A question I get often is” how’s the market doing?” That’s really been a depends answer until recently. It would depend on whether you were a seller and had to sell during a down market, a buyer looking for a great deal, or an investor. The data about the second quarter of 2010 came out this week and the cities around San Mateo are doing just fine, thank [...]
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I’m starting a new series about gardens in our area. This time of year, we see beautiful gardens as we go around the area and the first one I’m sharing is really a Secret Garden. This one is not open to the public but was so beautiful that I had to share it with everyone [...] Foster City Single Family Home Market Report
Last week the Median Price for a home for sale in Foster City was $1,190,000. The Average Price was $1,213,067. There were 25 homes for sale last week and only 3 were “absorbed” – meaning they were either sold, expired, withdrawn or canceled. The best buy, and [...] The City of San Mateo The City of San Mateo had 140 houses for sale last week with a Median price of $677,000. The Average price of those houses for sale was $820,827, with the least expensive house listed at $399,000 – something we haven’t seen for years. The most expensive house was listed [...] Yes, it’s official this is another La Niña year. So, you ask, what does that mean? La Niña is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific, as compared to El Niño, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific. One, El Niño, brings lots of wet weather, [...] As the days grow shorter in the Fall season, Daylight Savings time will end one week later than we are used to, on November 4th so before it comes it’s time to finish up those last few to-do’s on your list. 1. The battery in your Smoke Detectors must be changed annually. What better time to [...] The school scores for our elementary and high school districts have been published for 2008. I will break down each elementary district by school and then move to the San Mateo Union High School District, by school. What you need to know about these numbers: If you see a letter “grade” of A or D it [...] 2008 Dickens House If you’re like me, you look forward to the annual Dickens House Holiday Boutique shopping extravaganza every fall. It’s always fun to go see the We’ve heard good news in the lending arena today and that means the purse strings are finally opening up with lenders. If you are thinking about buying in Hillsborough, this is a Great Time to do so. Prices are trending downward and homes are remaining on the market longer with about 1/3 of them receiving [...] Hillsborough Market Report Last week, Hillsborough had 47 houses on the market with a median price of $3,880,000. The average price of all of them was $4,763,631. One would think that these houses would sit on the market but they are selling. Yes, not the way they did at thepeak of the market in 2006, but [...] |
Lenore & Alex Wilkas
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