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Single family homes in San Mateo have held their own in pricing this past week. The Median price for everything sold was $699,000. There were 211 houses listed in the MLS showing an average of 124 days for these homes on the market. The most expensive house listed was for $2,795,000 and the least expensive was $349,900. [...]
As you drive down a road take a second and look around you and you, too, might find some of these secret gardens right in your own neighborhood.
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 [...]
THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO BUY A HOME IN OVER 50 YEARS!
There’s going to be a First Time Home Buyer Seminar next week that you shouldn’t miss if you’re thinking about buying a home for the first time this year.
When: January 27th, Tuesday, 6:30 – 7:30 PM
Where: 1700 El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA [...]
I am always looking for tips to help you in your real estate transactions be it buying, selling or refinancing. This commentary, written by Edward Jamison, ESQ, comes to me from Lilyette Uriate and is filled with tips to help you now, and especially in the future, when you have all but forgotten where you [...]
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 [...]
Key to money
The Key to the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
One of the benefits, perhaps the only real benefit, of the mortgage crisis mess, is a tax credit for people buying their first home. But be careful. What the government gives, the government takes and this is not totally a free and clear tax [...]
Fog Rolling In Over the Hills
What’s up with the summer weather around here?
People visiting our area for the first time during the summer are often surprised at finding cold weather. “What’s up with the weather around here?” they ask. Oh, The Fog? It’s 60 degrees! It’s the middle of summer! Cold winds! Burr! Welcome to [...]
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