Marin Real Estate: Market Snapshot

Overview of the Tax Provisions in the 2012 American Taxpayer Relief Act

I thought I would share a very informative overview of how the 2012 American Taxpayer Relief Act affects each of us. My CPA, Todd Hysjulien, pulled together this very informative summary. Enjoy the read and at the very minimum... Continue Reading »

Housing Industry Skates Through Cliff Deal

The housing market and the housing industry have escaped a potential blow on several fronts now that lawmakers have at least partially resolved Washington’s “fiscal cliff” budget morass. A bill passed by Congress on Tuesday... Continue Reading »

Pacific Union Ranked Third in Bay Area Sales

We’re pleased to announce that the San Francisco Business Times has rankedPacific Union International as the Bay Area’s third-largest residential real estate firm in its annual Book of Lists, published this week. It’s... Continue Reading »

$34.5 million for an unfinished house on Billionaires Row in San Francisco

Tech mogul David Sacks has just paid $34.5 million for an unfinished house on Billionaires Row in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood, making it the most expensive home ever sold in the city. Sacks, who previously... Continue Reading »

What does the SF tech boom mean to residential real estate?

Tech companies like Pinterest and Square are increasingly choosing San Francisco over Silicon Valley for office space, and Twitter’s move to the grungy Mid-Market neighborhood has spurred a slew of new leases there. But how... Continue Reading »

San Francisco Monthly Market Update

In San Francisco, 41 percent of homes on the market were in contract in November, the highest level in years, continuing a trend we’ve seen through most of 2012. The most active price points were for homes selling for $1 million... Continue Reading »

Marin County- Monthly Market Update

Marin County is one of the few regions where buyers are in the driver’s seat. Six cities had fewer than 25 percent of homes in contract in November — Larkspur (0 percent), Fairfax (7 percent), Ross (17 percent), Sausalito... Continue Reading »

Tahoe Monthly Market Update

The average price of homes for sale in the Tahoe/Truckee region topped $600,000 in November, the highest level in more than a year. The number of homes for sale continued to slide since a peak in mid-summer, and the number of... Continue Reading »

Millennials: “Renter Nation” just a myth

The housing crisis looms especially large for younger adults–those aged 18-34 years old–who’ve only been thinking seriously about housing in these recent years of boom and bust. They have no memory of the decades when... Continue Reading »