Marin County home prices reached record heights last month, with the median home price at $1.8 million, up 16% compared to February 2021. The average price per square foot is closing in on $1000 per square foot – just $9 short, and up a whopping 22% vs. the same time last year. The number of new listings was down 57% compared to the same time last year. Read more here.

Novato home prices soared to $4,275,000 in 2021 and I was privileged to represent the top two most expensive homes sold. Read the full article here.

We saw a more normal seasonal pattern in November, with the number of homes for sale down significantly compared to earlier in the year as well as to last November. The median home price was up 11% vs. last year at this time to $1.57 million. Inventories are very low with just two weeks' of inventory given the current rate of sales. Read more here.

In September we saw the median sold home price in Marin County increase by 11% vs the same month last year to $1,723,000. The number of homes for sale decreased by 26% vs. September of 2020. We continue to see a very active market in Marin, but there are great opportunities for those who are prepared for it. Smart buyers are pre-qualified, well-educated on the market and can move quickly. Pre-emptive offers have become more common as buyers try to “lock up” a house before it is fully exposed to the market. Smart sellers prepare their homes for sale with staging, painting and in some cases remodeling. Just because it is a sellers’ market doesn’t mean that a poorly-prepared or marketed home will command top dollar.