marin county: Marin County Real Estate: March 2010 over March 2009 By the Numbers
- 04/16/10 10:42 AM
I like numbers. They don't lie, and they can usually tell a really good story. The Marin IJ today had a story about home prices and sales both being up double-digits compared to last year. According to the IJ, home sales (units) in March 2010 were up 55% from March of last year. In March 2009, 111 single-family homes changed hands in Marin. Compare that to this year's number, 172 homes and you could say the market has shifted. If you look at price, there's a change there too. March 2009 the median price for a single-family home in Marin County was $670,000 (just (0 comments)
marin county: Is this the right time to buy?
- 04/07/10 12:34 AM
What do you think? Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the time is right to buy a house, with a majority believing prices will be the same or higher over the next year, according to a Fannie Mae survey released Tuesday. The 64 percent that said it is a good time to buy is just shy of the 66 percent that said the same thing in 2003 as the U.S. housing market was racing higher, said the survey. However, most of the 3,451 polled said that it would be tougher for them to get a loan than it was for their parents. (3 comments)