Posted in Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Marin Market Trends, Marin Real Estate, Novato, Ross, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon on Aug 5th, 2008
Single Family homes under contract in Marin County July 2008 compared to Marin homes under contract in July 2007
Belvedere
-25%
Corte Madera
0%
Fairfax
+60%
Greenbrae
-33.33%
Kentfield
-25%
Larkspur
+75%
Mill Valley
-26.67%
Novato
+51.61%
Ross
-33.33%
San Anselmo
-11.76%
San Rafael
+14.71%
Sausalito
-50%
Tiburon
-25%
Countywide, the number of Marin homes under contract was up just slightly (1.1%). Homes under contract is an indicator of future sales.
*Statistics pulled from BAREIS MLS. Single Family Residential Only.
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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 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 San Rafael was $900,000 in January 2008. The number of homes on the market increased almost 20% from one year ago, quite different from many cities in Marin County. The number of San Rafael homes under contract dropped almost 33% while the number sold dropped almost 50% from one [...]
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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 Living in Marin, Marin, San Rafael on Sep 17th, 2007
China Camp is beautiful protected area in Marin County, California. Originally a Chinese shrimp fishing village in the late 1800s, China Camp is now a California State Park. China Camp is located 4 miles east of San Rafael, on the shores of the San Pablo Bay, which feeds into the San Francisco [...]
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Posted in Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Greenbrae, Larkspur, Marin Market Trends, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito on Sep 4th, 2007
Looking at the Marin County median home prices for August is pretty depressing. The percentage change for many cities is down. Tiburon is down 38.23% since August of 2006. Does this mean home prices have dropped almost 40%??
No, they haven’t. Many Marin County areas only have a handful of sales each [...]
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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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