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Living Near Water in Marin: Risks and Solutions

January 18, 2022

Is Your Marin Home in a Flood Zone? In Marin, heavy rains and runoff into our creeks can cause flooding in nearby neighborhoods. If the bay tides are high, the streams drain slower and flooding can be more severe. Areas that are prone to flooding in Marin are areas along creeks and low areas along the bay. There have been only a few years of serious flooding in Marin. However, the increase in Continue Reading

Easements: What Do They Mean for Your Property?

January 3, 2022

examples of easements on a hillside property in Marin

When you buy or sell a property, you may have to understand the easements on the property and how they affect your ownership. Easements have an effect on the title to a property. What are Easements? An easement on a property gives an adjacent property, individuals, a business like a utility company, or a town the right to use part of your property. An easement can also restrict the use of your Continue Reading

Olompali State Historic Park: A Window into Marin’s Past

December 7, 2021

Map of trails at Opolopali State Historic Park, Novato CA

Olompali State Historic Park is located in northern Marin County. The name of the park comes from the Coast Miwok people who lived here from about 6,000 BC until the 1850's. This peaceful park of 700 acres looks east over the Petaluma River and San Pablo Bay, at the northern end of San Francisco Bay. Looking out to the tidal flats and the bay, you can imagine what Mill Valley and Corte Madera Continue Reading

China Camp State Park: Escape to Nature in East San Rafael

November 30, 2021

China Camp coastline in San Rafael, CA, CA

China Camp State Park is in east San Rafael, CA along the shores of San Pablo Bay, at the north end of San Francisco Bay. The park spans 1,514 acres of grass-covered gentle hills and beaches. China Camp offers many opportunities for hiking, camping, mountain biking, picnics, and running. The park is maintained and managed by the friends of China Camp, which also provides an informative Continue Reading

Where are the best home values in Marin?

November 21, 2021

Corte Madera CA from Ring MOuntain

Over the years the answer is the same: the further north, the further from the Golden Gate Bridge, the more you can buy for your dollars. Here is a summary from the Marin MLS for homes sold in this year (2021). This list starts in southern Marin (Mill Valley) and goes north to Novato. Notable difference in home values as you go north! The towns that that we selected in this example are on Continue Reading

Flexible Living at 1 Parkview Circle, Corte Madera

November 11, 2020

1 Parkview Circle is one of 148 homes at Meadowcreek Station in East Corte Madera. Built in 1988 at the foot of Ring Mountain, this is one of 10 homes with a traditional floor plan. This floorplan has unusual flexibility compared to homes with a great room--open kitchen, dining room, and living areas. The separate living and dining rooms can be used also as a family room, office, or Continue Reading

Marin Home Values Hold Steady | August 2019

August 14, 2019

Tiburon home with pool and Bay View

With the springtime rush behind us, we find that the value of Marin County homes is about the same as last year.  As we predicted in early 2019, home values have leveled out.  We report separately on single family homes (SFHs) and townhouses/condos for these reasons: Condos and townhouses are about half the square footage of single-family homes. Sale prices are about half the Continue Reading

Latest Trends in the Marin Real Estate Market

March 26, 2019

Median selling prices for Marin homes to 1217 to 0219

Is the Market Changing--Or is The Sky Falling? The buzz from media recently is that the real estate market is changing, and that we are moving toward a buyers' market with more choices, less competition, and lower prices. Local real estate agents are joining the parade either because it is easy to copy the media reports, or they hope to influence buyers and sellers to hire Continue Reading

Marin Students Learn about Science at Buck Institute

February 22, 2019

Learning Center at Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA

The Buck Institute in Novato introduces biomedical research to Marin children The Buck Institute for Research on Aging reaches out to children in grades K through 12 with two hour laboratory experiences, or "field trips," and five day summer camps. Field trips are free to registered groups. Educational programs offer stimulating and fun content, and provide students with a better Continue Reading

The Rush of Carson Falls

February 20, 2019

Carson Falls, Marin County, CA, through the trees

Carson Falls on the north side of Mount Tamalpais is at its best after the winter rains with good flow through early spring. The walk is fairly strenuous, but worth the trip on a sunny day. The stream feeding the falls flows through a meadow at the top, then down a rocky canyon into three pools. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVAc-lsUqPg Finding Carson Falls From downtown Fairfax, Continue Reading

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