure you get the best possible home to meet (and in my case, surpass) those needs. Thanks to Caroline for leading me through an incredibly smooth home-buying process and matching me with the perfect home!… [Read full reviews on Zillow]
Caroline did an excellent job of guiding me through the complexities of Bay Area real estate. While other condos in my building were mis-priced and poorly staged, Caroline priced our condo to get the most offers in a really uncertain time to sell. Her gorgeous staging and marketing materials were a stand out. And, her connections and knowledge really made the difference to us. I have literally recommended her to anyone looking to buy or sell in the East Bay. She is a truly my "Real Estate Goddess"!… [Read full reviews on Zillow]
As first time homebuyers, Caroline helped us navigate the process every step of the way. We’re glad we found her through Zillow. We looked at homes from Hayward, CA all the way up north to Pittsburg, CA. We were a bit lost at first but she helped us narrow our focus. She was very responsive and made time to talk through our many questions. Caroline was also very honest and provided so much insight as well as reassurance that we would find our home. And with patience and persistence, we did. Once we found the home we loved, she helped us put in an offer that stood out among multiple offers! We couldn’t believe it. If it wasn’t for her, we would not have found our beautiful single family home. Our first home. We’re so thankful and would highly recommend Caroline!… [Read full reviews on Zillow]
Caroline pulled off a miracle for us! We entered this crazy 2021 housing market with optimism and then quickly reality set in. After multiple attempts, we decided we just couldn't compete. Through it all, Caroline listened to our concerns, provided us with much needed insights, and encouraged us to continue. In fact, we stopped looking but she continued and found our dream home! Her persistence and personal investment in finding our home made all the difference. Now we are happily in our dream home. Thank you!… [Read full reviews on Zillow]
We were referred to Caroline via a friend, and couldn’t have been more happy. As first-time home buyers, we were immensely grateful to have her knowledge and expertise available to us. Caroline is extremely dedicated to getting to know her clients and their needs, and putting them first in their house-searching process. She was proactive in asking us about our reactions to the houses we viewed and let us form opinions for ourselves rather than telling us what we wanted. When we were ready to make an offer, she went above and beyond to ensure our offer was competitive and within our budget, and made sure we understood every step of the process. She is a great communicator and made us feel that there were no dumb questions. Moreover, Caroline also has a great professional network for the East Bay, and it was actually due to her connections that we were able to win the bid and get our dream house. Thank you Caroline!… [Read full reviews on Zillow]
Caroline is a incredible!! Without her knowledge of the area and negotiation skills, we would not be moving into our new house. She listened carefully to what we wanted in a home and knocked it out of the park when it came to finding us the perfect place. When we fell in love with the house, she was a deft negotiator and made us stand out among the many offers. She is incredibly attentive and responsive as well as just a fun person to be around, so our searching process was not only painless, it was fun! We highly recommend Caroline!!… [Read full reviews on Zillow]
We were matched randomly through Zillow with Caroline after we had a poor experience with a different agent. We are so glad we found her! Our previous agent was completely hands-off and took very little time, if any, to explain the buying process to us, being first-time home buyers. We had submitted an offer on a home (after being told to bid something unrealistic and outside of what we were comfortable with) and weren't even walked through the documents we were signing. With Caroline, our experience was far better.Caroline took the time to get to know us, what we were looking for, and made suggestions accordingly. She scheduled appointments to look at homes quickly, gauged what we liked or didn’t like, and walked us through the details of what to expect in the process. She reviewed what an offer document entailed, gave feedback on inspection reports, was highly communicative, very personable, and diligent throughout.We narrowed down our search and made an offer on our home, receiving a counter offer that we ended up winning because of Caroline’s local knowledge on the area about sewer lateral laws. She exceeded our expectations by walking us through every step and being honest with her recommendations. We highly recommend working with her!… [Read full reviews on Zillow]
Caroline was amazing from start to close. When I met her for the first time I knew that she was going to be the right person to help me find my new home. This was my first time purchasing a house and the SFBA market is intimidating at best. Caroline was an excellent coach in the ups and downs of looking for a home. She was well informed on the market and very resourceful. What stood out to me, was that you can tell she really cares about her clients and what's best for them. She was incredibly trustworthy and straightforward which helped tremendously in the home buying process. I couldn't recommend anyone more! Will be sending her along to my friends and family.… [Read full reviews on Zillow]