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It's what's happening in Marin.Marin County Real Estate Sales Remain On Fire In March 2021 !
March was another ferociously hot month for Marin real estate. The lockdown began last March, and in the beginning, real estate was pretty much shut...
Buyers Corner: Is It TOO Crazy To Buy A Home Right Now?
If you are a buyer, and you have been looking in Marin County for a while, you may be asking yourself: “ Should I hold off buying a home and wait...
December Marin County Real Estate Sales Increase Dramatically…..Again!
The Covid 19 pandemic continues to fuel real estate sales in Marin County. December numbers are in, and they are amazingly, even higher than the...
Marin Real Estate Sales Stayed Hot In November
The Marin real estate market, which practically shut down for March and April, continued the upsurge it has been on since May into November. We keep...
Buyers Corner: Should I be sitting this out?
The market in Marin continues to be hot. And we are hearing stories of buyer fatigue: after losing in multiple multiple offer situations, buyers are...
New Coldwell Banker Revitalize Program Lends Homeowners funds to prepare your home for market!
Everyone knows that the more finished and staged a home is when it goes on the Marin market, the more it will sell for. But often times owners are...
It has been really hot in Marin this week… and so is Real Estate!
We had some friends over on Sunday, and they said it was the hottest day since we had lived here, and I think they were right- I know it hit 108 in...
A Return to Normal? And How Do We Market A Home Now?
First, I hope this finds everyone safe and healthy in these crazy times. And everyone is probably a little crazier, as shelter in place has been...
Marin Real Estate Market Continues To Be HOT!
The real estate market in Marin continues to be hot. REALLY hot, as hot as it has been since the big recovery after the big recession in 2008-2010....
Coronavirus Update: Can We Show And Sell Property?
Coronavirus Update: Can We Show and Sell Property? As of right now, the answer to that is absolutely yes, and we have been doing both – with three...
Marin County Market Report : May Sales Are Stronger
Market Report: Coronavirus Slowed Sales In March, But Now Picking Up! This has been an interesting year – and that may be one of the greatest...
Buyers Corner: If A Home Is On The Market Now, They Really Want To Sell
There are plenty of properties for sale, and we will show them, with some lead time. Nothing happens quickly right now. But we do have two homes...
Marin County Market Report : Covid 19 And Its Effects
Market Report Is the current crisis affecting real estate sales? Of course. The business is very restricted in what we are able to do. And given all...
Coronavirus And Marin Real Estate: What Is Going On?
First and most importantly, we hope that you and your family are healthy and managing your way through this difficult time. We are doing fine, as...
New Loan Program To Help Sellers From Coldwell Banker
Coldwell Banker has just introduced a new program that lends money to people selling their home so they can make improvements prior to listing,...
Marin County Market Report Market Statistics 2019 Summary
As we have been noting for several months, the Marin market has been normal, or to put it another way, balanced. Sellers do not have an advantage,...
What Is Going On With The Off MLS Market?
We receive a lot of questions about buying and selling homes not using the traditional MLS service, and actually have more than a little experience...
Marin Market Report – November 2019 – Returning To Normal
Market Report Marin County The Marin real estate market is absolutely…..normal. It is not exciting, or crazy, or dead, just …..normal. That is a...
Recently Sold – 480 Montecito Corte Madera-Seller Representation
We were honored to represent this excellent Corte Madera home. This spacious one story, 2300 square foot home was sold with multiple offers in less...
Join Us For The Larkspur Wine Stroll, July 18th!
Mark your calendar for Saturday, July 18th. That’s the date for the annual Larkspur Wine Stroll along Magnolia Avenue. You can buy tickets on the...
Market Opening Up Like A Good Bottle Of Wine.
If you are trying to buy a home in Marin, you no doubt already know that all good things (like wine) take time, but take heart. Inventory is...
Marin’s Inventory Shortage Continues
With only 452 homes for sale right now, and with 42% of those already in contract, Marin is squarely in Sellers’ Market country. Homes under...
Marin County Market Flowing Nicely.
We find ourselves in what is typically the slowest time of the year with the phones ringing more than usual. It’s a pretty even mix of buyers and...
Home Selling Strategies: Plan Ahead, Go Early!
The early bird often catches the worm in Marin County’s real estate market. Every year about this time, we can almost feel the pent up buyer demand....
Home Buying Strategies: Lease Option?
One of the hardest problems for a buyer to overcome is moving up. How do you successfully sell your current home, get the funds, and then turn...
Marin Home Buying Strategy: Make Like A Cougar.
Not that kind of cougar! As the Fall market sets in and there are fewer listings and less buyer competition, the trick is to get everything in order...
Marin Market Balance Returning? Depends.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” That’s the opening to “A Tale of Two...
A Better Way To Prepare Homes For Sale
As part of our commitment to provide the kind and quality real estate services people need most, we now have experienced project managers on our...
A Balanced Market Coming Soon?
While the 20-month run up in Marin real estate continues, there are signs we are returning to a more balanced market. We continue to believe the...
Is Marin Market Too Good To Be True?
Bubble is a word we are starting to hear more and more as we approach the end of another year of double digit appreciation. The memories of the...
Are Larkspur And Corte Madera Marin’s Sweet Spots?
Marin County home sellers have had a phenomenal year so far. Maybe it’s the new elementary school, the worsening traffic to the north, the nicer...