Proposition 19 May Reduce Your Property Taxes When you sell your home and buy another home anywhere in California, Proposition 19 allows homeowners 55 or older to save on property taxes. You can continue to pay the amount of your existing property taxes if you sell your home and buy a replacement house of equal or less value. For example, the property taxes for the home that you have owned Continue Reading
Hiking with Madeline on Christmas Tree Hill
Christmas Tree Hill Walk A walk up Christmas Tree Hill starts at the Old Town Square (Menke Park) in the oldest part of Corte Madera. Like many of the older neighborhoods in Mill Valley and Sausalito, there are stairs that were installed to take visitors from nearby train stations up the hills to the good life and spectacular views. One of Madeline’s favorite hikes proceeds Continue Reading
Madeline Schaider Again Voted as Best in Marin!
The Marin Independent Journal announced that Madeline Schaider was selected as the Best Realtor in Marin for 2022 and Madeline Schaider Real Estate as the Best Real Estate Office. For the THIRD year, Madeline took the prize over larger companies. The Marin Readers' Choice award recognized Madeline's effectiveness and dedication to her clients for 33 years. Thanks! We owe this Continue Reading
Living Near Water in Marin: Risks and Solutions
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
Marin Home Values Hold Steady | August 2019
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
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
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
Madeline Schaider Real Estate – Neighborhood Favorite and Readers’ Choice!
For the second year, our neighbors have voted Madeline Schaider Real Estate the Neighborhood Favorite Realtor on Nextdoor.com. We took first place over four other larger real estate companies. We are honored that our neighbors recognize our quality of service. Madeline Schaider founded her company 30 years ago with the intention of providing outstanding personal service to home buyers and Continue Reading
Mortgage Rates in 2019
The average rate for 30 year fixed mortgages dropped in recent weeks (Jan 2019) to 4.45%. Despite the often alarming reports that mortgage interest rates are going up, the worst claims are unjustified. Here is an overview of what has happened to 30-year fixed-rate mortgages. This is based on an average for lenders across the country, compiled every week by Freddie Mac, a corporation Continue Reading
Selling Your Marin Home: Effective Marketing
Advertise where your buyers are looking Most buyers first see your house on the internet. Print advertising, important a decade ago, is of minor importance. You can see that the Marin Independent Journal has perhaps four pages of real estate ads on Sunday, where there used to be a dozen. The glossy, free real estate magazines are gone. Some monthly publications, like Marin Magazine, have Continue Reading
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