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It's Earth Day. It's Earth Month. It Should Be Earth Day Every Day!

It’s Earth Day. Get out there and plant a tree or something green to help keep our air clean and our environment beautiful. This was once only a day and then became a month, the month of April. I think it should be something we do daily and no longer have to make it a special day! [...]

Landscaping Will Give Curb Appeal to Any Foster City Home

It’s called Curb Appeal.  It’s the first thing you see when you drive up to a house and it’s an immediate reaction one gets.  If you like the house and how it looks, the landscaping is like the frosting on a cake, it’s the finishing.  We live in an area blessed with Mediterranean climate and [...]

More Secret Gardens and Some Not Secret at All

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.

Foster City Ranks High in Forbes List of Top Towns To Live Well

it seems that San Mateo County is well represented in the Forbes list of America’s Top 25 Towns to Live In.  Foster City is #10, Belmont is #11, and Hillsborough is #12.  All three are great communities to raise a family, enjoy the good life, and nurture brains and business.  Aren’t we lucky!

Foster City, San Mateo – This is an Anniversary You Should Remember

One hundred and three years ago, at 5:15 AM on April 18th, Northern California shook awake rudely.  The Great Quake of San Francisco roared her ugly head and nothing was to remain the same after that morning.  Fire was the big evil.  Funny, but fire was the big evil in 1989 when the Loma Prieta [...]

Foster City Market Report – 04.06.09

Last week Foster City had 43 houses for sale ranging from a high of $1,699,000 to a low of $629,000 (although this low price is listed by an out of area agent and is a townhouse that doesn’t belong listed in this group of Class 1 Single Family homes).  Alas, data gets skewed up all [...]

Foster City – 2009 is The Time To Buy. High Conforming Loans Are Only Here This Year.

We all know that we live in one of the most expensive areas in the country.  You’d think that the powers in Washington knew that, too, but they sure didn’t act as though that was the case.  Perhaps it was the Bush Administration who hated anything California and because of that they penalized the entire [...]

First Time Home Buyers in Foster City Are Getting an $8000 Tax Credit

Have you been considering making a jump into the real estate game to buy a home for the first time?  This is the year to do it and to thank President Obama and the United States Congress for helping you do it, too.  The Stimulus Bill passed this last week has given first time home [...]

Foster City Market Report – February 2009

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 [...]

Foster City is the Place to Be on the 4th of July

4th of July Fireworks over Foster City

Get ready! Friday night should be clear and cool, as usual, perfect weather for the annual 4th of July fireworks. Foster City celebrates the 4th of July in Big Style.  Start your morning off with the annual Lion’s Club pancake breakfast, enter your kids in their own
parade and [...]