— For Buyers —

Find the home
you deserve

Personalized market data, real-time listing alerts, neighborhood intelligence, and broker-handled negotiation — all working together so you buy with confidence, not compromise.

15 min
Live Data Refresh
23+
Years Bay Area Experience
1:1
Broker-Handled Service
CA-Wide
MLS Coverage
— Buyer Intelligence —

Every tool you need to win

From your first search to the moment you get the keys — data-driven tools designed to give you a measurable edge in a competitive market.

Live MLS Search

Search every active listing in California in real time. Filter by city, price, beds, lot size, school ratings, and dozens more, refreshed every 15 minutes from the MLS.

Search Homes
Personalized Buyer Brief

A custom market report built around your exact criteria — target cities, price range, must-haves, deal-breakers. Updates automatically as the market moves.

Request Your Brief
Open House Hub & Tour Builder

Browse every open house this weekend, build a multi-stop route, get drive times and conflict alerts. Plan a full day of showings in under two minutes.

Plan Your Tour
Real-Time Listing Alerts

Tell us what fits and matching homes come straight to your inbox. Customize by city, price, property type, and the features that matter to you.

Set Up Alerts
Offer Strategy

See what winning offers actually look like in your target market. Comp analysis, sale-to-list ratios, days on market, and pricing intelligence — before you write a single number.

Build Your Strategy
School Intelligence

Aegis School Excellence Index scores for every school near the homes you're considering. Ratings, test scores, student-teacher ratios — all in one view.

Explore Schools
— A Question Worth Asking —

"What happens when the right home lists and nobody knows you are looking for it?"

Most buyers start from scratch every time something new comes up, pulling comps and guessing at a number under a deadline. Our clients tell us exactly what fits, matching listings come straight to their inbox, and the comp analysis and offer math are already done.

Get Listing Alerts →
— Why Aegis —

A brokerage built for
informed buyers

Most agents hand you a search link and wait for you to find something. We take a fundamentally different approach — putting live market data, competitive intelligence, and strategic guidance in your hands before you ever step into a showing.

  • Listings refreshed every 15 minutes, straight from the MLS
  • Personalized buyer briefs with comp data, not a generic search result page
  • Offer strategy built on real sale-to-list ratios, not guesswork
  • One broker, one relationship — Timothy handles your deal personally
  • Full California MLS coverage across multiple counties
Modern California home with manicured landscaping
Timothy Alston, Broker
DRE# 01328224 · 23+ years Bay Area · Aegis Luxury Real Estate
— The Process —

How buying with Aegis works

No sales pitch. No obligation. Just data and honest perspective. Here's what working together looks like.

01

Discovery Call

A 15-minute conversation about what you're looking for — cities, price range, timeline, must-haves. No commitment, just clarity.

02

Your Buyer Brief

Within 24 hours, you receive a personalized market brief — active inventory, recent sales, pricing trends, and school data for your target areas.

03

Strategic Search

Real-time alerts, curated showings, and open house tour routes. When the right home appears, you see it first — and you see it with data.

04

Win the Offer

Comp-backed pricing, strategic positioning, and experienced negotiation. You submit an offer that's competitive, defensible, and designed to close.

— Buyer Insights —

Read before you write an offer

Weekly market intelligence on the neighborhoods, pricing trends, and offer strategies actually working in California right now.

— Common Questions —

Buyer questions, answered

Do I need to be pre-approved before working with you?

Not for a first conversation. Most buyers we talk to are somewhere in the middle: they have a number in their head, and they have not tested whether a lender will stand behind it. Where it can become a problem is when the right home appears before the financing piece has been tested. What would it mean for you if the right home came up and your financing was still an open question?

How is your buyer brief different from a regular MLS search?

A search gives you listings. It does not tell you what they mean. The brief is built around your criteria and shows active inventory, what has actually closed nearby, how final sale prices compared to asking prices, and how long homes in your price band are taking to sell. It is the same read we do internally before we write an offer. How are you deciding what a home is actually worth right now?

What does it cost to work with Aegis as a buyer?

There is no charge for the first consultation or for us to prepare your buyer brief. Before we tour homes together, we put our representation and compensation in writing so you know exactly how it works. Depending on the property and transaction, some or all of the buyer-broker compensation may be paid by the seller or listing side. If there would be an amount you are responsible for, you know that before you write an offer, not afterward. How important is it to you to know those numbers before you start making decisions?

Do you cover the whole state, or just the Bay Area?

We are a California licensed brokerage, so we can work statewide. The honest answer is that our depth is not the same everywhere. The Bay Area is where we have been for over 23 years and where we know pricing block by block. If you are targeting somewhere we do not know cold, we will say so and point you to someone who does, rather than learn on your money. Where are you looking?

How fast can you set up real-time listing alerts?

Usually the same day. The setup is not what takes time. Getting specific is: target cities, price range, what you will not compromise on, and what would make you walk away. Most buyers skip that part and end up with an inbox full of homes they would never buy. What would have to be true about a listing for it to be worth your Saturday?

Should I wait for prices to come down before buying?

We do not know, and anyone who tells you they do is guessing. What we can do is show you what your cities and your price band are actually doing: months of inventory, how sale prices are tracking against asking prices, and how prices have moved vs Last Year. Waiting is a real option and sometimes it is the right one. What would have to happen over the next six months for waiting to turn out to be the better call?

What happens if I'm outbid on a home I love?

It happens, and it happens to strong offers. The part most buyers never do is the post mortem: was it price, was it terms, was it timing, or was it something about the seller that no number would have changed. We go back through it so the next offer is built on what we learned instead of on frustration. If that happened more than once, what would you want to understand before writing the next offer?

How will I hear about homes that fit what I'm looking for?

You tell us what fits, and matching listings come straight to your inbox as they come available. We do not make claims about being ahead of anyone else. What we control is that the homes reaching you are filtered against your criteria instead of everything in the city, and that the comp work is already done when one of them is worth acting on. How are you finding out about homes right now?

— Socratic Question —

"If the right home listed tomorrow, would you have a strategy to compete — or would you be starting from scratch?"

Being "ready" means three things: pre-approval that holds up under scrutiny, a comp set that justifies your number, and a clear read on sale-to-list trends in your price band. We deliver all three before you ever write an offer.

Generate Your Brief →
— Start Your Search —

Ready to find your next home?

No sales pitch. No obligation. Just data and honest perspective about the market you're targeting.

If the call isn't useful, we'll say so and save you the time. No follow-up sequence, no pressure.

— Browse by Area & Resource —

Find what you need, fast

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Timothy Alston, Broker, DRE# 01328224, Aegis Luxury Real Estate, 10080 N. Wolfe Rd Ste SW3-200, Cupertino CA 95014. (408) 207-4593.

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