Marin County Real Estate

 In today’s real estate market, with all the recent changes in the Mortgage Industry, prospective buyers should:1. Get prequalified by a Mortgage Brokers or Lender.  If you did this prior to August 2007, you’ll need to get prequalified again.  Take the time to talk to a Mortgage Broker or Lender.  Their specific questions in regard to [...]

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When I represent Sellers my goal is not to simply sell their house, but to help them realize the best possible price obtainable for their property, with the best terms and conditions, in the shortest period of time. To help achieve this goal I provide proven marketing techniques on how to prepare your [...]

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EXTERIOR Your property’s landscape is not limited to the lawn and shrubs but encompasses everything from the street to your doorstep. For this reason, you must make sure each component of the visual landscape looks its best. The real estate industry refers to this as “curb appeal.” [...]

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INTERIORS:
Appeal to the senses: There are many ways to create a more exciting and saleable interior, at surprisingly little cost. I’ll briefly discuss the sensory selling tools that can have an enormous impact, then provide you with some suggestions:LIGHT: It is proven that people react more favorably to property shown under bright [...]

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Marin’s median single-family home price fell back to $950,000 last month, still higher than this time last year, but below last month’s record $1.125 million.The homes at the higher end definitely drove the median up in the spring and again when it hit it (the $1 million mark) in June. With the lending crises or [...]

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      Your probably aware that there are problems in the mortgage industry in the sub prime and Alt-A lending arena.  The problems occured because underwriting standards became too lax.  This has resulted in higher incidences of mortgage defaults and foreclosures.
WHAT DO THESE CHANGES MEAN FOR THE LENDING INDUSTRY?
      * Some loan programs are being eliminated and [...]

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What’s Happening?     In recent weeks, lending criteria for home mortgages have tightened considerably, making it more difficult and expensive to borrow when purchasing or refinancing a house.What Happened?     First, housing prices, after enjoying a huge run up over several years began cooling. Then, many borrowers who had taken out mortgages with low teaser rates could [...]

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      The “Green” house movement is catching on with home buyers and sellers in Marin and Sonoma County.  Enviromentally friendly, energy efficient homes have been around for years, but until recently, these “green” homes have amounted to little more than a niche market in real estate.   Now, some 37 years since we first celebrated Earth [...]

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<><>Thinking of Building Green in Marin County? Green building has risen to the forefront of many sustainability discussions.  Nonprofits such as the US Green Building Council and Build it Green say green building can dramatically improve the quality of our homes and offices, health, community, and enviroment while saving us money (green) over the long [...]

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    The market remains on the same track as last week with minor changes. The most significant change is that the $2-$3 million Single Family Residence segment, though still a buyers’ market, has continued to show strength by rising to 23% in contract, just south of a balanced market. Improvement in the over-$3million SFR market [...]

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        What’s really happening in today’s Real Estate market? Can you trust what you read in the papers, or find on the internet?   Of course you can!  Well, not really… a little skepticism is good from time to time.  Actually, in today’s Real Estate market ,which is more akin to the wild wild west , you need to be [...]

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        I’ve always been disapointed in the way the Marin Independent Journal reports on the Marin real estate market until this editorial appeared in the IJ on March 11,2007. The IJ relies on realtors that have a vested interest in creating and maintaining a positive perception … regardless of what is really happening in the Marin real estate market.        If [...]

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     A great philosopher once said  that all movements have three periods.  The first phase is change as perceived as necessary.   The internet became necessary because people had access to limited information.  There was little transparency, and the consumer had no voice.  Oftentimes the consumer was poorly treated.   The second phase perceives change as an improvement.  [...]

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          2005 was a great year for Sellers.  Low inventory coupled with strong demand drove home prices in many regions of the Bay Area.  Sellers called the shots as they turned equity into cash effortlessly.  It was a tough year for buyers, however.   Many were discouraged after making offers in vain on one house after another.  Well, [...]

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        If you’re the kind of person that is more comfortable working with people  virtually, Online Lenders might be a good place to start shopping for a loan. But, if you’re the kind of person that likes to deal directly with the person that will be delving into your personal finances, there definitely are merits to working [...]

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SAUSALITO         For many tourist who visit the Bay Area, Sausalito is the only part of Marin County they see or know.  In some respects, that isn’t so bad because the harbor village has always been a place that is beautiful and bodacious.                           Sausalito’s beauty is easy to catalog.  The tree covered hillsides cascade down to a bayside [...]

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CORTE MADERA           At the turn of the century Corte Madera had attracted a number of families from San Francisco who came for the summer. Christmas Tree Hill was subdivided in tiny 25′ x 25′ lots for use as tent sites on the weekends. After the 1906 earthquake, many of these tent sites were used to build [...]

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SAN RAFAEL          Marin’s premier city, San Rafael, is the oldest and largest city in the County and it is also the seat of County Government. Marin’s second most popular tourist spot (after Muir Woods), the Frank Lloyd Wright Civic Center, was the last major structure and the only government building designed by the world famous [...]

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WEST MARIN         The West Marin area is, debatably the most spectacular region in a county known for it’s scenic wonders.  A truly rural section of Marin encompassing miles of open ridgetops, wild coast lines, and pastoral farms, this area is home to such diverse wildlife as gray whales, tule elks, elephant seals, bobcats, mountain lions, fox, and [...]

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   Blogging has hit the real estate industry…and it just may upend a marketplace known for inefficiency and restricted information.   There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of blogs covering real estate and they shine unfiltered lights on their subjects, reporting market gossip, innuendo, facts, opinion, virutally anything.   ”Blogs are telling like it is at the street level,” said Bran [...]

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     Finally, a forum/methodology for the Professional Realtor and the General Public to exchange ideas in a healthy virtual enviroment.  This will benefit the real estate industry’s relationship with the public by allowing a Town Hall like atmosphere for the free exchange of ideas while providing information that conventional media formats have been unable or [...]

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Mark Danforth Lomas
MarinCountyRealEstate@gmail.com   415-789-7777
www.Technopanorama.com

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Mark Danforth Lomas
MDLomas@gmail.com  415-789-7777
Frank Howard Allen Realtors
www.Technopanorama.com

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