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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Posted in Marin Real Estate, Novato on May 5th, 2008
You might have seen an article in your latest water bill from the Marin Municipal Water District about Bay-Friendly Landscaping. To make it easier for Marin Municipal Water District customers to adopt bay friendly gardening practices, the district is introducing a new rebate program on efficient irrigation equipment and supplies.
If you’re planning an irrigation [...]
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Posted in Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Larkspur, Marin Real Estate, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon on Mar 1st, 2008
Many cities and towns in Marin County require mandatory re-sale inspections before a seller transfers home ownership to a buyer.
Marin Cities that require resale inspections
Belvedere
Corte Madera
Fairfax
Larkspur
Mill Valley
Novato
San Anselmo
San Rafael
Tiburon
Fees range widely from about $100 to close to $300 in Novato. Ouch! In addition, what is inspected [...]
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The median home sale price in Novato was $637,000 in January 2008. The number of Novato homes on the market increased just over 21% from one year ago. The number of homes going in to contract increased 8%, a positive sign for Novato. The number of homes sold decreased by 6 units or 33.33%.
The [...]
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Posted in Living in Marin, Novato on Jan 18th, 2008
The city of Novato was named the the “Best Affordable Suburb in California” by Sperling’s BestPlaces. Novato is definitely the most affordable spot in Marin. In addition, Sperling ranks it high because of factors like low crime and good schools. If you are thinking about moving to Novato, this 3.5 minute video [...]
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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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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 Corte Madera, Fairfax, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Living in Marin, Novato, Ross, San Anselmo, Tiburon on Oct 1st, 2007
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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Posted in Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marin Market Trends, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon on Sep 1st, 2007
Initial numbers are in for August Marin real estate sales!
According to initial numbers, the median price is $1,045,000 for single family residential homes. The median price for all residential (including condos) is $947,000. This represents a 6.4% change over last year, and a 12.81% change over August 2005.
Initial sales numbers by Marin County [...]
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