Posted in Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marin Market Trends, Marin Real Estate, Mill Valley, Novato, Ross, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon on May 24th, 2008
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 Kentfield was $1,045,000 in January 2008. The number of homes on the market dropped 11% from one year ago, a small drop in inventory compared to most of Marin County.
Kentfield is suffering from old inventory- buyers are not out writing contracts because the majority of homes on the [...]
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Posted in Greenbrae, Kentfield on Feb 6th, 2008
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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Posted in Greenbrae, Kentfield on Feb 4th, 2008
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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Posted in Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marin, Marin Market Trends, Marin Real Estate, Mill Valley, Novato, Ross, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon on Dec 30th, 2007
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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The sales stats didn’t look pretty for Kentfield real estate in November. This chart says it all.
(Click on the chart to expand it)
Yes, you are seeing that right. Kentfield MSI= 19 months. This means that if no more homes come on the market, it would take 19 months to sell all [...]
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Posted in Belvedere, Fairfax, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marin Real Estate, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Tiburon on Nov 4th, 2007
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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Posted in Kentfield, Misc on Nov 2nd, 2007
Looking to send flowers to a friend in Marin? My all time favorite floral shop is the floral department at Woodland’s Market in Kentfield. This isn’t your average grocery store floral department. It isn’t even your average upscale grocery floral department.
Woodland’s rocks, plain and simple. A few weeks ago, I needed [...]
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