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Single Family homes under contract in Marin County
April 2008 vs. April 2007

Belvedere
+200%

Corte Madera
+8%

Fairfax
-38%

Greenbrae
+25%

Kentfield
+40%

Larkspur
-75%

Mill Valley
-36%

Novato
-20%

Ross
-50%

San Anselmo
-12%

San Rafael
+7%

Sausalito
+17%

Tiburon
+85%

 
Countywide, the number of Marin homes for sale was up almost 16% from last April. The number of homes under contract was down about 13% while the number of units sold is down about 31%.
While the number of homes sold [...]

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Many people are surprised to find out I live in Larkspur when they thought I lived in Greenbrae but I have a Kentfield zip code. Did I confuse you?
Our little cities in Marin County are so close together, I think it is confusing to everyone. So how does this whole city/town/county thing [...]

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The median home sale price in Greenbrae was $1,922,500 in January 2008. The number of homes on the market dropped almost 24% from one year ago. Only one Greenbrae home was placed under contract in January.

Greenbrae
Homes
Jan 2007
Jan 2008
∆
% ∆

For Sale
17
13
-4
-23.53

Under Contract
9
1
-8
88.89

Sold
6
2
-4
-66.67

*Single family homes only

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I am moving a little slow today after a late victory celebration for Measure A, which renews the parcel tax for the Kentfield School District. According to the Marin County Registrar of Voters, the measure passed with 71% of the vote. This is a crucial win for the Kentfield School District, which receives [...]

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Protect your property values and Kentfield schools! Vote YES on Measure A!
Although I am sure you know by now that if we do not pass Measure A, our schools will lose approximately 25% of their annual budget (about $2.6 million), you may not be aware of how hard a measure like this [...]

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To Kentfield & Greenbrae Residents: protect your property values and support the local schools- vote YES on Measure A. Why?

Our schools depend on Measure A. Approximately 25% of the funding for Bacich and Kent comes from the existing parcel assessment (about $2.6 Million a year). If Measure A [...]

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There were not a lot of home sales in Greenbrae during the month of December, but the average sales price was good! Below are the homes that sold in December 2007 in Greenbrae.

Area
Address
Selling Price

Greenbrae
306 N. Almenar
$1,675,000

Greenbrae
40 Corte Ramon
$1,725,000

Greenbrae
14 Manor Road
$1,777,000

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Many Marin County home sellers took their homes off the market over the holidays. This helped overall stats. Despite the holidays, we still saw quite a few homes go into contract. Many areas of Marin are considered seller’s markets including Corte Madera, San Anselmo, Sausalito and Mill Valley. The situation in [...]

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Five Mill Valley homes sold (closed escrow) last week. 3 of the 5 sold over the list price, 1 sold at the list price, and 1 sold under. Does that sound like a real estate market in the tank?
Are we still seeing multiple offers? Absolutely! The best cities in Marin to [...]

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October 3, 2007 is International Walk & Roll to School Day! Children and adults around the globe will be walking & biking to school.
Why?

Reduce traffic
Get some physical activity
Create less pollution

Teams of parents & students will have staging areas where students who live far from school can meet to join neighborhood children as they [...]

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