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Proposition 19: Keeping Your Property Taxes Low

March 30, 2022

Marin County Happy Homeowners

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

Madeline Schaider Again Voted as Best in Marin!

February 22, 2022

Reader's Choice Awards 2020 from the Marin Independent Journal

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

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

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

Mortgage Rates in 2019

January 24, 2019

Home Mortgage rates compiled by Freddie Mac, 2015 to 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

November 30, 2018

Private boat docks Paradise Cay, Tiburon CA

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

Selling Your Marin Home: Smart Pricing

October 31, 2018

San Anselmo CA with view of Mt Tamalpais

Smart Pricing results in a higher final sale price Correct pricing provides a quick and stress-free sale. We work with you to set your price based on: Comparable sales in your neighborhood The condition of your house The upgrades that you have made The location in your neighborhood The profiles of your potential buyers The number of competing listings on the market The Continue Reading

Living with Redwoods in Marin

October 20, 2018

House in a redwood grove

The coastal canyons on Mount Tamalpais are home to verdant redwood forests. The mild Mediterranean climate and the summer fog in Marin County are ideal for these majestic trees. Many homeowners live with and protect their redwood trees, the remnants of ancient forests. A Little History of California Redwoods The coastal redwood, Sequoia semperviens, grows well from south of Monterey to Continue Reading

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