As of February 8, 2012 42% of the available listings in Greenbrae are in escrow.

For the month of January 2012 only 2 homes sold (1 of which was a distress sale) for an average final selling price of $537,500.

The average original asking price of these homes was $665,500.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $350,000 to a high of $725,000.

Both of these homes sold for less than their original asking prices.

It took these homes an average of 151 days to sell.

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As of February 8, 2012 28% of available listings in Fairfax are in escrow.

For the month of January 2012 3 homes (2 of which were distress sales) sold in Fairfax for an average final selling price of $338,667.

The average original asking price of these homes was $380,967.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $238,000 to a high of $480,000.

Of the 3 h0mes that sold 1 sold over its original asking price and the other 2 sold for less than their original asking prices.

It took these homes an average of 85 days to sell.

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As of February 8, 2012 35% of available listings in Corte Madera are in escrow.

For the month of January 2012 2 homes (1 of which was a distress sale) sold in Corte Madera for an average final selling price of $538,500.

The average original asking price of these homes was $573,500.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $290,000 to a high of $787,000.

Of the 2 homes that sold 1 sold over its original asking price and the other sold for less than its original asking price.

It took these homes an average of 111 days to sell.

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As of February 8, 2012 43% of available listings in the beautiful wine country town of Sonoma are in escrow.

For the month of January 2012 28 homes (16 of which were distress sales) sold in Sonoma for an average final selling price of $652,193.

The average original asking price of these homes was $926,789.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $149,000 to a high of $6,315,000.

Of the 28 homes that sold 4 sold at their original asking prices and 1 sold over its original asking price.

It took these homes an average of 139 days to sell.

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As of February 8, 2012 52% of available listings in Petaluma are in escrow.

For the month of January 2012 59 homes sold in Petaluma for an average final selling price of $368,470.

The average original asking price of these homes was $404,911.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $220,000 to a high of $810,000.

Of the 59 homes that sold (37 of which were distress sales) 4 sold at their original asking prices and 11 sold over their original asking prices.

It took these homes an average of 136 days to sell.

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As you will see in the charts below, the 2011 average sales price for homes in Marin County is hovering around where it was in 2003-2004, or $813,155. The median sales price for the year was substantially lower at $630,000.

The number of homes selling is up for the third consecutive year at 2612 for 2011 (2455 in 2010, 2257 in 2009 and 2153 in 2008). So, the volume is about the same as 2001, which was 2676--which is before lending standards were relaxed in 2002.

If you look at the trends of the previous decades, had the trends remained more true to history then prices are now about what they would have been anyway before the "artificial spike".

In short, I'm calling this good news.

MARIN COUNTY HISTORICAL HOME SALES 1965-2011 by Kelley Eling, Marin County Realtor

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As of January 9, 2012 34% of available listings in Marin County were in escrow.

For the month of December 2011 204 homes sold in Marin County (77--or almost 38%--of which were distress sales) for an average final selling price of $750,872.

The average original asking price of these homes was $833,605.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $99,250 to a high of $5,700,000.

Of the 204 homes that sold 12 sold at their original asking prices and 34 sold over their original asking prices.

It took these homes an average of 128 days to sell.

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Skeleton Statue In Front Of The San Rafael Library by Kelley Eling, Marin County Realtor

As of January 9, 2012 18% of available listings in Tiburon were in escrow.

For the month of December 2011 8 homes sold in Tiburon (only 1 of which was a distress sale) for an average final selling price of $1,916,875.

The average original asking price of these homes was $2,206,625.

The range of final selling price was from a low of $515,000 to a high of $3,500,000.

Of the 8 homes that sold 1 sold over the original asking price and all others sold for less than their original asking prices.

It took these homes an average of 137 days to sell.

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Old Saint Hilary's in Tiburon by Kelley Eling, Marin County Realtor

As of January 9, 2012 22% of available listings in Sausalito were in escrow.

For the month of December 2011 7 homes sold in Sausalito (only 1 of which was a distress sale) for an average final selling price of $1,222,000.

The average original asking price of these homes was $1,366,429.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $373,000 to a high of $2,600,000.

Of the 7 homes that sold all sold for less than their original asking prices.

It took these homes an average of 144 days to sell.

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Outdoor Public Seating on Bridgeway in Sausalito by Kelley Eling, Marin County Realtor

As of January 9, 2012 40% of available listings in San Rafael were in escrow.

For the month of December 2011 54 homes sold in San Rafael (21 of were distress sales) for an average final selling price of $531,595.

The average original asking price of these homes was $579,274.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $99,250 to a high of $1,300,000.

Of the 54 homes that sold 2 sold at their original asking prices and 9 sold over their original asking prices.

It took these homes an average of 129 days to sell.

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Sculpture on 5th Avenue in San Rafael by Kelley Eling, Marin County Realtor