Mitch's Blog at Coldwell Banker, member of GreenerMarin

Enchanting split-level in Gerstle Park with a backyard designed for entertaining. This sun-filled home boasts hardwood floors, slate front porch, dual pane windows, and manicured yards. The kitchen is finished with granite counters, slate floors, Heath tile, and stainless appliances. The attached...

The small coastal town of Bolinas in Marin County, California is home to a little over 1,200 residents.   Located about 30 miles North of San Francisco on California Hwy 1, the Bolinas real estate market consists of fewer than 500 homes.Since 2005, the logarithmic pricing trend based on price/squ...

How much tax will I save when I buy a house?Purchasing a home in the 1st quarter of the year should maximize the tax savings generated for the first/partial year of home ownership.In parts of the county where the cost of purchasing a home exceeds the cost of renting a home, residential homebuyers...

Priced way under comparable properties!!! 10 Broadview, San Rafael is a wonderful 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home in one of the best areas of San Rafael. THIS HOME HAS BEEN PRICED USING A PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT OF $382 - THAT'S THE LOWEST PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT OF ANY 4 BEDROOM HOME WITHIN 1 MILE. The hom...

Here is the real estate market update for the beautiful San Geronimo Valley in Marin County, California as of 10/31/07:    Currently, 19 single-family homes are for sale in the valley. Median home price is $750K or $530/square foot.   On average, these homes are priced approx. 17% above the recen...

It seems that every day we're bombarded with inflammatory mis-information regarding the real estate market by folks who base their success on the sales of their newspapers or media ad-time - not real estate sales.   So, it's up to the real estate professionals - those who base their success on he...

My brother and I were discussing cultural differences we've experienced while traveling abroad a few weeks ago.   My brother, who frequently travels to China on business, brought up the topic of litter.   He stated that there seems to be a general lack of respect for ‘public property' in China - ...

Marin, California: There's no shortage of articles and headlines focused on the demise of our real estate market nationwide.   The doomsayers have be predicting the burst of a mysterious ‘real estate bubble' for years.   And, we hear of another bank in trouble for questionable lending practices a...

The Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas (http://regenerativedesign.org/) is a non-profit educational organization with the vision that all people can live in a mutually enhancing relationship with the earth. Their focus is on educating people in setting up permaculture systems in backyards, ...

What's Going on in our Backyard?S.P.A.W.N (Salmon Protection and Watershed Network) is a local conservationist organization that works to improve the conditions for the coho salmon that spawn in our local creeks.  Since their listing as endangered in 1997, wild coho salmon have begun a slow but s...