Livermore home prices are not increasing. The first half of 2010 had increases in home prices, but there has been a steady decline in home values since the second half of 2010. Home values are now at Sept. 2009 and 2003 values. Struggling upside down homeowners may need to modify their loan or short sale since the option of waiting for home prices to increase so they can do a regular sale is probably not going to be an option anytime soon. Robin Watson-Bird specializes in short sales and is happy to give free consultations to homeowners in Livermore, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, and parts of San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Solano and other counties.