Here’s a snapshot of the Burlingame housing market over the past 12 months. It’s taking longer to sell and prices are down. If you can qualify for that loan, you have your choice of some great properties. Burlingame is one of the prettiest cities in San Mateo County. [...]
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Spring and Summer offer us the best gardens anywhere. If you would only stop a moment as you rush through your day, you might find some of these yourself. But, if time is flying by, take a minute and enjoy the pictures. These are all around the San Mateo area. Our Congressman, Congresswoman Jackie Speier really gets it. She understands why our area needs help with the stimulus package and why what has passed won’t work, at least for us. The government is doing some pretty amazing things in trying to prevent foreclosure for most of the country but in our neck of the woods, [...] Burlingame Market Report Last week there were 41 homes for sale in Burlingame with the median price being $1,399,000. Since the median price is always lower than the average, the average price was $1,568,217 and to get this we had to average from the lowest listing at $695,000 to the highest listing at $4,995,000. Quite a [...] Back in 1989, when school populations were declining, the Burlingame School district closed Hoover School. This was a time when many school districts were closing schools due to declining enrollment. I remember years ago, when my children were young sitting at a coffee with a school superintendent who was convinced that the school population was [...] Burlingame Gardens is a cute area just north of Burlingame High School. This area once housed many of the servants who worked in the estates of Hillsborough. Like all of Burlingame, the homes are older. Generally the houses are small, mostly 2 bedrooms and 1 bath and unless totally redone, or sitting on one of [...] The areas surrounding Washington Park and Burlingame High School, running from Burlingame Avenue over to Oak Grove up Rollins Road to BHS, is called Burlingables and Oak Grove Manor. It’s one of my favorite neighborhoods in all of Burlingame. Tree lined streets, cute little houses with loads of curb appeal and those that have generally [...] Burlingame, California, 94010 is one of the coveted communities on the Peninsula. Last week there were 75 homes on the market, averaging 65+ days waiting for a new family. That’s a reduction from previous weeks and months. That’s good. Prices are remaining steady. The most expensive home listed last week was I get the question, “Why hasn’t Burlingame dropped in price the way other areas have?”, quite often. What is going on in our area, the area I fondly call Fantasy Island, that seems to insulate prices? It’s back to the basic economics of supply and demand. There is more demand for Burlingame than there is [...] The front page of the San Francisco Chronicle today features a story about the Hayward Fault. the earthquake fault expected to rumble next, and cause catastrophic damage to the Bay Area. Foster City residents, take precautions to save your house before an earthquake because once it comes, it is too late. Everyone knows about the [...] |
Lenore & Alex Wilkas
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