Foster City’s 4th of July Fireworks is a Great Show, But There are Other Good Places, too

Saturday is the Fourth of July, the birthday of our country, and always a fun-filled day for families and friends.  Foster City offers a day of fun beginning with a pancake breakfast and ending with a great fireworks display.
The city has parking set up in several places, and it’s all free.  If you are coming

Burlingame’s Criterium is This Sunday Morning!

If you’ve never seen a serious bicycle race in person, this Sunday will be your chance to see one up and personal, when the annual Burlingame Criterium race takes place in downtown Burlingame.  These racers are serious as they wiz by in high speed making fast turns around the track.  Incorporated in the Criterium is

The Place to Be Friday Night is San Mateo’s Wine Walk

This Friday evening between 5:30 and 9 PM downtown San Mateo is the place to be for the 14th annual San Mateo Downtown Association’s Wine Walk.  This year the Weatherman is promising WARM weather making this event even better than previous years.  It’s always fun walking around downtown on a warm night and Friday is

San Mateo Area Inventory is Climbing & Prices Are Dropping

The saying a picture tells a thousand words is what today’s blog is all about.  I thought it would be interesting to compare the housing inventory versus the housing prices for Burlingame, Hillsborough, San Mateo and Foster City.  The charts show one year of data.

What most of these have in common is a drop in

Can You Buy Anything in San Mateo County for $200,000?

I have a question for you today:  Can you buy anything in San Mateo County for $200,000 that is in an area you might want to live in?  The answer is, YES!  Last year I wrote about a client looking to buy something for no more than $350,000 and I took on that challenge, and