Inspect Your Home First Most Marin property owners have their homes inspected prior to listing them for sale. Pre-sale inspections are important for these reasons: Inspection reports alert sellers and buyers to issues that could impact the value of the property. All homes, whether newly constructed or older, will have defects. Some defects are relatively easy to correct while others may Continue Reading
How Long Will It Take to Sell My Home?
The length of time it takes to sell a home in Marin County depends on these factors: List Price Homes in Marin are in high demand, due in large part to low inventory. Well-priced homes sell quickly, within weeks. Overpriced homes may remain unsold for months. See more about how to price your home. Price Bracket In Marin, most homes sell on average within 30 days. Homes priced above $4.4 Continue Reading
Can I Live in My Home While It’s on the Market?
Sellers often want to know whether they can continue to live in their homes while they are being marketed or whether they need to move out. The Best Advice Our best advice to sellers is to move out before listing their home for sale. That allows for efficient cosmetic improvements, upgrades, and professional staging. All of these steps are important for obtaining the best price and the highest Continue Reading
Strong Luxury Home Sales in Marin County
Seven to eight percent of Marin homes sold each year are considered luxury properties. This chart shows that luxury home prices have surged since 2019 (up 18-20% each year in 2020 and 2021), leveling in 2022 and 2023. Since statistics can be misleading and misinterpreted, we checked two indicators of sale price: Median sale price. The median price peaked at $6.6M in 2021 and decreased Continue Reading
Splitting Lots in Marin County Under SB9 – What you Need to Know
SB9 allows lot splitting in single-family zones with only ministerial review California Senate Bill 9 (SB9) allows a property owner – if certain conditions are met – to subdivide a parcel in a single-family zone into two lots that can be smaller than the required minimum size (usually 7,500 square feet). SB9 is meant to help ease the state’s critical shortage of affordable housing by encouraging Continue Reading
How Smart Staging Pays Off
How Smart Staging Helped Sell a Larkspur Home for a High Price Here is another case of how Smart Staging a home for sale brought the sellers more than they ever expected. The list price was $2,150,000. After one week on the market, we received four offers including a successful offer at $2,500,000. https://player.vimeo.com/video/1004940692 Before and After Photos Here are Continue Reading
Marin County Guide to Consignment Stores and Donations
At Madeline Schaider Real Estate, we understand the challenges that come with moving homes. One of your biggest challenges may be what to do with extra possessions. When moving, it's useful first to assess your needs: What you're keeping. What you're giving to your family. What you're selling. What you're donating. What you are throwing away. We suggest that you first Continue Reading
Luxury Homes Sold in Marin County in 2022
The Marin luxury home market continues to flourish with homes bringing record high prices. 147 Marin homes sold in 2022 for more than $4.6M and are considered luxury homes. Most of these homes reside in Belvedere, Mill Valley, Ross, and Tiburon. Here are the five most expensive homes of the 147 sold. This information is courtesy of the Marin Multiple Listing Services (MLS). Ross Continue Reading
Transforming Fireplaces Helps Optimize Home Sales
Five homeowners planning to sell their Marin County properties had this in common: fireplaces that were were 40-60 years old and needed an update. Fireplaces are often a focal point of a room, so their appearance counts. Madeline Schaider Real Estate and her design team transformed these fireplaces as part of their strategy to maximize the sale price of the homes. See the dramatic results Continue Reading
What Do Easements Mean for Your Property?
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